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Originally Posted by Esaias
Well.... A A A A A C T U A L L Y... the IRS is a private corporation registered in the US Virgin Islands and isn't even lawfully a governmental entity... buuuuut... we'll just let that one slide on by...
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Yeah. There is a lot of controversy surrounding that one...but like you say, we'll just let that one slide on by.
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Originally Posted by Esaias
The IRS does not make rules and regulations regarding churches, period. the IRS in their publication for churches states so. The courts have routinely held that government is prohibited by the 1st Amendment from even defining what a church is or is not.
A CORPORATION, on the other hand, and ESPECIALLY a 501(c)3 Corporation, are a whole nuther ball of wax. THOSe things are created by the state or federal government upon application with the state or federal Secretary of State. And as creations of the civil government, are subject to whatsoever 'reasonable and prudent' rules and regulations the government comes up with.
Churches are outside the jurisidiction of federal or state control as far as finances go.
Personal incomes, by the way, are a separate issue. (The Tax Man cometh!)
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So...are you saying that churches may have been tricked into designating and applying for a 501 c 3 tax exempt status, thus making them a corporation that has to abide by the rules set forth by the IRS?
Tell me that is not true!
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