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On November 5, 2007, United States Senator Chuck Grassley announced an investigation into the tax-exempt status of six ministries under the leadership of Benny Hinn, Paula White, Eddie L. Long, Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar, and Kenneth Copeland by the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
Although the IRS often sets churches to 501(c)(3) status as default tax status, Safstrom said, based on her reading of the law, churches in the complaint would likely receive the political ...
The ECFA members are organized charities in the US, typically 501(c)3 Evangelical nonprofits and churches. Members range "from evangelism in foreign jungles to race car driver evangelism, from ministry to the elderly, children, the impaired, to those in the military, those on the streets, and to many in between.
Page from the Congressional Record containing a transcript of the passage of the amendment. Paragraph (3) of subsection (c) within section 501 of Title 26 (Internal Revenue Code) of the U.S. Code (U.S.C.) describes organizations which may be exempt from U.S. Federal income tax. 501(c)(3) is written as follows, [4] with the Johnson Amendment in bold letters: [5]
You must donate to a tax exempt organization, usually a 501(c)(3) church. You must keep receipts of all donations. Your church must provide written acknowledgement for all cash gifts over $250.
Religious institutions have to be careful of the messages they share, as veering too overtly political can risk their tax-exempt status as nonpartisan nonprofits.
Some organizations must also file a request with the Internal Revenue Service to gain status as a tax-exempt non-profit charitable organization under section 501(c)(3) of the tax code. A non-exhaustive list of organizations that may meet the Federal requirements are as follows: Synagogues, churches and other religious organizations;
Proponents of religious tax exemptions, however, warn that if you do tax the Church, the social consequences will be dire. Charitable institutions, by definition, spend money on charitable works.