Should Humanist Groups Seek Church Status ?
Then I got to China and realized that most Buddhists and Taoists are no more serious about their religion than the Reform Jews I’d known in New York were about their Judaism.
Has Kent Hovind Given Up Fight Against IRS ?
Many accounts of Kent Hovind’s travails conflate two separate issues. One is his civil tax liability and that of his wife. According to the Tax Court decisions in their cases, it appears that they were not filing income tax returns based on the theory that everything belonged to their ministry. The negative outcome in those cases mean that the Hovinds owe a lot of taxes, penalties and interest, but that is not why Kent Hovind is in prison.
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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.