Should Churches pay Taxes?

Strangest Tribe
Strangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
edited November 2007 in A Moving Train
I think it's about time they did.
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  • prism
    prism Posts: 2,440
    yes, they should.
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,263
    Strangest Tribe wrote:
    I think it's about time they did.

    Why?
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    Why?

    they meddle in the political process. therefore they should pay taxes.
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,423
    soulsinging wrote:
    they meddle in the political process. therefore they should pay taxes.

    exactly. if a tax free entity tells someone who to vote for, or more importantly who to vote against, they should forfeit their tax exempt status.
    religious institutions should stay out of politics and vice versa, hence the separation of church and state.
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  • hailhailkc
    hailhailkc Posts: 582
    I don't have a problem with churces paying taxes. Why not?!
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  • Strangest Tribe
    Strangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    They want the 10 commandments posted in federal buildings maybe they should pay for them that way
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  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    They generate profit so yes they should.

    Like, if I started a yoga business, I'd be expected to collect GST/PST and forward that to the appropriate governments.

    Otherwise, why can't I say I'm providing a religious service, or quality of life seminar and collect tax exempt contributions?
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  • surferdude
    surferdude Posts: 2,057
    I think their not for profit/charitable work should be tax free. There's no reason that a church's not for profit/charitable work should be treated any differently than Greenpeace or the Red Cross. I also believe churches should be able to participate in the democratic process to the same extent that other not for profit/charitable organizations do.

    I wouldn't mind seeing them pay a small amount of tax based on the religious services offered as a percent of all services offered. This gets tricky as any "profit" a church service makes is just pumped directly into their not for profit/charitable work.

    But then again, I'm a heretic. I think union dues should be taxed, unions should be fully taxed and that a striking worker should not be able to scab him/herself out for hire any more than the employer can bring in scab employees.
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  • sweetpotato
    sweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    why are there two threads asking the exact same question?
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