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Yes, it's obvious that a religion gets special treatment over say a club and it is unneeded.

• xupybd 6y ago
  How about tax exemptions for clubs too. If it's a group of people pooling money for non commercial activities why should that be taxed?
  • seesawtron 6y ago
    As long as clubs give free entry, sounds reasonable to me that club dancing would be considered a social, community-like activity to bring people closer to each other (literally too) and make them feel joyful.
  • alasdair_ 6y ago
    Because people exploit the rules massively (the Church of Scientology is one example of many). More importantly: these religious buildings still call the police when there is a break in and call the fire service when there is a fire. They expect all of the benefits from paying taxes without actually doing so.
  • olliej 6y ago
    These sound like property taxes, but that aside, your example could register itself as a non profit organization. The important distinction between non-profits and churches in the US is that churches do not have to demonstrate that they aren’t a just a profit generating company (see Scientology, many evangelical churches) - they don’t have to provide any documentation at all. I’m fine with churches being untaxed non-profits, as long as they actually demonstrate that.
  • morelisp 6y ago
    Formalized clubs do get some tax benefits. Most people are only familiar with 501(c)(3)s but there are many kinds of 501(c)s; specific tax benefits and allowed behavior to maintain them vary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)_organization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)_organization
• ars 6y ago
  > Yes, it's obvious that a religion gets special treatment over say a club That isn't true. Non-profits are not taxed either.