Moreover if you look at what can get written off, its astounding. Religious employees salaries are not taxed; Donations are tax free; tax-free land (exempt from property taxes) - upwards of 25% of many cities are church owned or owned by church related businesses, and are not subject to property tax; some church related businesses are tax exempt.
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1828.pdf On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < [email protected]> wrote: > > then, they should "pick themselves up by their own bootstraps"...seriously > though, the church shouldn't enjoy tax exempt status just because the > clergy is poor. We have tax laws for lower income people. Don't they fall > into that category? > > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So, because a few people take advantage of the tax break, that means we > > should take it away from everyone? That sounds an awful lot like: 'people > > take advantage of welfare, so we should get rid of it'. And a perfect > > example of how liberals can be as illogical as conservatives. > > > > Contrary to what many think, most clergy are not wealthy, and often have > a > > difficult time making ends meet. > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > Its part of their campaign I suspect to remove the religious property > tax > > > exemption and the tax exemption for a pastor or a minister's salary and > > > housing costs. > > > > > > Its considered unfair because you can have a televangelist being able > to > > > write off his three Cadillacs and luxury condo, yet no one else can do > an > > > equivalent tax writeoff > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > While I think it is admirable that these people do not want to use > the > > > tax > > > > exemption, I don't understand why they wen tot court over it. Simply > > > don't > > > > take advantage of it and be done with it. I may not agree with > > everything > > > > every religious institution has done, but in my opinion, the good > that > > > > local parishes, etc. do on a day to day basis should not be > > overshadowed > > > by > > > > the actions of those at higher levels. > > > > > > > > One thing in this article that I do not understand is - 'Gaylor's > > > > organization says the exemption gives religious groups an unfair > > > > advantage.' Advantage in what? > > > > > > > > > -- > > Scott Stroz > > --------------- > > You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can wonder > > what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris > > > > http://xkcd.com/386/ > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366628 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
