Should they be taxed like any other organization?
Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on October 22, 2015, 01:54:55 PMShould they be taxed like any other organization?Yes, and they are. They lose their tax exempt status if they fail to meet the criteria of a 501c3.
Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on October 22, 2015, 01:58:08 PMQuote from: MyNameIsCharlie on October 22, 2015, 01:54:55 PMShould they be taxed like any other organization?Yes, and they are. They lose their tax exempt status if they fail to meet the criteria of a 501c3.I'm asking if any of them should have it at all.
I feel like your post is aimed at Megachurches and I can understand the sentiment but let's say for a second that all churches were taxed. A lot of your small churches which make up the majority of them would be forced to pay taxes when they don't really pull in any kind of profit. A majority of the money they get ends up going back to the community in one form or another. Also there's the upkeep of the church, the pastor and his family have to eat, etc. None of that is free. Paying taxes could be pretty detrimental to those things.
Firms which make a profit shouldn't be taxed anyway.
...so only businesses and organizations who are running in the red pay taxes?
Quote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 04:13:52 PM...so only businesses and organizations who are running in the red pay taxes?. . . Companies which don't make a profit don't pay the tax anyway.
Quote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 05:36:58 PMQuote from: Meta as Fuck on October 22, 2015, 04:19:13 PMQuote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 04:13:52 PM...so only businesses and organizations who are running in the red pay taxes?. . . Companies which don't make a profit don't pay the tax anyway.so then nobody pays taxes? that's dumb.Not exactly. You see, without leeching off of us, the government becomes weak and vulnerable, allowing us to beat up politicians and tar and feather them and such.
Quote from: Meta as Fuck on October 22, 2015, 04:19:13 PMQuote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 04:13:52 PM...so only businesses and organizations who are running in the red pay taxes?. . . Companies which don't make a profit don't pay the tax anyway.so then nobody pays taxes? that's dumb.
Quote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 07:05:08 PM without them we'd have no government.you literally just made a great argument against taxation
without them we'd have no government.
Quote from: HEAT SEEKING GHOST OF SEX on October 22, 2015, 07:11:18 PMQuote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 07:05:08 PM without them we'd have no government.you literally just made a great argument against taxationthen who would regulate businesses and industries?
Quote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 07:28:56 PMQuote from: HEAT SEEKING GHOST OF SEX on October 22, 2015, 07:11:18 PMQuote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 07:05:08 PM without them we'd have no government.you literally just made a great argument against taxationthen who would regulate businesses and industries?A free and armed populace.
Quote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 07:55:38 PMQuote from: DAS r00d d00d B00T on October 22, 2015, 07:45:03 PMQuote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 07:28:56 PMQuote from: HEAT SEEKING GHOST OF SEX on October 22, 2015, 07:11:18 PMQuote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 07:05:08 PM without them we'd have no government.you literally just made a great argument against taxationthen who would regulate businesses and industries?A free and armed populace.but someone has to arbitrate the regulation. someone has to be in charge.why
Quote from: DAS r00d d00d B00T on October 22, 2015, 07:45:03 PMQuote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 07:28:56 PMQuote from: HEAT SEEKING GHOST OF SEX on October 22, 2015, 07:11:18 PMQuote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 07:05:08 PM without them we'd have no government.you literally just made a great argument against taxationthen who would regulate businesses and industries?A free and armed populace.but someone has to arbitrate the regulation. someone has to be in charge.
Quote from: HEAT SEEKING GHOST OF SEX on October 22, 2015, 08:44:41 PMQuote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 07:55:38 PMQuote from: DAS r00d d00d B00T on October 22, 2015, 07:45:03 PMQuote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 07:28:56 PMQuote from: HEAT SEEKING GHOST OF SEX on October 22, 2015, 07:11:18 PMQuote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 07:05:08 PM without them we'd have no government.you literally just made a great argument against taxationthen who would regulate businesses and industries?A free and armed populace.but someone has to arbitrate the regulation. someone has to be in charge.whybecause thats how civilized societies work. even the cavemen had leaders.
Quote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 08:48:34 PMQuote from: HEAT SEEKING GHOST OF SEX on October 22, 2015, 08:44:41 PMQuote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 07:55:38 PMQuote from: DAS r00d d00d B00T on October 22, 2015, 07:45:03 PMQuote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 07:28:56 PMQuote from: HEAT SEEKING GHOST OF SEX on October 22, 2015, 07:11:18 PMQuote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 07:05:08 PM without them we'd have no government.you literally just made a great argument against taxationthen who would regulate businesses and industries?A free and armed populace.but someone has to arbitrate the regulation. someone has to be in charge.whybecause thats how civilized societies work. even the cavemen had leaders.Monopoly of power is how animal relations function. That's why early man structured his civilization that way.
so then nobody pays taxes?
Quote from: terrorbite on October 22, 2015, 05:36:58 PMso then nobody pays taxes?Raise the top income bracket if you really want to make back up the revenue. Fuck it, institute a land tax too. Just don't use corporation tax, because it fucking sucks. Especially as a way of taxing the haves over the have-nots
Should churches be non-profit (for tax purposes)
