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Churches provide a lot of services that are also provided by not-for-profits. How do you square those activities?

Posted by spamlet Jun 28 '12, 09:16

You can say that churches shouldn't be tax-exempt to keep the government out of religion but then you are putting the churches at a disadvantage to other non-profits doing the same work.

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The issue to me isn't what churches spend their money on, it's where they get their income from. - Roger More Jun 28, 09:24
As I pointed out, the actual service entities should be seperate. - musubi Jun 28, 09:21
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The can operate not-for-profit affiliates (like Catholic hospitals) to provide services separate from the functios of religious practice. -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 09:18 2
- You're thinking big items. What about benevolence and other activities provided by churches? - spamlet Jun 28, 09:20 1
  - They should be seperate entities if they want special tax status. Pretty simple imo. - musubi Jun 28, 09:23
i have no problem with them not paying taxes (well, except for their shenanigans with payroll stuff). i do think they should be required to report - Truman Jun 28, 09:18

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Churches provide a lot of services that are also provided by not-for-profits. How do you square those activities?

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