Great news I found thought you all would rejoices at this small collapse of their horrid system.
http://rt.com/news/italy-church-tax-exemption-339/External ↗
Italy's Catholic Church will be forced to pay taxes starting in 2013 after the EU pressured the country's government to pass a controversial law stripping the Church of its historic property tax exemption.
The Catholic Church in Italy is excluded from paying taxes on its land if at least a part of a Church property is used non-commercially for instance, a chapel in a bed-and-breakfast.
"The regulatory framework will be definite by January 1, 2013 the start of the fiscal year and will fully respect the [European] Community law," Italian premier Mario Monti's government said in a statement on Tuesday.
The move could net Italy revenues of 500 million to 2 billion euros annually across the country, municipal government associations said. The extra income from previously exempt properties in Rome alone including hotels, restaurants and sports centers could reach 25.5 million euros a year, La Repubblica daily newspaper reported.
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From: Kevin <kevin_burkhard@...;
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Subject: Catholic Church Now Has to Pay Property Taxes
Sent: Sat, Oct 13, 2012 11:47:22 AM
I think them and all churches should pay taxes period....Common people pay it why should churches be exwmpt....Father has to be smiling more and more every day.....
--- In , "Kevin" <kevin_burkhard@... wrote:
Great news I found thought you all would rejoices at this small collapse of their horrid system.
http://rt.com/news/italy-church-tax-exemption-339/External ↗
Italy's Catholic Church will be forced to pay taxes starting in 2013 after the EU pressured the country's government to pass a controversial law stripping the Church of its historic property tax exemption.
The Catholic Church in Italy is excluded from paying taxes on its land if at least a part of a Church property is used non-commercially for instance, a chapel in a bed-and-breakfast.
"The regulatory framework will be definite by January 1, 2013 the start of the fiscal year and will fully respect the [European] Community law," Italian premier Mario Monti's government said in a statement on Tuesday.
The move could net Italy revenues of 500 million to 2 billion euros annually across the country, municipal government associations said. The extra income from previously exempt properties in Rome alone including hotels, restaurants and sports centers could reach 25.5 million euros a year, La Repubblica daily newspaper reported.
Hell yeah! They've been stealing from people for centuries! It's about time they're forced to pay something back!
Not hell yeah. FUCK YEAH!!!!! GODDAMMIT!!!!!! I never even knew that they never paidSent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you!From: Emily Watts <emilywatts87@... Sender: Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:10:03 -0500To: ReplyTo: Subject: Re: Catholic Church Now Has to Pay Property Taxes
Hell yeah! They've been stealing from people for centuries! It's about time they're forced to pay something back!