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REPORTING DATES OF INTEREST: Sunday, March 30th through Monday, April 7th at noon is the special pre-election reporting period (formerly “telegram” reporting) for the April 8th run-off election. Tuesday, April 1st is the date by which you should send any comments to the Commission on the proposed rules. Friday, April 4th is the next meeting of the Texas Ethics Commission at 8:30 a.m., Capitol Extension, Room E1.010, Austin, Texas. Monday, April 7th is the deadline for filing monthly PAC reports. Make sure you have upgraded to the latest version of the software (3.3.6). Tuesday, April 8th is the run-off election. Thursday, April 10th is the deadline for filing lobby reports. Make sure you have upgraded to the latest version of the software (2.2.0). Thursday, April 10th is the 30th day before the election report and will cover the period ending March 31st. If a 30th day before the election report is filed, you must file an 8th day before the election report even if there is no activity during the reporting period. In addition to the uniform election date, May 10th is the special election for State Representative District 119 to fill the unexpired term of Representative Robert Puente who resigned last month. There is one candidate - Roland Gutierrez – who has filed for a place on the ballot. Monday, April 21st is San Jacinto Day and a skeleton crew is required for state agencies. Upcoming Dates: Saturday, May 10th is the uniform election date. Saturday, May 10th is the special election for State Representative District 119 to fill the unexpired term of Representative Robert Puente who resigned last month. There is one candidate - Roland Gutierrez – who has filed for a place on the ballot. Saturday, December 13th is the last day for certain candidates and officeholders to accept contributions before the 2009 Regular Legislative Session Follow up reminder on IRS returns and forms - Please contact your CPA for assistance: As a qualified state and local political organization, a Form 990 is required if your PAC's gross receipts exceed $100,000. The Form 990 is due by Thursday, May 15th. As a reminder, we are providing a link to the IRS website on political organizations. Please notice one of the exceptions to filing a Form 8871 to register as a political organization with the IRS is that the organization reasonably expects its annual gross receipts to always be less than $25,000. If you have not filed the Form 8871 under this exception, please be aware that when you intend to exceed this threshold, your organization must register with IRS by filing the form. Link to IRS website - general. Link to IRS website - filing requirements. | ||||||||
