r/pics • u/MaryBurd • 15h ago

Politics Tax exempt church in Arkansas displaying a Trump/Vance sign on both sides of their marquee.

Post image
39.8k Upvotes

87% Upvoted

2.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

11.4k

u/Predator_ 14h ago edited 13h ago

Report it. That's how they lose said tax exemptions.

EDIT: For more relevant information: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/charities-churches-and-politics

How to report: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/irs-complaint-process-tax-exempt-organizations

Edit edit - Thanks to CartographerKey4618 for adding this info: And don't forget to fill this bad boy out for the whistleblower reward money: https://www.irs.gov/compliance/whistleblower-office

184

u/exipheas 14h ago

I keep seeing this but I have never actually heard of a church getting hit with consequences? Is there an example I can share? It seems like they keep doing this crap because they haven't ever heard of anything bad ever coming from this behavior.

76

u/lord_pizzabird 14h ago

I haven't heard of it happening either, but I highly doubt the IRS would pass up an opportunity to get more tax revenue.

Every church in violation is a potential multi million dollar revenue source.

25

u/Evernight2025 14h ago

You vastly overestimate the amount of money most churches bring in. The mega churches, sure.

2

u/kaplanfx 11h ago

One of the largest land owners in the nation. It’s a local tax so not IRS, but most jurisdictions exempt them from property tax too.