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Charities should not be taxed, just as donations to charity shouldn't be taxed. Religious institutions should be exempt from taxation as long as they do charitable work.
At a pinch their charitable work can be tax free but the perpetuation of fraudulently shystering 10% of your money should not be.
No one is forced to donate to a church, if people don't want to be "shystered" then they shouldn't donate.
No one is forced to donate to a church, if people don't want to be "shystered" then they shouldn't donate.
Definitely taxed. They are a private organization that makes profits. The catholic CEO, for instance, lives in a big palace in the center of Rome. Just because they also make charitable contributions doesn't mean they don't also make profits. That's like saying "Well, Goldman-Sachs donated money to charity this year, so their entire organization should be tax free."
We're all paying taxes, they should too. Fair is fair.
That all depends on how one chooses to look at it; the church gets a benefit from public roads, police and fire services, yet pays no taxes to help support them, thus they are being supported by all that are forced to pay such taxation - whether they belong to that, or any, church.
Do you feel that all non-profits make profits?
Nobody is forced to buy into a pyramid selling scheme. They are still illegal. That's why it's called fraud rather than theft.
The use of the roads with a church would come from the congregation, who do pay tax. The cost of police and fire could come from the taxes of the burglar or arsonist.
Why should charities be taxed? Individuals involved are still taxed, and you could argue the benefits from charities outweighs the costs.
So are individuals not involved. Are you advocating that all charitable organizations not pay any taxes - or only religious charities?
Charities should not be taxed, just as donations to charity shouldn't be taxed. Religious institutions should be exempt from taxation as long as they do charitable work.
I do not mind them not paying taxes on their charitable contributions, but absolutely no taxation for everything because some organizations make some charitable contributions is ludicrous IMO. They should have to report their charitable contributions, as well as be allowed reasonable amounts of overhead related to these charitable expenditures. Otherwise income gained for a "church" that is not directed towards charity and charitable expenditures should be taxed.
Taxing the rich is a common theme these days, but there is no talk of taxing religion. Why is that? The Catholic Church has a combined wealth that is near impossible to calculate, but rest assured it makes Bill Gates look like just another poor guy. They pay no taxes but rake in billions. Where does all that money go? Do you really think it is making its way back to the people, especially the poor? And why does God need money? Surely anyone who can create a universe doesn't need money. Seems like organized religion is a goldmine that could be used to save the poor and the middle class.
That's an interesting site. I think I'm going to bookmark it. BTW: Here's a close figure for the US Catholic Church: US Catholic Church a $170 billion businessMost of them do. They have employees and CEOs that make a very substantial amount of cash, and a lot of the profits go back into the organization. Take charities like the Cancer Fund of America who takes in 81 million but only pays out 5% to the cause they allegedly support.
America's Worst Charities
I mean just look at this guy:
He's sitting on a golden throne and has more bling than a rapper.
I'd prefer to have it as easy a possible for charities to be up and running. I think it'd be better for organisations with tax exemption to make their expenditure public and easily accessible, and let people decide if they deserve donations or not, than to make a complicated system than could discourage honest charities from being established.
Do you feel that all non-profits make profits?
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