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Should churches be maid to pay taxes

If not why? We need more taxes for our country, good place to start

TonyCarl1 6 June 23
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Not for profits and churches should be more closely regulated.

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Absolutely. Crazy scam. Churches get a tax break which I pay for. I make a donation to church, which I also pay for. It's F'd Up!

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Without a doubt yes

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Maid ?

just checking to see if everyone is paying attention, i do that sometimes when I post...lol

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Absolutely yes! They can get lots of tax relief from charity work, but profit must be taxed.

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Not maid, but there should be laws making them pay taxes.

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Definitely, 100%, yes.

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Yes! The fact that they automatically get tax exempt status without having to prove that they serve any charitable purpose really irks me. Furthermore, I am under the impression that tax exempt entities are not supposed to engage in political campaign activity in the United States and somehow that doesn't apply to the church which irks me as well. It's time for those laws to be looked at again.

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Yes, fuck yes.

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Yes they should.

Ohub Level 7 June 24, 2019
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Oh HELL YEAH!! When these Televangelists tell their ignorant followers. "The LORD wants to add an additional Lear Jet to my four others". When these Gospel pimps live in opulence off the backs of their dummy sheep, TAX the M/Fs. Also, since these religious clowns want to get political TAX em!!!!🤨

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Not taxing churches is ethically abhorent

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Only registered Charities should be exempt from tax, the majority of religion's work is not charitable and should not be excused social liability.

By the way maid is the title of a female servant or a virgin, I believe you meant to say
Should churches be made to pay taxes

Shhh....don't ruin the glory of my funny further down.

i corrected my self i have a computer where i can talk and it types in the words, i said made and they put maid...lol

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I agree. I don't know what happens outside Europe but in certain countries even bigger amounts of money you want to give a relative are starting to be taxed. On that perspective, I see no reason for the religious entities not to be taxed as well.

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Yes, churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples should pay pay taxes. IMHO.

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Of course churches are businesses like any other

m16566 Level 7 June 24, 2019
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I wouldn' t mind seeing the pastors of megachurchs getting audited, that's for damn sure. The prosperity gospel sure seems to be financially one-sided.

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Sure.

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I think so. They're really cleaning up.

Kynlei Level 8 June 24, 2019
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Yep.

zeuser Level 9 June 24, 2019
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All nonprofit institutions should be made to pay taxes. Churches, Harvard, the Ford Foundation, etc, etc.

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Religion may have made some kind of sence back when they thought the world was flat but now it is just a huge money grab so they should be paying taxes!

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In a word....Yes.

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As tempted as I am to simply say YES, it is not nearly that simple.

Any and all non-profit organization should be required to undergo a certified audit to verify their status as non-profit. Their resulting records should also be available to the public for inspection. It is my understanding that most religious organizations are not required to submit themselves for audit, nor are they required to disclose any sort of records that the public can scrutinize to verify their activities as only charitable.

That said, there are church or other religious organization who do very good work. While I don't agree about their message, at least they are trying to do the right thing. Those groups should be considered for tax exempt status, so long as they are in fact, not earning a profit.

Rignor Level 7 June 24, 2019

of course they should the CEO's of all those get really big inflated salaries and that should be stopped no one is worth 500 or more an hour for work with a non profit

@whiskywoman The point of public accountability is that it would help prevent the situation of individuals within the organizations who give themselves those inflated salaries, and keep their organizations tax exempt status.

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