What countries tax the property held by ... - Finance Assistant

August 25th, 2011

It seems to me that these organizations use the resources of the community as much as anyone else: Police, Fire, EMS, Street maintenance, Water, Sewage? And to the extent that they do not share in the tax burden the rest of us have to pay more than our fair share.

In the US, the Supreme Court ruled that it is not unconstituional to tax a church. (Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of NY (1970))

In fact, if tax exemption is a form of subsidy, then church property tax exemption is a clear violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment.

Categories: Taxes

Tags: churches, countries, held, property, religions

Source: http://www.finance-assistant.info/taxes/what-countries-tax-the-property-held-by-churches-and-religions.html

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