If not why? We need more taxes for our country, good place to start
Not for profits and churches should be more closely regulated.
Absolutely yes! They can get lots of tax relief from charity work, but profit must be taxed.
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.
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!!!!
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
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.
Yes, churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples should pay pay taxes. IMHO.
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.
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.