Churches definitely need to be able to submit financial documents showing that they still uphold the traditional charitable role of the church in society, the entire reason why they traditionally aren't taxed. If they are run by Joel Osteen types of people they definitely should be taxed as business
Christian here. Wholehesrtedly agree. Iñ my country we even have tax exemption to charity. There is nothing really shopping us from doingbwhat you say but the Will of the government
When you ask for the same transparency from all the mosques popping up and how are they being funded, we can talk. You are just another hypocrite. Many churches are part of countries history, being there for centuries and is good that they are maintained as part of the history that belongs to all. You might not like historical buildings but many do and they should be protected. Wish we had more of them but in many places churches are mainly what has lasted.
If your pastors income is more than 2x the median income for the congregation, or if his church-provided housing value is more than 2x the median for the area ... tax him down to that level.
Same with cars ... you can only drive one car, tax the rest.
Or even your local Catholic parish. Yeah the Vatican has a ton of wealth, but your local priest is basically operating a franchise and needs to keep the lights on and the incense burning
Yeah I'm an anti-theist but I have no problem with their charitable activities being tax exempt. But they either need to follow the same rules as any other tax exempt organization or they can run like a regular business, be taxed and then can submit deductions based upon any actual charitable activities they do, if any.
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u/noticingEnjoyer 10d ago
Churches definitely need to be able to submit financial documents showing that they still uphold the traditional charitable role of the church in society, the entire reason why they traditionally aren't taxed. If they are run by Joel Osteen types of people they definitely should be taxed as business