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22.1. FEC Form 3 Line by Line

Form 3 Line-by-Line Summary

Line 11(a): Contributions (including lines ai, aii, aiii)

This is where your contributions and in-kind contributions will show up.
11(a)(i): This line reflects all itemized contributions.
11(a)(ii): This line reflects all unitemized contributions.
11(a)(iii): This line reflects the total of contributions from Individuals.

Earmarked contributions indicate that a contribution has come to your committee by way of another committee or Individual, called an Intermediary. These are also sometimes referred to as Conduits. These are recorded as memo transactions on Line 11a if the funds were originated by an Individual and 11b or 11c for contributions originating from a Party or PAC, respectively.

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Line 11(b): Political Party Committees

Any contributions made by a party committee should appear in this section.

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Line 11(c): Other Political Committees (PACS)

Any contributions made by another committee besides party committee should appear in this section.

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Line 11(d): The Candidate

This line is where contributions from your candidate will appear.

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Line 11(e): Total Contributions

The sum of lines 11(a)-(e).

Line 12: Transfers From Other Authorized Committees

This line is hardly used. It is for transfers from other authorized committees. An authorized committee is the principal campaign committee or any other political committee authorized by a candidate to received contributions or make expenditures on behalf of that candidate. Please note, this is DIFFERENT from an Earmarked Contribution. 

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Line 13(a): Loans Made or Guaranteed by the Candidate

This line is where all loans from the candidate to the committee will appear.

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Line 13(b): All Other Loans

This line is where all other loans will show up. You can enter these loan transactions into the system through the Financial tab, then choosing Loans.

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Line 13(c): Total Loans

The sum of lines 13(a) and 13(b).

Line 14: Offsets to Operating Expenditures (Refunds, Rebates, etc)

This line is for refunds or rebates.

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Line 15: Other Receipts (Dividends, Interest, etc)

Other miscellaneous receipts pull to this line.

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Line 16: Total Receipts

The sum of Lines 11(e), 12, 13(c), 14 and 15.

Line 17: Operating Expenditures

This is where your expenses will show up. Subvendors will show up as expenses on line 17. They will appear as memos to the original expense if they are above the reporting threshold. Some examples of Operating Expenditures are media advertising, newspaper advertising, salaries, travel, rent and telephones.

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Line 18: Transfers to Other Authorized Committees

This line is hardly used. It is for transfers to other authorized committees. An authorized committee is the principal campaign committee or any other political committee authorized by a candidate to received contributions or make expenditures on behalf of such candidate. If you do not have any other committees controlled by your candidate, you will NOT be using this line.

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Line 19(a): Loan Repayments Of Loans Made of Guaranteed by the Candidate

This is where payments on loans from your candidate will appear.

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Line 19(b): Loan Repayments Of All Other Loans

This is where payments on loans that are not from your candidate will appear.

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Line 19(c): Total Loan Repayments

The sum of all loan repayments.

Line 20(a): Refunds of Contributions to Individuals other than Political Committees

This is where refunds of contributions from line 11(a) will appear.

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Line 20(b): Refunds of Contributions to Political Party Committees

This is where refunds of contributions from line 11(b) will appear.

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Line 20(c): Refunds of Contributions to Other Political Party Committees (PACs)

This is where refunds of contributions from line 11(c) will appear.

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Line 20(d): Total Contribution Refunds

The sum of Lines 20(a), 20(b) and 20(c)

Line 21: Other Disbursements

Miscellaneous expenses will pull to this line.

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Line 22: Total Disbursements

The sum of Lines 17, 18, 19(c), 20(d) and 21.

Line 23: Cash On Hand At Beginning of Reporting Period

This line automatically populates with the total amount of cash on hand at the beginning of the reporting period.

Line 24: Total Receipts this Period

This line contains the sum total amount of receipts (taken from Line 16).

Line 25: Subtotal

The sum of Lines 23 and 24.

Line 26: Total Disbursements This Period

This line contains the sum total amount of disbursements (taken from Line 22).

Line 27: Cash On Hand At Close of Reporting Period

The difference between Lines 26 and 25 (Line 26 subtracted from Line 25).

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