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From: padraig@utastro.UUCP (Padraig Houlahan)
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Subject: Re: Re "Tax Supported" Churches
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Date: Thu, 10-Oct-85 10:23:56 EDT
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> 
> >Suppose I send off $25 and have myself declared a priest; should this 
> >automatically exclude me from being taxable (I'm assuming here that you mean
> >the state has no right to tax the church)?
> 
> >Padraig Houlahan.
> 
> I suppose you would have the same tax status as clergy.  And you can
> apply any income you receive from your devout followers in return for
> your services as a priest according to the same formulas as other clergy.
> 
> I wish you luck in your new religion.
> 
> Paul Dubuc

Thanks. By the way, why shouldn't any income earned in the service of the Great
One be tax exempt? What if I decide to exchange minor "token" gifts like 
software in exchange for contributions?

Padraig Houlahan.