Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Good News Everyone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agoChurch transforms vacant land into massive urban garden, donates 65K pounds of food to people in needwww.goodgoodgood.coexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1394arrow-down19
arrow-up1385arrow-down1external-linkChurch transforms vacant land into massive urban garden, donates 65K pounds of food to people in needwww.goodgoodgood.coBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Good News Everyone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square108fedilink
minus-squareAngry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·4 months agoAnd yet many churches do choose to file their financial disclosure forms, for transparency sake And I fully support removing that exemption, I don’t want to protect corrupt churches like you assume I do
minus-squareAllPintsNorth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoWhich disproves your original claim of “churches aren’t tax free because they are churches”
minus-squareAngry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·4 months agoIt doesn’t though. They still have to provide charitable services. You are being deliberately dense and obstinate and life is too short to waste on people like you
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThe IRS directly contradicts what you’re saying. You can stop pretending you know what you’re talking about now.
minus-squareAllPintsNorth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoSo, there isn’t one set of rules for charities and another for Churches? Really? And how do we know they are providing charitable services, if there’s no way to verify it in their financial statements?
And yet many churches do choose to file their financial disclosure forms, for transparency sake
And I fully support removing that exemption, I don’t want to protect corrupt churches like you assume I do
Which disproves your original claim of “churches aren’t tax free because they are churches”
It doesn’t though. They still have to provide charitable services. You are being deliberately dense and obstinate and life is too short to waste on people like you
The IRS directly contradicts what you’re saying. You can stop pretending you know what you’re talking about now.
So, there isn’t one set of rules for charities and another for Churches? Really?
And how do we know they are providing charitable services, if there’s no way to verify it in their financial statements?