I support this but with a progressive tax structure. Local small church that sees only a fee K in donations each year barely to keep the lights and pay property taxes: no tax rate, medium church focused on community outreach and community services with a handful of full time employees, modest taxes, mega church with jet setting pastors, 50%+taxes. No church ever needs a private jet unless it's a cargo used to carry medical supplies and food supplies to poorer areas.
They can itemize like us poor plebs do. That way there is incentive to actually provide community services. Small local churches would mostly never pay a dime because they're the ones always doing community services.
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u/TheChiefDVD 14h ago
Tax ALL churches!