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A committee that meets the $50,000 receipt/expenditure threshold files all required reports and statements electronically as required by the Commission's mandatory e-filing regulations.
Federal Election Commission regulations at 11 C.F.R. § 104.18(a)(1) require political committees and other persons that file with the FEC to submit their reports electronically if they have received or expect to receive contributions, or have made or expect to make expenditures, aggregating in excess of $50,000 in any calendar year, and § 104.18(a)(2) requires that once the threshold is met they must file all subsequent required reports electronically for the remainder of that year. Official FEC guidance on electronic filing reiterates that once a committee crosses the $50,000 contributions or expenditures threshold (or has reason to expect to), it is no longer permitted to file on paper and must file all reports and statements electronically, a point also emphasized in the FEC Record article on mandatory electronic filing. Verdict: True, because the controlling regulation and multiple official FEC guidance documents clearly state that committees meeting or expecting to meet the $50,000 annual contributions or expenditures threshold are required to file all FEC reports and statements electronically under the mandatory electronic filing rules.