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A church tax is a tax collected by the state from members of some religious denominations to provide financial support of churches, such as the salaries of its clergy and to pay the operating cost of the church. Not all countries have such a tax.
The fact that most churches in the U.S. are tax exempt (as nonprofit organizations) tends to yield inexact calculations of assets and income numbers that, even if known, still wouldn't be taxed. ...
Members of state churches pay a church tax of between 1% and 2% of income, depending on the municipality. In addition, 2.55 per cent of corporate taxes are distributed to the state churches. Church taxes are integrated into the common national taxation system. [53]
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]
Tax season's officially open, but does everyone need to file taxes? ... You had wages of $108.28 or more from a church or qualified church-controlled organization that’s exempt from employer ...
Churches and religious non-profits are something of a special case, because the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbids the government making a law "respecting an establishment of religion," and also forbids "prohibiting the free exercise thereof [that is, of religion]." The First Amendment originally bound only the U.S. Federal ...
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.
Johnny Buckles, a professor at the University of Houston Law Center, agreed that the churches working with Turning Point are most likely violating tax law as interpreted by the IRS — though he ...