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Originally Posted by Spexxvet
Providing service is common, and the provider is almost always taxed. For instance, a doctor provides a service, and pays taxes. Why should a church be different?
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I would think that the main reason is most of the money donated to charities which include churches, comes from people who've already been taxed on their income, therefor, to tax it again would simply be wrong.
I guess when you get right down to it, if I give money to a church, I would then expect it to be used for the benefit of my community not the government, because I already give the government money in the form of taxes.
On top of that, churches are supposed to be non-profit organizations and if you don't make a profit as a business you don't pay tax anyway, so it's pretty much a moot point in my opinion.