Campaign Finance Disclosure and PAC Administration
At Ward & Lawless, our partners have extensive experience with federal and nonfederal campaign finance disclosures and PAC management.
Full-Service PAC Administration, Accounting, and Reporting:
- We can provide as much or as little daily administrative help as you need including, but not limited to, database management, lock-box services. and/or processing of contributions received, check printing, bank account reconciliations, tracking administrative expenses, etc.
- Draft federal, state, and local PAC reports or review and proof those that you have prepared.
- Remind and review election-related IRS filings required of 527 organizations.
- Support for your solicitation campaigns: review marketing plans, create communications and donor forms, run periodic participation and financial reports for internal review, work directly with your human resources and payroll departments to ensure accurate processing of deductions, manage non-profit “PAC-match” programs; assist with in-kind contributions and fundraising events.
Corporate and/or Individual Contributions:
- Provide database management for company pre-approval policies and review requests against prior contributions made and jurisdictional limits.
- Maintain individual giving histories — invaluable to an executive that needs to keep an eye on his or her personal contribution limits and disclosures.
- Draft corporate and/or individual campaign finance filings when and where required.
In support of the above we can:
- Conduct compliance reviews and make recommendations.
- Create and present training sessions.
- Provide filing calendars and send notices for the jurisdictions in which filings are required.
- Compile back-up files of documents required for your record retention purposes.