To: The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Donald Trump
Stop Tax Exemptions for Religious Organizations
Temples, churches, synagogues, mosques, and monasteries are run as a business and should be treated as such. Below is an outline of the tremendous amount of money not being taxed and put back into our communities.
- An estimated $1.2 TRILLION dollars in the US alone
- The Catholic church in America alone had a $170 billion annual operating budget
- The Mormon church receives $6 billion annually from tithing in America
- The Church of Scientology has an estimated $500 million annually.
- An estimated $1.2 TRILLION dollars in the US alone
- The Catholic church in America alone had a $170 billion annual operating budget
- The Mormon church receives $6 billion annually from tithing in America
- The Church of Scientology has an estimated $500 million annually.
Why is this important?
We want to start out stating this is not a petition to attack religious beliefs. It is a petition to remove the tax exempt status that ALL religious organizations have.
Religious organizations should be entitled to tax write-offs like all other businesses but should not continue to receive a Non-Profit operating status. The taxes collected from the church can go into helping our communities infrastructure, public schools/education, health care and public assistance programs to help stimulate the economy.
Religious organizations should be entitled to tax write-offs like all other businesses but should not continue to receive a Non-Profit operating status. The taxes collected from the church can go into helping our communities infrastructure, public schools/education, health care and public assistance programs to help stimulate the economy.