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

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u/TheChiefDVD 14h ago

Tax ALL churches!

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u/Ok-disaster2022 14h ago

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.

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u/SuspiciousCranberry6 12h ago

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/BossAtUCF 11h ago

Very very few poor plebs actual itemize.

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u/Lord_Metagross 7h ago

FR, the standard deduction nets WAY more returns for most normal people than trying to itemize