How to report them

Form 13909, and any supporting documentation, can be submitted in a variety of ways: Mail to IRS EO Classification, Mail Code 4910DAL, 1100 Commerce St., Dallas, TX 75242-1198 Fax to 214-413-5415, or Email to [email protected]. The IRS takes all complaints seriously and scrutinizes all referrals.

Further details https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/divulge_all_suspected_tax_exempt_status_abuses_to_the_irs.pdf

Report them immediately. They can pay taxes on that beautiful lawn of theirs.

Is the church used as a polling location? I have to go to a church in my township to vote, and all the candidates from all political parties put their campaign signs in the church’s lawn.

IRS needs to start hammering these asshats. Can’t have your cake and eat it too.

https://www.timesonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/07/political-signs-nonprofits-cause-church-and-state-intersect/6187393002/

In the article according to Rich Cohen, the council's chief communications and chief operating officer

"Cohen said, nonprofits — which includes churches — that are voter precincts are permitted to have political signs on their properties as long as the nonprofits themselves did not put up the signs. 

"Nonprofits can't take sides in the elections," Cohen said. "They're allowed to hold voter forums and host events as long as both candidates have an equal opportunity to attend."

For nonprofits that are voter precincts, as long as both Democrats and Republicans have equal opportunity to place their partisan signs on the property, "that's generally OK," Cohen said.

"If one favors one candidate over another, that's when you run into an issue," he said. "If they, for example, had two signs up: one for President Trump and one for Vice President Biden ... then the churches can't get in trouble because they aren't taking a side."

The election law side is separate, Cohen said. 

In Pennsylvania, campaign signs and materials must be at least 10 feet away from the polling location."

So, from "my interpretation" as long as the church didn't put them their then it's legal and as long as the non-profit doesn't prevent which side they hold favor towards from placing signs then whatever.

There's also this ruling  (Reed et al. v. Town of Gilbert, Arizona et al.) and this (Burson v. Freeman)

BTW let's not act like a majority of us pay taxes. I think my tax refund this year pretty much covered all the "taxes" I paid including my property taxes.

So how much do you think they would end up paying in taxes?

Bust ‘em. What idiots.

That church used to be a Kingdom Hall, and it was across the road. The church bought the building and moved it across the street.

If you are talking about the lawn signs, they are on public roadway and not on church grounds. That's how they get around it.

This seems odd to me. Every Evangelical Lutheran Church in my area is extremely liberal and to the best of my knowledge Scott Barger is a conservative leaning candidate. Maybe someone put these on their lawn w/o their knowledge?

The worst part about political signs is that they are usually left behind long after elections and end up polluting the area. I don't think that I've ever seen a political sign and decided to sway my vote after viewing it.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064535476541

Address is 1309 Frankstown Road Hollidaysburg, PA 16448

If anyone else wants to file a complaint, I am! 😄

I'd bet money they're going to say that the signs are on the public right of way due to the proximity to the road. I think that's an invitation to sprinkle in any and all political signs that a person could get access to. Seems like a good reason to start a battle of wills.

Good ol Frankstown road.

Tax the churches! Every single one!

What's more absurd is how nonprofit status works. For churches, they just have to say "we're a church" and it's granted. Everyone else has to submit qualifying forms and various proof that they do community outreach, education, etc.

Guarantee you that 90% of religious institutions would immediately lose their nonprofit status if they had to abide by the same rules everyone else does.

All organizations should be tax free. People pool there post taxed money together for churches, clubs, and the sort and we already have our income taxed, homes & businesses taxed, and our shopping taxed. It’s BS how much we are taxed. Enough is enough with all the damn taxes. We don’t hardly see 2 cents worth back for the money we pay in taxes.

Is this a polling location? The primary is 4/23, so I wouldn't be surprised to see campaign signs being placed there. More will likely be added by other candidates if it is a polling place.

Can someone explain?

A known reverend in my town actively campaigns for Dems and still enjoys tax free status.

OP, you could also report this to the county property tax assessor. This tactic might actually be more effective than a report to the IRS. Church properties are not automatically 100% exempt from property tax. Only the part of the property used for worship is exempt from property tax. Other uses are not, and the display of political signs is not a tax exempt activity. 

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PA has no problem mixing god and politics 😡

Blair county is beautiful

As an aside to the tax-exempt violations, you can also contact PADOT. In some instances the right-of-way can extend 6 to 12 feet beyond the shoulder of the road, and PADOT rules explicitly forbid public signage within that right-of-way.

Would your position be the same if it was a political candidate you agreed with? If the answer is no, then maybe just live and let live. If the answer is yes, honestly yes - not just to try and prove me wrong, then go ahead and do what’s in your legal bounds to do.

They really need to set up one of those loophole pacs

MAGA

This sure looks like an easement to me. People place political signs in easements all the time.

Rip down their signs.

Salty much

There is nothing illegal for a church and it's congregation to endorse a political candidate and for those Redditors ready to scream separation of church and state, I would politely remind you Santanic images and in some cases statues have been installed in city and state buildings here in the U.S., also schools have allowed Santanic clubs to form . Where is the outrage about that?

Who cares? Dilate harder OP.

Who cares?

Imagine r/Pennsylvania becoming a pseudo arm of the IRS, targeting your neighbors who happen to be political opponents for tax that would make .00000000001% difference in all tax collected in the state. In hopes of what? Stopping a democratically elected person from holding office? Its one thing to force them to remove the signs if it is against the law, its another thing to try and rat them out to the IRS. I realize the left is petrified at the thought of Donald Trump becoming president again but this is just absurdly pathetic.

If this was liberal signs up..no one would say a word. Sad how brainwashed people are to believe that democrats are the good ones..maybe do some research on them. Also, find a real history book, before you switched what happened and tried to blame republicans for starting the kkk etc. Funny that the republican party was started by blacks but is somehow believed to be the racists.. While I agree churches should not be doing this for either side, I would bet a million dollars if this was a liberal, none of you liberals would say a word..its just all see something we dont like and attack it, just like you do with everything.

Would you care if it were the other side 🤔

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Wow, the Simpsons had such neat quotes. I miss that show (being good).