You’re not quite grasping what I mean. The FEC has what they view as acceptable thresholds. You can’t file a Committee, claim to have spent $5 million in order to only get 50 Nominating signatures, and launder that money as a tax loss. It’s not what you are allowed to spend up front. But how much you are permitted to write off for what in the final accounting. Which doesn’t come due till after Election Day. The FEC will look at Balloting expenses, nominating and primary expenses etc. and unless you can show a real operation with extremely transparent and unquestionable ledgers they will restrict how much you can claim for each activity.