Ex 4.13 - Your candidate-controlled committee contracts with a payment processor, which charges a 2% processing fee, to accept cryptocurrency on its behalf for the upcoming election. The payment processor accepts a contribution in bitcoin valued at $1,000 on October 15. The committee would report the receipt of the $1,000 cryptocurrency in the following ways on the Form 460: • Schedule C: The committee would report the receipt of the $1,000 as a non-monetary contribution. The committee would disclose the date received as October 15 and report all the required contributor information. For the description of goods or services, include “cryptocurrency contribution”. • Schedule E: The committee would report the processing fee of $20 as an expenditure. • Schedule I: The committee would report the $1,000 contribution as a miscellaneous increase to cash, along with the name and address of the contributor. For description of receipt, include “cryptocurrency contribution”. Please note that if a cryptocurrency contribution is received and valued at $1,000 or more from a single source in the 90 days prior to or on the date of an election, the committee may incur additional filing obligations such as the Form 497.
Earmarked Contributions
A contribution to a committee that is earmarked for a contribution to any other particular committee, ballot measure, or candidate is required to be disclosed as outlined below. A contribution is earmarked if it is made under any of the following circumstances: • The committee or candidate receiving the contribution solicited the contribution for the purpose of making a contribution to another specifically identified committee, ballot measure, or candidate, requested the contributor to expressly consent to such use, and the contributor consents to such use.
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Chapter 4.13
Campaign Manual 2 August 2023 Page 201
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