Latest updates

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires political committees to obtain a tax ID number, formally referred to as an employer identification number (EIN). Your committee will need this number to …

Need help preparing your committee’s January 31 Year-End Report? The Commission will host Year-End Reporting and FECFile webinars for PACs and party committees on Wednesday, January 15, and for …

A new year is a good time to take stock and plan ahead. If you’d like to make sure you’re keeping up with the latest from the FEC, you can …

The Commission has posted the reporting dates for 2025, including the quarterly reporting schedule for House and Senate campaigns, as well as the monthly and semi-annual filing schedules for …

Campaigns of retiring officeholders should review Advisory Opinion 2010-26, in which the Commission found that a retiring Congressman could use campaign funds to pay temporary storage costs associated with …

Around this time of year, many look to give back through charitable donations.

Campaign committees can give gifts to a charitable organization (defined in 26 U.S.C. § 170(c) of the …

Year-End Reports are due January 31, 2025. To help committees prepare to file their reports, the Commission will host reporting and FECFile webinars for PACs and party committees on Wednesday, …

The arrival of the holiday season offers little respite from FEC filing obligations. Just one week after Thanksgiving, all PACs, party committees and 2024 general election candidates must file a …

With the election behind us, some committees may be ready to close down their operations. To terminate, a committee must:

• No longer receive (or intend to receive) contributions;
• No longer …

On November 20, 2024, the Commission will host a webinar to help candidate committees prepare to wind down their campaigns and file their 30-Day Post-General (30G) Reports. The workshop will …

November 6, 2024, marks the beginning of a new election cycle. For reporting purposes, campaigns aggregate receipts and disbursements on an election cycle basis. As a result, all 2024 …

Around election day, the FEC often receives questions about voting, voter fraud and intimidation, ballot access and election results. As the agency charged with administering and enforcing federal campaign finance …

With the November 5 general election approaching, many filers may be required to submit additional notices to disclose last-minute activity.

• Campaign committees must disclose within 48 hours any contribution of …

Monthly filers and authorized committees of a candidates running in the 2024 general election must file a 12-Day Pre-General Election Report, by Thursday, October 24. If you are a …

Quarterly filers have a report due Tuesday, October 15, and monthly filers have a report due Sunday, October 20. Both cover activity through September 30.

Staff in the …

When a campaign solicits contributions through public communications, a campaign website or internet application, it must include a clear and conspicuous notice stating that it was authorized and paid for …

Committees and their treasurers must make best efforts to obtain, maintain and report information required by law to itemized receipts and disbursements. When reporting information is incomplete, the political committee …

When a committee files a Statement of Organization (Form 1) to register with the FEC it lists the address (or URL) for its website, if the committee has one. Identifying …

PACs, political parties and presidential campaign committees that file monthly have a report due by Friday, September 20, covering the month of August. Quarterly filing PACs and political party …

The FBI has partnered with the Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence to reduce the risk of cyber influence operations targeting U.S. elections. The FBI’s Protected …