RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
December 10, 2014 at 11:44 am
(This post was last modified: December 10, 2014 at 12:00 pm by Heywood.)
(December 10, 2014 at 11:31 am)Nope Wrote: How would imposing a tax make it harder to be a religious institution? Taxes haven't made businesses go away. Churches are businesses and if they earn a profit, they should pay like every other business.
A church could get out of paying taxes by giving physical charity like food or clothing to those in need(You know, doing what Jesus commanded)
We use the word church but this would apply to temples, synagogues etc.
Taxes make some business models untenable when without the tax they would be tenable. So while taxes have not made all business go away or not be establish they certainly have made many businesses go away or not be established.
(December 10, 2014 at 11:42 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Woodie, how about the churches simply go through the same documentation process that other tax-exempt organizations undergo? That would allow them to retain their tax-exempt status. Why should Churches get to bypass the laws for that, especially when simply documenting its finances isn't imposing on worship in any way?
If Churches are tax exempt what is the point of submitting their finances to government scrutiny?
