Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Good News Everyone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoChurch transforms vacant land into massive urban garden, donates 65K pounds of food to people in needwww.goodgoodgood.coexternal-linkmessage-square132linkfedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down19
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minus-squareSoulg@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoThe whole basis of the no taxing thing was because of the charity. I’m fine with small churches who do a lot of good for their community being exempt, the problem are the mega churches who make mountains of money and do nothing good with it.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI’m not. They can register as a tax-exempt charity and do the paperwork like all the other tax-exempt charities.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThat’s the assumption. Many don’t. They should have to prove they’re doing that charity work like every other nonprofit.
The whole basis of the no taxing thing was because of the charity. I’m fine with small churches who do a lot of good for their community being exempt, the problem are the mega churches who make mountains of money and do nothing good with it.
I’m not. They can register as a tax-exempt charity and do the paperwork like all the other tax-exempt charities.
Sure, I agree with that.
That’s the assumption. Many don’t. They should have to prove they’re doing that charity work like every other nonprofit.