Submitted on Tuesday 5th April 2016
Published on Thursday 7th April 2016
Current status: Closed
Closed: Friday 7th October 2016
Signatures: 240
Tagged with
England ~ Parliament ~ Tax ~ UK
Call for Parliament to end tax-free status for ALL religious organisations in UK
Religion, whether you believe in it or not, is a business. It always has, and always will be. In 2013 the Church of England's revenue was £1.41 billion; taxed at just 5% would have generated £70,000,000! This is ONE religion in ONE year..! If there is a God, wouldn't he want to help our country...?
As somebody who is fundamentally non-religious, I have always been amazed at the tax-free statuses of religious organisations. Even if God IS real, why should his representatives not pay tax? Their reason: They provide crucial social services, and that 200 years of church tax exemptions have not turned us into a theocracy. Taxing religious organisations won't make us a theocracy, especially if they're ALL taxed. Hospitals also provide social service, they're taxed; so why not religions..?
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