FEC Compliance Reporting Dates
The FEC has posted a typically governmental reporting schedule. Fundraising shouldn't be harder than filing your FEC Report so I thought I'd try to make the schedule at least a bit more legible. Note that you can generate your own FEC filing reports directly out of Crimson. CMDI has filed more that 7,500 FEC compliance reports so we've totally got you covered!
2012 Filing Deadlines
(For House, Senate & Presidential Campaign Committees, PACs, and Political Parties)
| Filing Date | Filing Type | Period Covered | Organization Type |
| Jan 31 | Quarterly | Oct 1 - Dec 31, 2011 | House, Senate, PresidentialCampaigns, PACs, Parties |
| Jan 31 | Monthly | Dec 1 - Dec 31, 2011 | Presidential Campaigns,PACs, Parties |
| Feb 20 | Monthly | Jan 1 - Jan 31 | Presidential Campaigns,PACs, Parties |
| Mar 20 | Monthly | Feb 1 - Feb 29 | Presidential Campaigns,PACs, Parties |
| Apr 15 | Quarterly | Jan 1 - March 31 | House, Senate, PresidentialCampaigns, PACs, Parties |
| Apr 20 | Monthly | Mar 1 - Mar 31 | Presidential Campaigns,PACs, Parties |
| May 20 | Monthly | Apr 1 - Apr 30 | Presidential Campaigns,PACs, Parties |
| Jun 20 | Monthly | May 1 - May 30 | Presidential Campaigns,PACs, Parties |
| Jul 15 | Quarterly | Apr 1 - Jun 30 | House, Senate, PresidentialCampaigns, PACs, Parties |
| Jul 20 | Monthly | Jun 1 - Jun 30 | Presidential Campaigns,PACs, Parties |
| Aug 20 | Monthly | Jul 1 - Jul 31 | Presidential Campaigns,PACs, Parties |
| Sep 20 | Monthly | Aug 1 - Aug 31 | Presidential Campaigns,PACs, Parties |
| Oct 15 | Quarterly | Jul 1 - Sep 30 | Presidential Campaigns,PACs, Parties |
| Oct 20 | Monthly | Sep 1 - Sep 30 | Presidential Campaigns,PACs, Parties |
| Oct 25 | Pre-General | Oct 1 - Oct 17 | House, Senate, PresidentialCampaigns, PACs, Parties |
| Dec 6 | Post-General | Oct 18 - Nov 26 | House, Senate, PresidentialCampaigns, PACs, Parties |
| Jan 31, 2013 | Year End 2012 | Nov 27 - Dec 31 | House, Senate, PresidentialCampaigns, PACs, Parties |