POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH COUNCIL: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH COUNCIL (EIN 20-5179792)
Tax period
2010-07-01 to 2011-06-30
Filed
2012-05-14
IRS object ID
201211359349301526
Schema version
2010v3.4
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

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Timestamp2012-05-14T09:43:13-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2011-06-30TaxPeriodEndDate

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Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierExplanationExplanationReturn ReferenceReturnReference
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AVAILABLE UPON REQUESTFORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19

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