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Taxes
Pastors Push Back Against 'Annual Registration Fee'
One Illinois city says it's charging churches a fee, but church leaders call it an unfair 'tax.'
April 18, 2013
Supreme Court's Health-Care Ruling Could Weaken Charity Tax Breaks
Why some religious nonprofits' worries aren't about the contraception mandate.
September 4, 2012
Passing the Plate for Politics
Why it's legal for churches to take collections for PACs that oppose gay marriage.
June 14, 2012
Pastors Double-Dare the IRS
Observers suggest that punishing church endorsements will be unlikely.
December 12, 2011
No Taxpayer Is an Island
Elizabeth Warren is wrong, and right, about the role of government.
December 6, 2011
To Protect Freedom, ADF Needs IRS to Punish Pastors
The ironies of "Pulpit Freedom Sunday."
October 5, 2011
Standing on Shaky Ground: Pastor Tax Break Threat Lessens
Ruling means threat to pastor tax break may have lost its legs.
May 24, 2011
Should Congress Change Pastors' Housing Allowances?
The current tax code excludes the rental value of a home from pastors' taxable income.
March 28, 2011
How the Economy Became a Family Issue
Family groups emphasized government debt and the economy as family issues this week. Plus, Christian leaders offered unanimous denunciations of church's planned Qur'an burning.
September 10, 2010
More Giving, Less Taxing
President Obama's tax plan will hurt the very people he's trying to help.
May 14, 2009
Q & A: 'Joe the Plumber'
The man who became a metaphor for the average American in the 2008 election tells CT about his Christian faith and the future of the Republican Party.
May 4, 2009
Goodbye Charity
Churches and charitable institutions provide services that some politicians feel belong to the federal government.
April 20, 2009
Change of Address 
Kenneth Copeland turns to IRS to avoid Senate inquiry into prosperity ministries.
May 9, 2008
Gambling Opponents Say Moral Argument No Longer a Trump
As casinos and lotteries spread, two-thirds of Americans join in.
March 18, 2008
Five of Six Ministries Meet Deadline in Senate Spending Probe
Dollar's ministry won't provide material voluntarily.
December 7, 2007
In Perspective: Why Grassley Investigates
If Congress rewrites the tax rules for churches, they have to know how churches operate, says Richard Hammar.
November 8, 2007
Praise and Dismay for Senate Scrutiny of Ministries' Finances
While some cheer inquiry into alleged misuses of church funds, others fear government intrusion.
November 6, 2007
Filling in the Blanks
A revised tax form should make nonprofit organizations more transparent.
October 18, 2007
Supreme Court Turns Down Challenge to Faith-Based Office
Ruling says taxpayers don't have standing to sue executive branch for use of funds.
June 27, 2007
The Bagel Between Church and State
Plus: Should we stop talking about the Jesus tomb hoax? A Christian college's bus tragedy, and other stories from online sources around the world.
March 2, 2007
The Tax Man Taketh
Plus: The end of 7th Heaven, Saddleback's AIDS stigma, no new gay bishop for Episcopal Church, and other stories from online sources around the world.
May 8, 2006
TV Evangelist Morris Cerullo Indicted for False Tax Returns
Plus: Congress speculates on stem cells, Irineos literally fights for his old office, the pope's surprising messages on London bombings and Harry Potter, and other stories from online sources around the world.
April 13, 2006
IRS Changes May Dent Ministries' Car-Donation Programs
New deduction rules dump Blue Book for actual sales value. That could discourage donors.
December 1, 2004
Separation of Ministry and Politics
In order to influence public policy successfully, Focus on the Family must quickly learn how to remove politicking from its ministry core.
July 1, 2004
Breaking the Speech Limits
How activists are trying to deny democracy, and why a bill designed to extend free speech won't pass.
June 1, 2004
IRS Raids Home and Business of Creationist
Plus: Terror at a Pittsburgh church, England's gay priest gets a top position, and other stories from online sources around the world
April 1, 2004
EDITORIAL: Uncle Sam Wants Your Tithes
Courts should keep creditors' hands out of the collection plate.
October 3, 1994
IRS Finds Problems with Income Reporting at Colleges and Universities
The IRS found increases to unrelated business taxable income for 90 percent of the colleges and universities examined, totaling about $90 million. It also disallowed more than $170 million in losses and net operating losses that could amount to more than $60 million in assessed taxes. (Accounting Today)
Many German Christians quit church to avoid tax
“Social-Democrats and Liberals invented this tax a hundred years ago in order to make the people pay for their church, not only the patrons or the king or the Kaiser,” he says. “It was invented to democratize the church." (Marketplace.org)
Lawyer: Stephen Baldwin to avoid jail in tax case
Stephen Baldwin will avoid jail and will have up to five years to pay $350,000 in back taxes and penalties, his lawyer said Monday (Associated Press)
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