thaiboxerken
Penultimate Amazing
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So they automatically get granted non-profit status. They still have to follow the approriate rules to remain a non-profit.
The fact that they don't have to file that form means that they don't have to follow the same rules that other non-profit organizations have to. They don't have to give the government the information showing to them that they are non-profit. They can run profits through the roof and become mega-churches, complete with McDonald's and still be tax-exempt. They can do everything a profit-based organization do and more. Sure it's illegal for them to do, but they'd have to turn themselves in to be caught doing it.
Tax the church!
At the very least, we should make all churches follow the same standards as a non-profit organization. All the standards.
The fact that they don't have to file that form means that they don't have to follow the same rules that other non-profit organizations have to. They don't have to give the government the information showing to them that they are non-profit. They can run profits through the roof and become mega-churches, complete with McDonald's and still be tax-exempt. They can do everything a profit-based organization do and more. Sure it's illegal for them to do, but they'd have to turn themselves in to be caught doing it.
Tax the church!
At the very least, we should make all churches follow the same standards as a non-profit organization. All the standards.
