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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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I think their maids probably already pay taxes.

I resisted.... Glad there's another grammar/spelling Nazi out there. 😉

@bigpawbullets @jlynn37 my fingers were itching.... so thank you 😀

I immediately started to imagine a church in one of those black and white french maid outfits... it didnt work very well

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I don't know enough to be able to even think of that. Yet not everywhere is the same, so nonsense is sayin' "Should." or "Shouldn't." for all Churches together.

It's not black-white. Maybe you USA people can't see anything outside but as I recently told somewhere USA don't have any religion. Whoever tellin' that Catholicism and Protestantism are valid religions and can be used to determine others is in great misleading.

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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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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 with George

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Their stupidity should be taxed. Our debt would go down to zero in a snap. Lol

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Yes. The way I understand it is that they don't have taxation due to forfeiting their Constitutional right to representation. But since they are basically already running the show, "donating" (See: Buying) to politicians and political parties and being given special privileges, rights, and considerations for anything they do that crosses any lines, then they absolutely should be charged taxes equal to the influences they hold of the people's minds. I'm thinking 75% of all income seems fair.

It's a business. They go to a (bible) college to study and graduate to teach that subject. The teaching (an idea) however doesn't warrant any proof like archaeology, geology, evolution, sunken cities etc but they still get paid by a large amount churchgoers. Churchgoers who are duped by this "have faith story" and "heaven and hell".
The greatest scam on this planet!
Off course they must pay tax! How can any govt continue to allow tax-free status to such institutions. I agree they need to be audited. If no donations, charity etc then full tax must apply.

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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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Welcome to the asylum. Enjoy your stay.

Yes, ALL churches should be MADE to pay taxes.

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Yes, churches should be made to pay taxes just like every other business in this Country. They are in the business of lies and bullshit so should pay up!!!

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They should NEVER have been granted Tax Free status in the first place imho.

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Yes, churches should be paying taxes. The whole principle of tax-free nonprofit status is that they should be making a positive contribution to society, and most of them aren’t.
Not to mention, they can be considered “nonprofit” when they are paying multi-million dollar salaries.

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Yes

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No, but a maid would be a good idea so they clean their houses.

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Yes, just like any other business.

1of5 Level 8 June 23, 2019
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perhaps they should learn to spell !

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Made lol couldnt change it, but i made a spelling mistake lol

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Hell yeah

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Yes they should, People are using faith to drive illegal money activities

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If it's an organized business, of course treat it as such.

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Not only should religion have to pay taxes,they should get audited and have to repay past taxes from hundreds of years.

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Yes, YES, YES.

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If taxation without representation is tyranny, then representation (and influence) without taxation is churches. If they want to participate in the political influence game, then taxes are the price of admission.

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