This document was obtained and uploaded by the Center for Resp pillsbunl Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300N Street, NW Washington, Dc 20037?1122 tel 202.663.8000 fax 202.? jeffery August 18, 2014 BY FACSIMILE: 855-204-6187 Internal Revenue Service Attn: Patricia Thomas 1111 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20224 Dear Ms. Thomas: I am writing on behalf of Crossroads Grassroots Polic response to the July 23, 2014 letter sent by the Internal Rever ?Service?) and as a follow?up to our telephone calls of July 2 On behalf of GPS, I hereby request a review of the or for recognition of tax-exempt status by the Appeals Of?ce of The July 23, 2014 letter stated that ?To request a revir by the Appeals Of?ce, you must provide a written request, si of?cers . . . In our second call of August 12, 2014, howe 63.8007 Jeffery L. Yablon tel 202.663.8441 yablon@pillsburylaw.com Strategies in rue Service (the 9 and August 12,2014. ganization?s application the Service. SW of your application gned by one of your ver, you informed me 404722474vl onsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org) Internal Revenue Service August 18, 2014 Page 2 that this would not be necessary, provided that the following language appeared in this letter to the Service from me, which is the ?protest statement? to which it refers: Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I prepared protest statement, including accompanying documents, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, this statement contains relevant facts and such facts are true, correct and complete. As we discussed in our telephone calls, the procedures. of the Internal Revenue Service (the ?Service?) in this regard are new and have been changed by the Service a number of times. Accordingly, I want to ensure that there is no confusion as to what is required under the current procedures. It is the understanding of my client, my co-counsel and me that: 1. Now that the Appeals Of?ce process has begun, you will forward all of the GPS ?les to the Appeals Office. There will be no further involvement of the individuals with whom my colleagues and I met at the ?Conference of Right? held on January 8, 2014 or, indeed, any other individual within the Exempt Organizations Division of the Service. 404722474v1 This document was obtained and uploaded by the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org) Internal Revenue Service August 18, 2014 Page 3 2. Thereafter, the Appeals Of?ce will send infom ration about the next steps to GPS and all of its legal counsel who currently have on ?le a Form 2848. At this point, there is no timeline and there are no deadlines. 3. These next steps will include the opportunity ft )r GPS to present to the Appeals Of?ce a written statement of its position. In particular, it is our understanding that the entire analysis of the Service in this the September 6, 2013 ?Proposed Adverse Determination Lett GPS and (ii) the Service has not changed its position in respor that GPS ?led on November 8, 2013, the ?Conference of I January 8, 2014, the ?Revised Protest? that GPS ?led on the ?Supplemental Submission? that GPS ?led on May 7, ?Second Supplemental Submission? that GPS ?led on June 2! 4. Assuming that GPS choses to ?le a written sub Appeals Of?ce, counsel for GPS will thereafter be able to me individual (or individuals) in the Appeals Of?ce who will be decision. 5. The Appeals Of?ce will issue its decision in matter is presented in .er? that was sent to 136 to the ?Protest? tight? held on ebruary 28, 2014, 2014, and the 2014. mission with the et in person with the making the ?nal riting. 404722474V1 This document was obtained and uploaded by the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org) Internal Revenue Service August 18, 2014 Page 4 If any part of the foregoing is not accurate or evidences any misunder- standings on my part, please call me as soon as possible at 202?663-8441. Thank you for your attention to this matter Sincerely, kW 6 ry L. Yablon cc: Steven Law Tom Jose?ak Jason Torchinsky Michael Bayes Alvin Dunn Stephen S. Asay 404722474V1 This document was obtained and uploaded by the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org)