Problem is that they do profit, Luis.Dunno what their status is over there. But since they are not profiting with it I say they shouldn't pay taxes at all.
Problem is that they do profit, Luis.
Depends upon what you see as profit. If the 'excess' money goes into a trust for a charitable institution, then its not profit.
Ask MrBish how much 'profit' his church makes, and ask him how it breaks down. Since he works for a church, he'd have a better grasp than I on how it works.
Does this qualify? http://www.newsnet5.com/travelgetaways/4713706/detail.html
The Holy Land Experience in Orlando is operated by a nonprofit, nondenominational Christian ministry called Zion's Hope, which is devoted to converting Jews to Christianity.
Unc said:How about the massive opulence of the Vatican?
Unc said:I still remember this guy and his dozen Rolls Royces: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajneesh
In 1984, a bioterrorist attack involving salmonella typhimurium contamination in the salad bars of the 10 restaurants at The Dalles, Oregon, was traced to the Rajneeshee group.[2][3] The attack sickened about 750 people and hospitalized forty-five; none died. It was the first known bioterrorist attack of the 20th century in the United States, and is the largest germ warfare attack in U.S. history. Eventually Sheela and Ma Anand Puja, one of Sheela's close associates, confessed to the salmonella attack (the test run of a plan to incapacitate large numbers of Wasco County residents on an upcoming election day) and to attempted poisonings on county officials.
If all of their 'profit' goes to their charity, then they've met the criteria. Since neither you, nor I, have access to their books, anything else is speculation.
Ahhh...built when, and by whom? Also supported by whom? And, finally, isn't the Vatican it's own country?
I remember him as well. Weren't those cars all gifts from celebs currying favor? Also...wasn't he implicated in several criminal activities? Most religions try to avoid that kind of exposure...
I do beleive that the vast majority of it is good and means to do good... but there is that 10% element that exists to abuse the system and attempts to manufacture legal protections behind the skirt of religious freedoms. There needs to be some kind of oversight in order to catch the seeds of corruption at the inset.
Absolutely. In fact, they ought to make government sponsored welfare illegal & return to this being the job of the churches. Less tax & more charity.
or maybe we could get islamic charities running a bunch of shit here. how'd ya like that?