{
  "id": "BRD-242",
  "slug": "brd-242",
  "title": "A tax-exempt organisation must not order a political vet",
  "statement": "A political vet must not be requested or imported for a brand that already holds 501(c)(3), (4), (5) or (6) status.",
  "rationale": "The tax-exempt status is itself one of the three qualifying artefacts, so ordering a vet on top of it is disallowed rather than redundant — the request is refused. It is a natural mistake because the vet looks like the thorough option, and nothing in the ordering flow says the status you already hold has made you ineligible for it.",
  "layer": "BRAND",
  "layerSlug": "brand",
  "object": "brand.tax_exempt_status + the political vet order",
  "severity": "BLOCKING",
  "detectability": [
    "DETERMINISTIC"
  ],
  "failureClass": "RETRY_FIELD",
  "authorities": [
    "TCR"
  ],
  "codes": [
    {
      "provider": "TCR",
      "code": "541",
      "remediable": true
    }
  ],
  "applicability": {
    "entityTypes": [
      "NON_PROFIT"
    ]
  },
  "applicabilityText": "Applies when the brand is a non-profit.",
  "universal": false,
  "remediation": "Rely on the tax-exempt status you already hold and do not order or import a political vet. Make sure the status is recorded as an attribute on the brand rather than only claimed on the form — BRD-263 is the appeal route if the registry did not set it.",
  "example": "tax_exempt_status: 501(c)(4) with no political vet ordered — the status is the qualifying artefact",
  "phase": "approval",
  "automated": true,
  "url": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-242/",
  "markdown": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-242.md",
  "registry": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/",
  "updated": "2026-07-25",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}