• Hate church loses tax case

  Filed under tax law
  Jul 26

  I try to be objective here on the blog, but I really can’t do that with Westminster Baptist Church… I won’t bother repeating their beliefs, but most of you have heard of their act. This week, they lost a tax case regarding exemption of their van used to drive to and fro. The nonprofit law prof blog raises a good point that this may not necessarily have been a good ruling from a pure tax law standpoint. If we replaced the petitioner with another group, would many of us feel ok about the ruling?

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2 Responses to “Hate church loses tax case”

1. 

   kt said on July 27th, 2008 at 11:12 am

   Do you have any group like these guys in the U.S.?
   http://www.busstopbiblestudies.com

   i’ve started seeing their ads on buses in Toronto and I can’t for the life of me figure out how they got charitable status. As far as I can tell their entire mandate is “marketing”, and I can’t imagine any other charity being allowed to operate like that. If it was environment, children’s education, cancer research etc. they’d have to spend money on actual programs.

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   David said on September 22nd, 2008 at 5:58 pm

   Bus Stop Bible Studies does not market anything. They are a ministry that “educates” the general public concerning the Christian Faith. They fully conform to Canadian Charity status.

   DH

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