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Fri May 10, 2013, 03:25 PM May 2013

Congressional Committee Addresses Religious Privilege in New Taxation Report

May 10, 2013 By Hemant Mehta

Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation just released a report on recommendations to revise the U.S. tax code (which hasn’t been comprehensively revised in over 25 years).

Wait! Don’t fall asleep yet!

In one section, the committee highlighted comments and suggestions they received in regards to charitable and tax-exempt organizations, and it appears they took the advice (PDF) of the Secular Coalition for America.

It’s not quite “Tax the Church” but the message is “Don’t give churches any special privileges.”

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/05/10/congressional-committee-addresses-religious-privilege-in-new-taxation-report/

Here's the full report.

https://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=startdown&id=4517

Here's the SCA press release.

http://secular.org/news/tax-reform-religious-privileging-issues-included-joint-committee-taxation-report

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Congressional Committee Addresses Religious Privilege in New Taxation Report (Original Post) rug May 2013 OP
We can start with the parsonage exemption. longship May 2013 #1
Ms. Crouch looks like a hooker IMO with apologies of course to hard working hookers...n/t monmouth3 May 2013 #2
Cheap. longship May 2013 #3
That wig is atrocious...LOL..n/t monmouth3 May 2013 #4
Ever 70+ year old ought to have her style. longship May 2013 #5
A disgusting sin..lol...n/t monmouth3 May 2013 #6
A good starting place would be declaring the Mormon church to be a megacorporation dimbear May 2013 #7
You are unfamiliar with 26 USC § 503. rug May 2013 #8
So very true. I imagine I'm the one individual who is not. n/t dimbear May 2013 #9

longship

(40,416 posts)
1. We can start with the parsonage exemption.
Fri May 10, 2013, 04:14 PM
May 2013

Mega-church pastors are living a millionaire's life in multi-million dollar mansions, all tax free. It's the parsonage, so it's tax free.

There are those here who would point out that many parsonages are far from luxurious. That may be a good point, however there's undoubtedly a problem when people like the Crouch's.

This is one of 13 of their properties, now in jeopardy due to their crumbling marriage and family in-fighting over the properties.

Here they are (and damned lovely, too ):


Then, there's John Hagee's mansion, er eh parsonage.


Of course, he has to have a big place so that he'll be safe when Armageddon happens, as he is always babbling about.
And here he is:


The parsonage exemption needs to be at least maximized. Nobody should be able to live like the Crouch's or Hagee tax free.

(And nobody should have such horrible taste as Jan Crouch.)

longship

(40,416 posts)
5. Ever 70+ year old ought to have her style.
Fri May 10, 2013, 05:39 PM
May 2013

It's that early 60's style. It looked cheap back then. (It's when I went to high school.)

Cheap! Cheap! Cheap! Like a Madame in a trailer court.

BTW, the parsonage exemption allowed her to buy a $100K+ dog house... Tax Free!

dimbear

(6,271 posts)
7. A good starting place would be declaring the Mormon church to be a megacorporation
Fri May 10, 2013, 05:50 PM
May 2013

and treating it accordingly. You might think the RCC would deserve the same, but it is managed so incompetently that that wouldn't fly.

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