Make Your CFA-4 Filing Easier and More Accurate
Snapshot of the CFA-4 fillable form
Indiana’s CFA-4 Report of Receipts and Expenditures (State Form 4606) is required for candidates and political committees across the state.
If you have ever filed one, you know two things:
The official file is not set up as a true fillable form. It is essentially designed to be printed and completed by hand.
It does not provide sufficient extra copies of the most commonly used schedules—particularly Schedule A (contributions) and Schedule B (expenditures).
In 2026, candidates should not have to handwrite financial reports or juggle extra printed pages just to stay compliant.
Over the past few years, I have reviewed a large number of campaign finance reports as part of my watchdog efforts. The majority contain preventable errors. In many cases:
Totals do not match between schedules and the summary page.
Debts are carried incorrectly.
Required occupation fields are missing.
Handwriting is difficult or impossible to read.
Pages are missing or out of order.
When reports are unclear or incomplete, it creates unnecessary work for clerks and election officials. It also increases the risk of compliance issues for candidates.
The solution is simple: make the form usable.
I converted the state CFA-4 into a fully fillable PDF and added multiple extra copies of the most commonly used schedules so candidates can:
Enter contributions and expenses electronically.
Keep running totals organized.
Avoid last-minute reconstruction of three months of activity.
Print a clean, legible report for filing.
Campaign reporting becomes much easier if you record transactions as they happen.
Instead of waiting until April 10 to close your pre-primary period and scrambling to reconstruct everything before the April 17 noon filing deadline, you can:
Open the file.
Enter contributions as they are received.
Enter expenses as they are paid.
Update loan balances and debts in real time.
By the time the reporting period closes, most of the work is already done.
That reduces stress, improves accuracy, and lowers the chance of filing errors.
This is not partisan.
I created this fillable CFA-4 for any candidate or committee in Indiana—Republican, Democrat, Independent, or nonpartisan.
Accurate reporting strengthens public confidence in elections. Clear and legible filings help everyone.
You can download the fillable CFA-4 here:
[Download the Fillable CFA-4 (PDF)]
If you find an error, formatting issue, or anything that does not align precisely with the official state form, please let me know. I will correct it and update the file. If you have any suggestions to improve the form, I welcome them as well.
The goal is simple: make compliance easier, reduce mistakes, and improve transparency.
