FEC Campaign, Party, & PAC Filing FAQ and Resources
Below are links to resources to help you file your FEC reports.
FAQ
- What Are Carey Committees and Carey Accounts?
- How Do I Report Transactions From the Candidate?
- About the FEC Form 6 Report
- How Do I Report Auction Items and Proceeds From Sales on FEC Reports?
- About Report Post-generation
- Different Options for FEC Form 3X Filing
- About the FEC Form 3 Report
- What Federal Committee Types Are Available in ISP?
- What Is the Threshold to Register a FEC Committee?
- How Do I Generate and E-file With the FEC?
- When Are the FEC Filing Deadlines?
- How Do I Add Candidate and Committee Records Directly From the FEC?
- What Is the Difference Between FEC Candidate IDs and Committee IDs?
- About FEC Conduit (Earmark) Memos
- About Super PACs
- How Do I Report FEC Late Partnership Information?
- What Are the Sort Order Options for the FEC Reports?
- How Do I Report Advances for Travel?
- How Do Federal and Non-federal IE’s Pull to Reports?
- Why Is My IE Appearing on Line 21(B)? About Paying First and Disseminating Later
- Why Are Dashboard Key Stats Different Than Line 11 Totals on FEC Reports?
- How Should Debt that is Forgiven Appear on the FEC Form 3/3X/3P?
- What Are Estimated Expenses for Form 5 and 24/48 Hour IE Reports?
- Why Isn’t the Split of My Accrued Expense Payment Showing on My FEC Report?
- About the FEC Form 1 Report
- How Do I Prepare and Generate the FEC Form 1?
- FEC Form 1M (Notice of Multi-Candidate Status)
- What Is the Form 2 and When Do I File It?
- Why Can’t I See the FEC Form 3?
- About the FEC Form 3P Report
- Why Can’t I See the FEC Form 3P?
- About the FEC Form 3 (PAC) Report
- How Do I Pull a Transaction to a Specific Line on the FEC Form 3X?
- FEC Form 3X (Party): How Do I Pull a Transaction to a Specific Line?
- About the FEC Form 5 Report
- About the FEC Form 24-IE Report
- About the FEC Form 48-IE Report
- About the FEC Form 99 Report
- Best Practices for Filing FEC Amendments
Supported Reports
- FEC Form 1 (Statement of Organization)
- FEC Form 1M (Notification of Multi-Candidate Status)
- FEC Form 2 (Statement of Candidacy)
- FEC Form 24-IE (24 Hour Report of Independent Expenditures)
- FEC Form 3 (Report of Receipts and Disbursements)
- FEC Form 3 – PAC (Report of Receipts and Disbursements)
- FEC Form 3P (Reports of Receipts and Disbursements)
- FEC Form 3X (Report of Receipts and Disbursements)
- FEC Form 3X – Party (Report of Receipts and Disbursements)
- FEC Form 48-IE (48 Hour Report of Independent Expenditures)
- FEC Form 6 (48-Hour Notice of Contributions / Loan Received)
- FEC Form 99 (Miscellaneous Report to the FEC)
Form Specific Information
- How to Prepare & Generate the FEC Form 1
- FEC Form 1M (Notice of Multi-Candidate Status)
- What are the Triggers to File an FEC Form 2?
- Why Can’t I see the FEC Form 3?
- How Do I File a FEC Form 3?
- Form 3: How Do I Pull a Transaction to a Specific Line?
- Form 3 Errors & Warnings
- Form 3 Post General Report Instructions
- How to add an FEC Form 3Z to a Form 3
- Why Can’t I see the FEC Form 3p?
- How Do I Get the Multi-Candidate Box Checked on the Form 3X?
- Form 3x: Allocations
- What is the 0% Federal Allocation used for?
- Prohibited Inkind Contributions for Allocable Activities
- Form 3X: How Do I Pull a Transaction to a Specific Line?
- Form 3X (Party): How Do I Pull a Transaction to a Specific Line?
- Estimated Expenses For Form 5 And 24/48 Hour IE Reports