Tax
benefits for religious organizations fall into three general categories: tax - free donations, tax - free land and tax - free commercial enterprises.
Not exact matches
Churches, church conventions or associations, as well as
religious and apostolic
organizations, including corporations and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively
for religious purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the
benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
Maybe instead of targeting our citizens with reductions in
benefits and higher taxes, our government should do away with individual tax deductions
for non-profits including
religious organizations.
All IRC section 501 (c)(3)
organizations, including churches and
religious organizations, must abide by certain rules: ■ their net earnings may not inure to any private shareholder or individual, ■ they must not provide a substantial
benefit to private interests, ■ they must not devote a substantial part of their activities to attempting to influence legislation, ■ they must not participate in, or intervene in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate
for public office, and ■ the
organization's purposes and activities may
To help him and the Commission in their task I suggest the following ten reasons
for judging that any
religious organization fails to provide a public
benefit and should therefore be excluded from charitable status:
Today the United States Supreme Court delivered a victory
for school choice in ruling that the government can not deny a neutral
benefit to an
organization simply because they are
religious.
The provision of the no co-pay birth control
benefit of the Affordable Care includes exemptions
for religious organizations.