"Would you tax their income or their holdings or both? Personally, I would just go for putting them under normal corporate tax structure, which would mean a little of each, unless they wanted to go to the effort of holding their cash offshore."
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AMERICAN ATHEISTS & FFRF FILE TWO SUITS AGAINST IRS
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These could be landmark cases. Will they be? Is it time for churches to play by the same financial rules as other non-profit organizations (like AA & FFRF)?…Continue
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Humble Pie replied to Michael Dorian's discussion AMERICAN ATHEISTS & FFRF FILE TWO SUITS AGAINST IRS
GOD'aye replied to Michael Dorian's discussion AMERICAN ATHEISTS & FFRF FILE TWO SUITS AGAINST IRS
"Though churches are not "Non-Profit Organizations" in any form.
Their charities may be non-profit, but the churches themselves do make a massive profit.
Tithing is an income stream, not a donation it is in fact a tax by the church. So all…"
Jerry Wesner replied to Michael Dorian's discussion AMERICAN ATHEISTS & FFRF FILE TWO SUITS AGAINST IRS
"Sounds like something that should have been done whenever the law establishing this preferred treatment went into effect. Why should a "magic guy in the sky" non-profit be treated differently from, say, a "flying spaghetti…"
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