And, remove the tax exemption for churches and religious organizations. It's out of control. A friend of mine told me her church bought a five-story office building. They dedicated the minimum amount of office space to "religious services", and they rent out the rest of the offices. They pay no taxes on anything related to this office building.
> They pay no taxes on anything related to this office building.
Was a Deacon at a church that bought a strip mall (fire sale price). They had to pay regular taxes on income from the other businesses. Even the church's own thrift and book sales had to collect and pay sales tax.
That church is 100% committing tax fraud. One of the non-profit colleges I worked at owned farm ground and buildings they rented out. They had to pay taxes on the rental income.
The point is that churches are exempt from some of the oversight requirements that other tax-exempt charitable organizations have to comply with. This makes it much easier for them to commit fraud.
> They pay no taxes on anything related to this office building.
That seems fraudulent.
I was a member of a non-profit org that owned a building and rented out some of it. We paid no taxes on the parts that were used for the non-profit, but owed property taxes on the rental.
