Pressure builds on religious tax advantages

[expatCA]

Maybe they could follow the example of Jehovah's Witnesses. When buying property in Brooklyn the city was concerned about lost tax revenue sooo ... they set up separate corporations on many of them and ... paid the taxes to help the city. Lets see whose churches follow that example?

[sanspeur]

Originally Posted by hljc

Sure then the church who give generous to the programs of the poor need the tax exempt , as many liberal corrupt people prefer to starve out the poor people , which would be a dead end for America , as God needs people who are helping the charities , as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because the rich king reject and poor and refused to help the poor people , so God sent brimstone and sulfur raining on the cities and pulverized them ....... Rejecting the charities of the churches will mark and end of blessing of God in America , and things will get even harder than today ....

Charity is, and would remain tax exempt....Regardless of your fire and brimstone fantasies.

[TroutDude]

To my knowledge, no Canadian political party has floated this even as a trial balloon.

But it's probably just a matter of time and it'll probably be the NDP.

I'd be in favour.

[Freak80]

Originally Posted by RonkonkomaNative

I expect churches to be taxed within the next ten years. There is nothing in the Constitution giving churches tax free status.

You might start looking for a wealthy benefactor.

Donald Trump?