Why the born again Church company has right to collect 10% of its followers. Why the authorities does not go through the chirch's GIANT piggy box?
2006-12-27 03:08:54 · 9 answers · asked by tell me about Darwin 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
your ignorance is quite amusing, actually.
2006-12-27 03:17:08 · answer #1 · answered by jinenglish68 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Churches pay taxes just like any other non-profit corporation. They pay property tax on the property they own. They pay sales tax on things they buy. They simply do not pay income tax because they have no net income. Net income is profit. In a for profit corporation, the net income is payed out to share holders or the owners of the company. In a non-profit corporation, none of the owners or share holders get payed. All the money goes back into the business. Churches are just like PBS TV or the American Cancer Society or any other non-profit corporation.
2006-12-27 11:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nonprofit organization are exempt from federal income tax, but if a church operates a prift making business on the side (book pub-lishing,for example), the income from it is taxed Same for non-religiou nonprogits
2006-12-27 11:38:56 · answer #3 · answered by tobabill 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Churches are tax exempt corporations. They do have to file returns with the IRS and they do have to conform to strict rules, or they loose their tax exemption. they also must file paperwork with the state that they are incorporated in. The church cannot demand 10% from its members---tithing is Biblical, but not a government requirement. Tithes are tax deductible because they are made to a tax exempt charity. Please clean up your grammar and spelling. Thank you and God bless you.
2006-12-27 11:16:58 · answer #4 · answered by Preacher 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You better start wondering why they keep pushing those "free"
credit reports. It's a sting operation to track down people that
owe.
Just like they phoney War on Drugs. They're trying to get
something on everybody. So they can hold getting locked up over
our heads, and we will do what we're TOLD!
2006-12-27 11:17:19 · answer #5 · answered by Master_of_Psyche 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some states, laws are being passed to tax the church...
2006-12-27 11:11:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
separation of church and state. Read about Americas laws and constitution sometime.
2006-12-27 11:13:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the giant piggy is used to pay for cases regarding child molestation.
2006-12-27 11:10:20 · answer #8 · answered by kewlmocha1 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wish they would, it might put a stop to the maddness of tithing
2006-12-27 11:11:10 · answer #9 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