Church Called

Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩ to ⁨mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world⁩

So the head of a church (priest/preacher/pastor, whomever calls them self father) calls in asking why he’s getting charged taxes on apps in his app store. Says he bought to new iPhone 17 pro max’s tax free and his computers should be tax free because “they are for the church”. Your apps aren’t for the church. Your phone is not for the church, God didn’t demand you answer a phone or download an app… get back to you damn church and pay your sales taxes person who points his phone at a Donald Trump tie and thinks you are the person who isn’t the mooch

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orclev@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Churches need to lose the blanket tax exempt status. If they want to be tax exempt they should file as a non-profit like all the other tax exempt non-profits. Of course they would never do that because it would mean actually functioning as a non-profit.

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- IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Megachurches*
  
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- Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Or we just take away their tax exempt status and see what happens
  
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- oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  1-Churches pay double tax 2- Churches go bankrupt 3- ??? 4- Profit
  
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  - IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Do you listen to anything you say?
    
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IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
“A Church”

Which one???

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brunchyvirus@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Tax exempt status for religions applies to federal income tax. Sales tax is per state and state taxes vary between states.

I'm not a tax account or attorney, but maybe if they keep the receipts they can file there taxes and report it and maybe get the money back.

Since taxes are filed every year is this the first year they've been a pastor or whatever and doesn't know? If it is their first year and they're complaining about taxes on apps and phones or whatever, then it sounds like theyre kind of trashy to be honest.

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- tazeycrazy@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Unless it’s a very small church it should have a finance admin to manage all business/church expenses. Just need to get the receipts and they can reimburse you from church funds. i have even submitted screen shots.
  
  I would imagine the overhead for maintaining non profit or tax exempt status takes more than one form in April. So it should be deligated out.
  
  Trashy is an understatement. They have a phone and a phone plan and they want even more.
  
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GuyFawkes@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Easy fix: tax churches

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- protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  most churches operate as or atleast should operate on a non profit basis, I think that if priest’s phone was “work” phone (owned by the church) it would make sense, but you can imagine how much personal stuff the “work” phome would be used for
  
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  - Nollij@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Not just owned by, but used by and for the organization. The fact that his wife has one too makes that very suspicious.
    
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idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Why did they call specifically you? Are you a tax office?

The whole tax exemption is stupid, but he has a point. If a stupid law is not enforced equally, they should be enraged.

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- LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  To keep out specifics, think calling App Store or Play Store and complaining you paid tax when you bought an in app purchase while playing roblox
  
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  - idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Why is it stupid on dogital products. The point of VAT is that you pay a tax whenever you buy anything: if you buy more thing you pay more to the common purse. Or I’m just too European and got used to paying tax on literally everything.
    
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