Top 10 Reasons Churches Should Not Be Tax Exempt

Churches make that money! $$$
Churches make that money! $$$

Top 10 Reasons Churches Should Not Be Tax Exempt

 

Churches make that money! $$$
Churches make that money! $$$

The purpose of government is to provide law and order in society. They recognize that people have different beliefs, and should operate in order to protect the citizens from unnecessary conflicts that may arise from these beliefs. Another way you to consider their role would be to see government as a necessary body to provide the infrastructure with which we can pursue our “happiness” as defined by our social beliefs. To succeed in this role, government must meet two main requirements; first, they need the

resources to provide such infrastructure and second, they need to take into consideration all relevant interests under their mandate.

Lets take a second to explore both of these requirements. Government by itself and in the purest sense has no real resources to speak of, only the ability to define and implement law. Law is essential for a government to function, and is guided by the overall mandate for which the government was defined in the first place. Throughout history, man developed social beliefs, eventually forming an ideal to which a government was built in order to protect this ideal through law. Defining and implementing laws may be relatively straightforward in a small village of 20 people, but in today’s world, that translates into a wide range of things. Legal professionals must interpret and maintain laws, police and civil services enforce or protect what those laws stand for, physical infrastructure like roads facilitate the enforcement and protection of those laws, etc. To maintain all of these requirements, there is a very real cost, one that the government obtains via taxation and the modern economy.

10Other Entities Indirectly Shoulder the Burden of the Church’s Omitted Tax

If Churches Don’t Pay, We all shoulder the burden

9Exemptions Indirectly Enforce Faith on Everyone

Church Tax exemptions spread the word, the wrong way

8Restricts Other Progressive Social Elements

Church non-profit status restricts other social good

7Violates Separation of Church and State

Church non-profit status violates the separation of church and state

6Churches Don’t Exist Primarily to Provide for the Citizen: Governments Do

Governments govern. Churches do not.

5Churches are Not Purely Non-Profit Organizations

Churches, like people, love money. There are ulterior motives

4Creates a Real Economic Cost

Failing to tax churches is a missed opportunity

3Incentive for Abuse

Church Non-profit Tax status has been and will continue to be abused.

2Church Taxation Can Be Done Properly

Church Taxation can be done properly

1The Reason for Church Tax- Exemption is Obsolete

Church Non-profit status is as obsolete as the typewriter