War Tax Resisters – Don’t Call Them Frivolous
The policy of the IRS set forth on its website is to declare that such a practice is “frivolous.” We contend that Elizabeth’s practice is protected by the Free Exercise of Religion Clause of the First Amendment. We contend that the IRS is required by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to respect and accommodate the practice.
Will Liberal Ministers Challenge Their Own Tax Loophole ?
UU ministers qualify for tax free housing allowances even though, theologically speaking, they might not, strictly speaking, be thought to be “ministers of the gospel”. “Minsters of the gospels, etc” might fit a little better.
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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.