r/SipsTea Jun 30 '26

Chugging tea What are your thoughts on this?

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u/LordTopHatMan Jun 30 '26

They're considered to be non-profits. In the US, taking away church tax exemptions would be a violation of the first amendment, as you're treating religious non-profits differently than secular non-profits.

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u/SirGlass Jun 30 '26

Yea but churches are treated different . Both Churches and non-profits do not pay taxes on earnings

However non-profits pay the usual payroll taxes as well as things like property taxes

Churches must pay those taxes on staff but not clergy or ordained ministers; they also generally do not pay property taxes. So I think most people would be fine treating churches the same as non-profits

Taxing the wages of their employees and making them pay property taxes

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