Showing posts with label Taxes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taxes. Show all posts
Friday, March 15, 2024

Wisconsin Supreme Court Says Catholic Charities Not Exempt from Unemployment Comp Law

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 In Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. State of Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review  Commission ,  (WI Sup. Ct., March 14, 2024), the Wiscon...
Wednesday, March 01, 2023

Mississippi Governor Signs Ban on Gender Transition Procedures for Minors

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Yesterday Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed into law House Bill 1125, the Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures Act  ( full text...
Wednesday, February 08, 2023

In Israel, Jerusalem Municipality Places Tax Lien on Vatican-Owned Guest House

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Times of Israel reports that the Jerusalem Municipality has placed a lien on the bank accounts of the Vatican-owned Notre Dame of Jerusalem...
Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Last Defendant In Poway Synagogue Tax Fraud Scheme Sentenced

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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California announced on Friday that attorney Elliot Adler, the eleventh and las...
Thursday, August 04, 2022

Fetus Now A Deductible Dependent On Georgia Income Tax Return

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Georgia's Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act amends the definition of "natural person" in Georgia's statutes...
Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Israel's Supreme Court OK's Non-Profit Tax Status For Messianic Congregation

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  All Israel News reports that a 3-judge panel of Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, last week ordered the K...
Friday, June 18, 2021

Christian Organization Appeals IRS Denial of Non-Profit Status

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In a determination letter ( full text ) issued May 18, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service preliminarily concluded that it should deny a Sect...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Judge May No Deduct Litigation Expenses Borne By His Legal Defense Fund

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As previously reported , in 2018 the Oregon Supreme Court suspended state circuit court judge Vance D. Day from his judicial office for thre...
Friday, December 13, 2019

Church of Atheism Not A Charity Under Canadian Tax Law

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In Church of Atheism of Central Canada v. Minister of National Revenue , (Canada Fed. Ct. App., Nov. 29, 2019), Canada's Federal Court o...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019

9th Circuit Rejects Free Exercise Challenge To Tax Injunction Act

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In Samaj v. County of Riverside,  (9th Cir., July 15, 2019), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected petitioner's free exercise c...
Monday, May 06, 2019

New Report On Payment of Church Taxes In Europe

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Last week, the Pew Research Center released a new Report ( full text ) on public attitudes in European nations on the payment of church tax...
Monday, July 23, 2018

Canadian Court Invalidates Limits On Charities' Lobbying Expenditures

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CBC reports on a July 16 decision by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice which invalidated provisions of Canada's Income Tax Act whic...
Sunday, April 15, 2018

Tax Objector's Strategy To Prevent Garnishment Does Not Constitute Tax Evasion

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The Oregonian last week reported on a partial court victory by Christian tax objector Michael Bowman who for the last nearly 20 years has r...
Sunday, September 24, 2017

Mosque's Property Tax Challenge Barred By Tax Injunction Act

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In Islamic Center of Nashville v. Sate of Tennessee , (6th Cir., Sept. 20, 2017), the U.S. 6th Circuit court of Appeals held that the federa...
Tuesday, August 01, 2017

State Tax Deduction Available To Father Who Objected To Social Security Numbers For His Children

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In Larsen v. Indiana Department of State Revenue , (IN Tx. Ct., July 31, 2017), the Indiana Tax Court held that a taxpayer who had religious...
Monday, July 24, 2017

Ark Encounter Land Transfer Jeopardizes Tax Incentives

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WHAS reported Saturday that Ark Encounter theme park may not get the $18 million in sales tax rebate incentives previously promised to it b...
Wednesday, July 05, 2017

EU Ban On State Economic Subsidies Invalidates Some Applications of Tax Exemption Treaty with Vatican

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Article 107(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union prohibits EU states from granting aid that "distorts or threaten...
Friday, April 07, 2017

European Court Says German Church Taxes Do Not Violate Religious Freedom

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In Case of Klein and Others v. Germany ,  (ECHR, April 6. 2017), the European Court of Human Rights in a Chamber Judgment held that Germany&...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

European Court of Justice Advocate's Opinion on Tax Exemption For Catholic Church

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In Congregación de Escuelas Pías Provincia Betania v. Ayuntamiento de Getafe , (CJEU, Feb. 16, 2017), an Advocate General's opinion reco...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

Indiana RFRA Not Defense To Tax Evasion

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In Tyms-Bey v. State of Indiana , (IN App., Jan. 13, 2017), an Indiana appeals court, in a 2-1 decision, held that a state RFRA defense cann...