FEC Form 3x (Party): Line by Line Breakdown
Below is a breakdown of each Receipt and Disbursement line on the Form 3x (Party). If you are looking to pull a specific transaction to a specific spot, or want to know how transactions pull to the FEC Form 3x (Party), you will find that information below.
It lists the Transaction Types and Entity Types that can fall on that line.
Line 11ai: Contribution From Individuals/Persons Other Than Political Committees
Transaction Types: Monetary Contribution, Inkind Contribution
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All entities besides Political Committees
Line 11b: Contribution From Political Party Committees
All transactions from a Party Committee to a Party Committee are considered a “transfer”. See Line 12.
Line 11c: Contributions From Other Political Committees (such as PACs)
Transaction Types: Monetary Contribution, Inkind Contribution
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All Political Committees besides Party Committees
Line 12: Transfers From Other Authorized Committees
Transaction Types: Monetary Contribution + TAG: “Transfer”
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: Political Committees
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Transaction Types: Monetary Contribution, Inkind Contribution (with or without Dependent TAG: “Reattribution” or “Redesignation”)
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: Committee that has a relationship with the filer (example: Authorized Committee)
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Transaction Types: Monetary Contribution, Inkind Contribution
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: Political Party Committees
Line 13: All Loans Received
Transaction Types: Loan Received
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All entities
Line 14: Loan Repayments Received
Transaction Types: Loan Made Repayment
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All entities
Line 15: Offsets to Operating Expenditures (Refunds, Rebates, etc.)
Transaction Types: Refunded Expense WITHOUT TAG: “Refund of Contribution Made”
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All
Line 16: Refunds of Contributions Made to Federal Candidates and Other Political Committees
Transaction Types: Refunded Expense + TAG: “Refund of Contribution Made”
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All
Line 17: Other Receipts (Dividends, Interest, etc.)
Transaction Types: Other Income
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All
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Transaction Types: Monetary Contribution
Financial Account: Carey
Entities: All entities
Line 21a (Sch H4): Allocated Federal/Non-Federal Activity
Transaction Types: Expense, Accrued Expense Payment, Refunded Expense
Allocation Type: Administrative, Voter Drive, Exempt, Public Communications, Direct Fundraising, Direct Candidate Support
Entities: All
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Transaction Types: Splits of Accrued Expense
Allocation Type: Administrative, Voter Drive, Exempt, Public Communications, Direct Fundraising, Direct Candidate Support
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All
Special: Accrued expense splits are reported as a memo (no cash impact) when they are paid.
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Transaction Types: Inkind Contribution
Allocation Type: Administrative, Voter Drive, Exempt, Public Communications, Direct Fundraising, Direct Candidate Support
Financial Account: State
Entities: All
Line 21b: Other Federal Operating Expenditures
Transaction Types: Expense, Accrued Expense Payment
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All EXCEPT Party Committee
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Transaction Types: Splits of Accrued Expense
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All EXCEPT Party Committee
Special: Accrued expense splits are reported as a memo (no cash impact) when they are paid.
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Transaction Types: Support/Oppose Memo + TAG: “IE to Support” or “IE to Oppose”
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All
Special: The original expense pulls to Line 21b ONLY if the original expense date is earlier than the IE date.
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Transaction Types: Inkind Contribution
Entities: All EXCEPT Party Committee
Special: Inkind contributions are reported as both contributions and expenses for a net zero cash impact.
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Transaction Types: Monetary Contribution + TAG: “Conduit – Conduit Check”
Entities: All
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Special: ISP automatically calculates processing fees based on difference of total of donations and the deposit amount.
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Transaction Types: Expense, Accrued Expense Payment, Non-Monetary Expense + TAG: “Exempt Party Activities”
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All
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Transaction Types: Support/Oppose Memo + TAG: “Non-IE to Support” or “Non-IE to Oppose” or {none}
Original Transaction Types: Expense, Non-Monetary Expense, Accrued Expense Payment + TAG: “Exempt Party Activities”
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: Party Committee
Line 22: Transfers to Other Authorized Committees
Transaction Types: Expense
Entities: Political Committee AND Has relationship with the Filer
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Transaction Types: Expense + DependentTAG: “Reattribution” or “Redesignation”
Entities:Political Committee AND Has relationship with the Filer
Special: These will be reported as memos.
