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19.6. Form 1M

Line 5(a): STATUS BY QUALIFICATION: Candidates

For Status By Qualification (Section 5a) to populate of your FEC Form 1M, you will first need to be sure you've set up a Candidate record and linked it to the Committee record.

To fill out Section 5a of the Form 1M, enter an expense on the committee record and select the Reporting Code of "11 — Political Contributions," then save. 

 

Also, in order for these Qualifying Contributions to pull to the report, you will need to select Qualification from the "Status By" dropdown in the report parameters screen, and make sure the date range you select includes the dates of these transactions:

 

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The Form 1M can ONLY be e-filed from the Report Generation Complete page, so you'll need to leave this screen open while you download and review the PDF and Validation text for accuracy. 

When viewing a draft from the Previous Reports page, it will say that the report cannot be e-filed. You must e-file before leaving the report generation complete page.