Why are Churches and other Organizations EXEMPTED from Taxation????
Some folks of late are of the opinion that Churches should pay taxes like commercial enterprises. The reasons advanced for conceding that Churches pay taxes are outright not appropriate. I think they arose from personal , instead of judicial and or ecclesiastical adjudication of the matter!!
Why??
1) Financial Commitments to Churches by Members is done VOLUNTARILY and consciously by Members .
2) According to taxation Laws, personal income is taxed once , not in multiple. Monies contributed by Members to Churches are done out of left over after personal income tax has been effected on their income Taxing the Church income amounts to double taxation of the donors personal income.
3) Churches are resgistered by appropriate Governmental agencies as Non Governmental , non Profit Organizations. In all countries of the World , such are exempted from taxation because their incomes are DONATED by voluntary contributors, not as BUSINESS transactions as in Commercial entities!!
4) That Churches , Officers lives extravagant lives is a SUBJECTIVE submission of men whose expection is that Pastors and Christians must be POOR, contrary to Biblical Scriptures!!
Churches are regulated by statutory boards which approves remunerations of Church Officers and Pastors according to their internal constitutions.. Such remunerations could be meagre or relatively much depending on the incomes generated through donations!!
Most of the times it is a fixed percentage of generated income through donations !!
Aside donations to Churches, individuals do give both Financial and Material Gifts to Church Officers regularly!!
Are Gifts taxed?? Definitely Not !! we
Thus until statutory regulations instituted for Churches and Human right provisions are repealed , Churches ought not and can't be taxed!!
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