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PdxSean

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18. In short, there should be no blanket "I'm with Jesus" exemption.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #10)

Wed Apr 19, 2017, 04:22 PM

Apr 2017

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Any entity, churches included, should have its tax exemption based on actual "charitable" work as defined by the tax code. The "I'm with Jesus" tax exemption is, in my opinion, bogus. Churches should file tax returns just like any other entity should, and they should be scrutinized just as - not more and not less - than any other "non-profit, charitable organization." And yes, ministers and other like gurus and oracles of any deity should be taxed on their income just as any CEO, teacher, or sanitation worker gets taxed.

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Jesus paid taxes. [View all] PdxSean Apr 2017 OP

Good story, except FakeNoose Apr 2017 #1

Now THAT'S a keeper! PdxSean Apr 2017 #4

and HE is still waiting for MFM008 Apr 2017 #2

so? hrmjustin Apr 2017 #3

If Jesus paid taxes, why can't . . . PdxSean Apr 2017 #5

Non profits don't pay taxes. hrmjustin Apr 2017 #6

So religion is often unprofitable or fruitless? Bretton Garcia Apr 2017 #7

Your milage may vary! hrmjustin Apr 2017 #8

Some do, but I get your point. PdxSean Apr 2017 #9

Do you think all non profits should pay taxes or just religious ones? hrmjustin Apr 2017 #10

It's not all or nothing. Before 1954, churches didn't qualify as non-profits. AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #11

But they are now. to single them out would be discriminatory. hrmjustin Apr 2017 #13

Why? Even the NRA maintains two separate orgs/legal entities so they can AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #14

That would work if they wanted to go political. hrmjustin Apr 2017 #15

If they were 501C4 they simply wouldn't be taxed on those activities then because AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #16

Well if churches break the rules they should be penalized for it. hrmjustin Apr 2017 #17

That's not true at all. rug Apr 2017 #20

Mea culpa. AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #21

In short, there should be no blanket "I'm with Jesus" exemption. PdxSean Apr 2017 #18

Clergy pay taxes. I know they get excemptions. hrmjustin Apr 2017 #19

It's mixed. Igel Apr 2017 #23

They do. Igel Apr 2017 #24

Not according to the response. 'does your teacher NOT pay' 'yes'. AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #12

Jesus was homeless and had no job. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2017 #22

There were two kinds of taxes. Igel Apr 2017 #25

I understand how Rome collected taxes. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2017 #30

I wonder if Huckleberry Finn paid taxes. nt Gore1FL Apr 2017 #26

This story is about paying taxes to the Temple, okasha Apr 2017 #27

Just citing one of the many versions of the Bible re taxes. PdxSean Apr 2017 #28

It's a bit more fraught than that. okasha Apr 2017 #29