"religious institutions should not be tax-exempt" (1 Viewer)

[Will Shakespear]

Discuss.

 

[Groucho Marxist]

All kinds of problems exist, i.e. what constitutes a religious institution?

 

[Will Shakespear]

All kinds of problems exist, i.e. what constitutes a religious institution?

They're about all sorts of things.

 

[supercalamari]

They should be taxed.

 

[Kwayera]

Agreed. That really sticks in my craw.

Oh, religious institutions are exempt from the "do not call" list.

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

They should be taxed.

I'll tax you!

 

[chicky_pie]

Scientology should be taxed the highest.

 

[katie tully]

religious organisations r taxing on my patience

 

[emytaylor164]

it should depend on the church

 

[katie tully]

it should depend on the church

why

 

[emytaylor164]

like hillsong, compared to a small community church which just has enough to run, churches like hillsong, yes, small community church, No

 

[Kwayera]

Why make the distinction? What about churches make them appropriate for tax-exempt status?

 

[emytaylor164]

Why make the distinction? What about churches make them appropriate for tax-exempt status?

are they non-for-profit, or do they make a profit?
what do they do with donations?
what is there expenditure?

 

[katie tully]

like hillsong, compared to a small community church which just has enough to run, churches like hillsong, yes, small community church, No

are they non-for-profit, or do they make a profit?
what do they do with donations?
what is there expenditure?

All churches are for profit. It doesn't make sense, even for a Church to operate at cost, or at a loss.

 

[Kwayera]

Even charities operate for profit, although they keep their NFP status by spending "profits" on extra advertising etc.

 

[nandayo]

Religion is a fraudulent franchise.

All other franchises are taxed, religious organisations should be no exception to the rule.

 

[msjones]

All churches are for profit. It doesn't make sense, even for a Church to operate at cost, or at a loss.

churches do make a profit but their money goes back into the community through charities making it impossible to tax a church as they havn't spent their income on material goods but on charity. obvious exceptions to this rule are obviously scientology and hillsong

 

[Graney]

Should charities be taxed?

 

[Kwayera]

Oh, so ALL this money goes back "into charity"?

Right.

 

[Graney]

How much of the money you give to any charity actually ends up going towards good works?