Five filing elements
Itemized receipts, disbursements, independent expenditures, contributions to other committees, and debts — all present, or the pack does not release.
The most rigorous FEC filing pack a PAC can send.
Ledgerline assembles a documentation-complete FEC filing pack — every schedule, every limit check, every required search, the e-filing package, and the deadline calendar — checked against the letter of the Federal Election Campaign Act before a compliance specialist releases it.
Every deadline of 52 U.S.C. §30104Five statutory filing elements, gate-checkedFEC · state disclosure · contribution limit · prohibited source checksSpecialist release on every pack5-business-day SLA
Why packs fail
A single missing element can trigger a fine or an RFAI.
A PAC's FEC filing is only as strong as the compliance behind it. Miss one of the five required schedules, skip a contribution limit check, mis-time a filing deadline, or fail to disclose a bundled contribution — and the committee can face administrative fines, RFAIs, or enforcement action.
Most committees run this by hand, from memory, once a quarter. The statute has not been read end-to-end since the last time it mattered. That is exactly where compliance gaps hide.
Ledgerline exists to close that gap with a single, exhaustive standard applied identically to every file.
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missing filing elements is enough to trigger an RFAI
The benchmark
Measured against the letter of the statute — subsection by subsection.
We do not summarize the law and hope. Every pack is scored against a versioned rule pack tied to the exact text of the Federal Election Campaign Act and FEC regulations. These are the provisions each pack is held to.
Filing deadlines
The filing date is verified to fall on or before the statutory deadline, computed deterministically — never estimated.
Contribution limit checks
Every contribution is checked against per-recipient and per-source limits, with aggregate tracking across the cycle.
Prohibited source screening
Contributions from corporations, foreign nationals, and federal contractors are flagged and excluded.
Schedule itemization
Every receipt and disbursement over $200 is itemized with full disclosure (name, address, employer, occupation, date, amount).
RFAI response readiness
A pre-drafted RFAI response template is included, with evidence log and deadline calendar for the 35-day cure period.
How a pack is built
Intake to specialist release, with deterministic gates the AI cannot overrule.
AI extracts and drafts. Deterministic rules — running as code, outside the model — decide what is complete. A human specialist signs every release. That order is never reversed.
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Compliance Gap Scan
Upload the committee's transaction data and prior filings. We return a free compliance read: which statutory elements and checks you already have, and which are missing.
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Data ingestion & reconciliation
As your authorized clerical agent, we ingest bank feeds, processor data (WinRed/ActBlue/Stripe), and spreadsheets, reconciling to the penny.
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Grounded drafting
The five filing elements are drafted from your validated data and the FEC rule pack into field-locked templates — no legal opinions, no invented facts.
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Deterministic compliance gates
Contribution limits are verified; prohibited sources are screened; deadlines are confirmed; schedules are balanced. Any failure blocks release.
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Specialist release
A compliance specialist reviews the exception queue and signs the release. High-value or complex committees route to attorney review first.
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Delivery
You receive the pack: .fec file, schedules, evidence log, limit-check report, RFAI response template, and the filing calendar — ready for the committee to e-file under its own name.
The bar we hold
Rigor you can measure.
100%
Specialist-released
No pack ships without a human signature.
5 days
Standard SLA
From complete intake to released pack.
<1%
Critical-defect target
Tracked against a gold-standard pack library.
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Compliance-check sources
FEC · state disclosure · contribution limits · prohibited sources, every applicable file.
Why Ledgerline
Built to be the most thorough option a PAC has.
Documentation-complete, by design
The deliverable is completeness itself — every statutory element and check accounted for or explicitly exception-coded. Nothing is left implicit.
Deterministic, not vibes
The gates that decide completeness are code, not a model's opinion. A drafting error cannot slip past a statutory requirement.
In its lane, on purpose
We prepare documentation and run checks as your clerical agent. We never give legal advice, contact donors, or file reports on your behalf.
Engagement
Flat fee, per released pack. No contingency, ever.
Simple, predictable, and aligned with a compliance standard — not a cut of any recovery.
- A free Compliance Gap Scan before you commit — see exactly what is missing.
- One flat fee per released Compliance Pack; disclosed pass-through search fees.
- Optional fixed-fee attorney review for complex or high-value committees.
- Optional RFAI Response Add-on for the 35-day cure period, pre-drafted to your filing.
FAQ
Questions, answered precisely.
Is Ledgerline a law firm?
No. Ledgerline, a service of Your Deputy, Obuke LLC, provides documentation-completeness services. It is not a law firm, does not provide legal advice, and does not represent you in any legal matter. Attorney review is available and recommended for complex or high-value committees.
Do you contact donors or file reports?
Never. Ledgerline is not a debt collector and does not contact donors or file reports on your behalf. The committee remains the filer and the party responsible for submitting all reports.
What makes a pack 'complete'?
Completeness is defined by the statute: the five §30104(b) filing elements present, deadlines verified, contribution limits checked, prohibited sources screened, schedules itemized, and RFAI response ready. Deterministic gates enforce each one before release.
How fast is it?
The standard SLA is five business days from complete intake to a specialist-released pack. The free Gap Scan is returned much sooner and tells you exactly what is still needed.
How are you priced?
A flat fee per released pack, plus disclosed pass-through search costs. No contingency and no percentage of any recovered amount or sale proceeds.
See what's missing before it costs you a fine.
Start with a free Compliance Gap Scan. Send your transaction data and prior filings and we'll return a compliance read against every subsection of the FECA.
Documentation-completeness service · not legal advice · the committee files every report.