美国国内税收署 (Internal Revenue Service)周一同意，牧师和其他宗教领袖可以根据一项已有数十年历史、名为《约翰逊修正案》 (Johnson Amendment)的法律，为其会众的政治候选人背书，而不会威胁到他们的免税地位。教会内部谈论政治被视为与在家中进行的家庭讨论一般。

By interpreting political discussions during worship as private conversations, the IRS creates a loophole that will lead to ...

The new IRS interpretation came after decades of debate and, most recently, lawsuits from the National Religious Broadcasters ...

A reinterpretation of a tax rule signals that houses of worship may now be able to endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status.

In court filings July 7, the IRS has largely backed down on a decades-old rule that barred churches from engaging in ...

The IRS says pastors who endorse political candidates from the pulpit should not have to risk losing their tax-exempt status.

Comparing it to a family discussion, the Internal Revenue Service agreed on Monday that pastors and other religious leaders ...

The IRS said in a court filing that churches whose pastors endorse political candidates from the pulpit shouldn't lose their ...

Although seldom enforced, The Johnson Act has long been a source of tension between religious groups and federal regulators.

Although the IRS recently allowed religious organizations to address their faithful about electoral politics, the Church will ...

The agency's agreement in a court filing formally reverses a decades-old provision of the tax code, but the motion would need ...

It’s another blow to church-state separation just in time to get conservative churches revved up for the midterms.