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Transaction Types: Expense, Accrued Expense Payment, Loan Made, Loan Received Repayment
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: Party Committee
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Transaction Types: Support/Oppose Memo + TAG: “Non-IE to Support” or “Non-IE to Oppose” or {none}
Original Transaction Types: Expense, Non-Monetary Expense, Accrued Expense Payment
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: Party Committee
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Transaction Types: Splits of Accrued Expense
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: Party Committee
Special: Accrued expense splits are reported as a memo (no cash impact) when they are paid.
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Transaction Types: Inkind Contribution
Entities: Party Committee
Special: Inkind contributions are reported as both contributions and expenses for a net zero cash impact.
Line 23: Contributions to Federal Candidates/Committees and Other Political Committees
Transaction Types: Support/Oppose Memo + TAG: “Non-IE to Support” or “Non-IE to Oppose” or {none}
Original Transaction Types: Expense, Non-Monetary Expense, Accrued Expense Payment
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All EXCEPT Party Committee
Special: The Support/Oppose memo must be to an entity that has a “Federal” jurisdiction
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Transaction Types: Splits of Accrued Expense
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All EXCEPT Party Committee
Special: Original Accrued Expense must have a Support/Oppose Memo; the Support/Oppose memo must be to an entity that has a “Federal” jurisdiction; Accrued expense splits are reported as a memo (no cash impact) when they are paid.
Line 24: Independent Expenditure (Schedule E)
Transaction Types: Support/Oppose Memo + TAG: “IE to Support” or “IE to Oppose”
Original Transaction Types: Expense, Non-Monetary Expense, Accrued Expense
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All
Line 25: Coordinated Party Expenditures (Schedule F)
Transaction Types: Support/Oppose Memo + TAG: “Coordinated”
Original Transaction Types: Expense, Non-Monetary Expense, Accrued Expense
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All
Line 26: Loan Repayments Made
Transaction Types: Loan Received Repayment
Entities: All Entities
Line 27: Loans Made
Transaction Types: Loan Made
Entities: All Entities
Line 28a: Refunds of Contributions to Individuals/Persons other than Political Committees
Transaction Types: Refunded Contribution, Inkind Contribution (Reversal)
Entities: All entities besides Political Committees or The Candidate
Line 28b: Refunds of Contributions to Political Party Committees
Transaction Types: Refunded Contribution, Inkind Contribution (Reversal)
Entities: Political Party Committees
Line 28c: Refunds of Contributions to Other Political Committees (such as PACs)
Transaction Types: Refunded Contribution, Inkind Contribution (Reversal)
Entities: All Political Committees except Party Committees
Line 29: Other Disbursements
Transaction Types: Support/Oppose Memo + TAG: “Non-IE to Support” or “Non-IE to Oppose” or {none}
Original Transaction Types: Expense, Non-Monetary Expense, Accrued Expense Payment
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All EXCEPT Party Committee
Special: The Support/Oppose memo must be to an entity that DOES NOT have a “Federal” jurisdiction
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Transaction Types: Expenses, Accrued Expense Payment and Non-Monetary Expense
Reporting Code: 012
Entities: All EXCEPT Party Committee
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Transaction Types: Non-Monetary Expense
Entities: All EXCEPT Party Committee
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Transaction Types: Splits of Accrued Expense when the whole Accrued Expense had Reporting Code “012”
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All EXCEPT Party Committee
Special: Accrued expense splits are reported as a memo (no cash impact) when they are paid.
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Transaction Types: Splits of Accrued Expense
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All EXCEPT Party Committee
Special: Original Accrued Expense must have a Support/Oppose Memo; the Support/Oppose memo must be to an entity that DOES NOT have a “Federal” jurisdiction; Accrued expense splits are reported as a memo (no cash impact) when they are paid.
Line 30a (Sch H6): Allocated Federal/Levin Election Activity
Transaction Types: Expense, Accrued Expense Payment, Refunded Expense
Allocation Type: Voter Registration (Levin), Voter ID (Levin), GOTV (Levin), Generic Campaign Activity (Levin)
Entities: All
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Transaction Types: Splits of Accrued Expense
Allocation Type: Voter Registration (Levin), Voter ID (Levin), GOTV (Levin), Generic Campaign Activity (Levin)
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All
Special: Accrued expense splits are reported as a memo (no cash impact) when they are paid.
