Do We Need A Clergy Tax Simplification Act Of 2014?
It is hard to see the public policy rationale for giving better tax treatment to people who help the poor because God tells them to than people who help the poor because they believe it is the right thing to do.
Southern Baptist Leadership Unconcerned About Clergy Abuse Of Tax Break For Housing
How does a senior pastor who might make $80,000 per year explain to the teachers in his congregation that even though their entire salary is subject to income tax, his is not? On top of that, denominations are going to have to spend a lot of their limited moral capital in defending the exclusion.
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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.