Compliance Corner: Implementing Best Practices For Off-Year Federal PAC Operations

Andrew Emerson is an Associate and Aimee Steel Lubin is Director of Media and Political Affairs in the Washington D.C. office

With year-end Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings now submitted and the 2018 election season already underway, federal Political Action Committee (PAC) managers now have the opportunity to reassess efforts to ensuring continuing compliance with federal campaign finance laws.

Key best practices in this area include:

1. Determining whether your PAC is better off filing disclosure reports with the FEC monthly, as is usually the case in an election year, or quarterly/semi-annually, which could potentially limit your administrative burden during off-years