Discussion»Questions»Finance» I do not think churches have the right to tax exemption. They save billions of dollars for what? Because they need money? Oh right.
They need the money to pay for legal protection for the peadophile priests they employ......none ever face justice ......they much prefer to leave that to god
I say let churches keep their ill-gotten gains. They are tax-deductible charitable contributions, after all.
But accordingly, since they don’t contribute taxes, churches shouldn’t receive the public benefits that tax revenues provide, i.e.: police and fire protection, municipal trash/recycling pick-up, snow removal, etc. Parishes should be left to fund such public services from their own (untaxed) resources.
This post was edited by Don Barzini at February 27, 2018 1:39 PM MST
It is about keeping government out of religion. Gov uses tax laws for control people and business.
LBJ stopped some of that when he passed the law saying churches cannot be political. He did this because they opposed him. Churches are starting to fight back on this. As they should.
The constitution says "institutions of religion". The Internal Revenue Code says "non-profit corporations". Both are sloppily called "churches". So you need to figure out what you are talking about, because the treatments are very different.
No, I know what I am talking about. Where did I mention the Constitution? The Constitution doesn't have the phrase "separation of church and state" in it. Tax code is what matters in this topic. All churches which want their congregation to be able to deduct donations are required to be a nonprofit corporation specifically a 501c3. Not all nonprofit corporations are churches.
This post was edited by my2cents at February 27, 2018 10:40 AM MST
Not Sure 