Parsonage Supporters Encouraged By Seventh Circuit Oral Arguments
When the powers that be finally realize what the country needs and appoint me tax policy czar, one of my first acts will be to cap the housing allowance at $4,000 per month not indexed for inflation so that its significance will gradually phase out. A couple of people recognize that the unlimited housing allowance is not just bad tax policy. It is also bad for religion.
Seventh Circuit Oral Arguments On Parsonage A Shipwreck For Freedom From Religion Foundation?
Ms. Hagley went on to state that it was an “issue of first impression” as to whether any atheist could qualify under 107. I became very sad at this point, because it is clear that they have not been reading my posts. Many Unitarian Universalist ministers, some serving parishes founded in the seventeenth century, are atheists and the UUA is on at least one of the amicus briefs supporting the exclusion, much to my chagrin.
As they discussed the standing issue, I got the impression that Ms. Hagley and the judges think that the IRS is a lot more on the ball than it actually is. Ms. Hagley indicated was that all the FFRF officers had to do was file an administrative claim in which they indicated that they knew they didn’t qualify for the exclusion which constituted unequal treatment.
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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.