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Transaction Types: Inkind Contribution
Allocation Type: Voter Registration (Levin), Voter ID (Levin), GOTV (Levin), Generic Campaign Activity (Levin)
Financial Account: Levin
Entities: All
Line 30b: Federal Election Activity Paid Entirely With Federal Funds
Transaction Types: Expense, Accrued Expense Payment, Non-Monetary Expense
Allocation Type: NONE
Reporting Code: 100% FEA
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All
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Transaction Types: Splits of Accrued Expense
Allocation Type: NONE
Reporting Code: 100% FEA
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All
Special: Accrued expense splits are reported as a memo (no cash impact) when they are paid.
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Transaction Types: Support/Oppose Memo + TAG: “Non-IE to Support” or “Non-IE to Oppose” or {none}
Original Transaction Type: Non-Monetary Expense
Allocation Type: NONE
Reporting Code: 100% FEA
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All
Special: The Support/Oppose memo must be to an entity that has a “Federal” jurisdiction
Sch C: All Loans Received
Transaction Types: Loan Received
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All entities
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Transaction Types: Loan Received Guarantee
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All entities
Sch C1: Loans and Lines Of Credit From Lending Institutions
Transaction Types: Loan Received
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: Financial Institution/Credit Card Issuer
Sch D: Debts and Obligations
Transaction Types: Accrued Expense
Financial Account: Not State or Levin
Entities: All entities
Sch H1: Method of Allocation
Special: Add a new allocation with type “Administrative”, “Exempt”, “Public Communications”, “Voter Drive”
Sch H2: Allocation Ratios for Allocable Fundraising Events and Direct Candidate Support Activities Appearing on this Report
Transaction Types: Allocation Transfer, Expense, Refunded Expense, Accrued Expense Payment, Inkind Contribution
Allocation Type: Direct Candidate Support, Direct Fundraising
Entities: All
Special: Transaction with the Allocation must be on the current report
Sch H3: Transfers from Nonfederal Accounts for Allocated Federal / Nonfederal Activity
Transaction Types: Allocation Transfer
Allocation Type: Administrative, Voter Drive, Exempt, Public Communications, Direct Fundraising, Direct Candidate Support
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Transaction Types: Inkind Contribution
Allocation Type: Administrative, Voter Drive, Exempt, Public Communications, Direct Fundraising, Direct Candidate Support
Financial Account: State
Entities: All
Sch H4: Allocated Federal/Non-Federal Activity
See Line 21a (Sch H4).
Sch H5: Transfers from Levin Accounts for Allocated Federal Election Activity
Transaction Types: Allocation Transfer
Allocation Type: Voter Registration (Levin), Voter ID (Levin), GOTV (Levin), Generic Campaign Activity (Levin)
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Transaction Types: Inkind Contribution
Allocation Type: Voter Registration (Levin), Voter ID (Levin), GOTV (Levin), Generic Campaign Activity (Levin)
Financial Account: Levin
Entities: All
Sch H6: Allocated Federal / Levin Election Activity
See Line 30a (Sch H6).
Sch L-A, Line 1a: Receipts from Persons
Transaction Types: Monetary Contribution, Loan Received
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Levin
Entities: All
Sch L-A, Line 2: Other Receipts
Transaction Types: Other Income, Refunded Expense
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Levin
Entities: All
Sch L-B, Line 4a: Transfers To Federal Or Allocation Account (Voter Registration)
Transaction Types: Allocation Transfer
Allocation Type: Voter Registration (Levin)
Sch L-B, Line 4b: Transfers To Federal Or Allocation Account (Voter ID)
Transaction Types: Allocation Transfer
Allocation Type: Voter ID (Levin)
Sch L-B, Line 4c: Transfers To Federal Or Allocation Account (GOTV)
Transaction Types: Allocation Transfer
Allocation Type: GOTV (Levin)
Sch L-B, Line 4d: Transfers To Federal Or Allocation Account (Generic Campaign)
Transaction Types: Allocation Transfer
Allocation Type: Generic Campaign Activity (Levin)
Sch L-B, Line 5: Other Disbursements
Transaction Types: Expense, Loan Received Repayment, Accrued Expense Payment, Refunded Contribution
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Levin
Entities: All
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Transaction Types: Splits of Accrued Expense
Allocation Type: NONE
Financial Account: Levin
Entities: All
Special: Accrued expense splits are reported as a memo (no cash impact) when they are paid.
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Transaction Types: Monetary Contribution + TAG: “Conduit – Conduit Check”
Entities: All
Financial Account: Levin
Special: ISP automatically calculates processing fees based on difference of total of donations and the deposit amount.
