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In parts of the United States Code, the word "church" is defined so as to include not just a church in the ordinary narrow sense of the word, but additionally such things as an "association of churches". [7] [8] Like any church, an association of churches must satisfy specific requirements in order to become and remain tax exempt. [9]
Churches and associated corporations are automatically considered tax-exempt and are not required to apply for and obtain recognition of exempt status from the IRS. Donors are allowed to claim a charitable deduction for donations to a church that meets the section 501(c)(3) requirements, even though the church has neither sought nor received ...
A church may have a significant number of people associate themselves with the church on a regular basis, even if the church does not have a traditional established list of individual members. [54] In order to qualify as a tax-exempt church, church activities must be a significant part of the organization's operations. [55] [56]
A high-profile group of Christian organizations, including the National Religious Broadcasters, have filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service challenging a key legal precedent that ...
An Internal Revenue Service church audit of God's Storehouse can continue after a federal appeals court declined to block the federal government from getting the church's bank records.
The steps required to become a nonprofit include applying for tax-exempt status. If States do not require the "determination letter" from the IRS to grant non-profit tax exemption to organizations, on a State level, claiming non-profit status without that Federal approval, then they have actually violated Federal United States Nonprofit Laws.
Sen. Rick Kloos, pastor of God's Storehouse, will be opening a second location of the church thrift store in east Topeka as an IRS audit continues.
On November 5, 2007, United States Senator Chuck Grassley announced an investigation into the tax-exempt status of six ministries under the leadership of Benny Hinn, Paula White, Eddie L. Long, Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar, and Kenneth Copeland by the United States Senate Committee on Finance.