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minus-squareAngry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·1 month agoAnd yet many churches do choose to file their financial disclosure forms, for transparency sake And I fully support removing that exemption, I don’t want to protect corrupt churches like you assume I do
minus-squareAllPintsNorth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWhich disproves your original claim of “churches aren’t tax free because they are churches”
minus-squareAngry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·1 month agoIt doesn’t though. They still have to provide charitable services. You are being deliberately dense and obstinate and life is too short to waste on people like you
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThe IRS directly contradicts what you’re saying. You can stop pretending you know what you’re talking about now.
minus-squareAllPintsNorth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoSo, there isn’t one set of rules for charities and another for Churches? Really? And how do we know they are providing charitable services, if there’s no way to verify it in their financial statements?
And yet many churches do choose to file their financial disclosure forms, for transparency sake
And I fully support removing that exemption, I don’t want to protect corrupt churches like you assume I do
Which disproves your original claim of “churches aren’t tax free because they are churches”
It doesn’t though. They still have to provide charitable services. You are being deliberately dense and obstinate and life is too short to waste on people like you
The IRS directly contradicts what you’re saying. You can stop pretending you know what you’re talking about now.
So, there isn’t one set of rules for charities and another for Churches? Really?
And how do we know they are providing charitable services, if there’s no way to verify it in their financial statements?