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Churches and the 501(c)(3) Corporations - Tax Exempt Satuses

Require Churches that register as a 501(c) nonprofit organizations for tax-exemption; do so under a new 501 (c) type described as ‘Religious Non-Profit’. These nonprofits are required to conduct charitable actions without imposing religious beliefs or restricting on donations or contributions based on demographics, age, sex, lifestyle, and religion of others. Religious Non-Profit assets (i.e. property titles, finances, etc.) may not be solely accessible to individuals that have been convicted of a felony. Religious Non-Profit also are subjected to lower reportable incomes.

Churches or religious organizations are not subjected to these (basic) restrictions if they choose not to file under 501© status.

This will prevent tax break for churches and their donators who don't support their communities as a whole and / or use the added benefits of 501(c) status to fund efforts that are restricted to solely religious beliefs and not community services.

Submitted by Community Member 2 years ago

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  1. That's rediculous! If all else fails attach the Churches for not helping more than they already are. Maybe we should tax people who do not go to church! Imagine the amount of money we would get back then.

    2 years ago
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  2. Community Member Idea Submitter

    Churches can help people without imposing their faith or discriminating. We should not award churches with tax break incentives who don't support their communities without biases at the federal level. Churches that follow the proposed restrictions don't suffer at all if charity is their focus and not discrimination. Obviously your agenda is to slander folks that aren’t religious and not focus on improving on a system that abuses billions of dollars a year in tax breaks under a fake umbrella of “community service”. How about a church that get tax breaks and flys their members all over the country to boycott funerals. That is not a church that deserves our federal dollars. They can pay for it out of their own pockets and pay taxes like every other “BUSINESS”.

    2 years ago
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