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• Staff time and expenses

• Banner ads

• Precinct walking and door hangers

• Food for volunteers

Quick Tip

If corporate stock is received as a

• Slate mailer/slate cards

contribution, the amount reported on Schedule C is the value listed on the stock exchange on the date of receipt. When the stock is sold, the proceeds are reported on Schedule I as a miscellaneous increase to cash. See Chapter 3 for additional information.

• Campaign materials, flyers for rally, buttons, t-shirts

• Corporate stock

• Compensation paid by an employer to an employee who spends more than 10 percent of his or her compensated time in a calendar month working on campaign activities for one or more campaigns. Compensation includes gross wages paid and any benefits in lieu of wages, such as stock options or an annuity purchase. Compensation does not include standard benefits, such as the employer’s payments to a retirement or health plan.

See Chapter 3 for exceptions, such as volunteer personal services, home/office fundraisers, and member communications.

Fair Political Practices Commission advice@fppc.ca.gov

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