Churches being tax-exempt is a practice that has a long history and appears unlikely to change, especially since most places of worship don’t have a lot of money. But what about those that do?
, a Latter-day Saint and a tax law professor at Loyola University in Chicago. Churches with unrelated business income pay taxes on that income, Brunson noted, as the LDS Church reportedly does on its for-profit businesses.
To several faith leaders in Utah, tax exemptions for places of worship make sense as a deeply held American value.at Salt Lake City’s Congregation Kol Ami. He noted that Jewish synagogues stand alone in terms of how they operate financially and do not draw financial support from a religious network akin to the LDS and Catholic churches.
The rabbi and other area faith leaders said their small budgets are sustained by donations and that most expenditures go to charity, such as food banks, sheltering the poor and helping members in need. “More power to Latter-day Saints and other faith groups that are right now doing financially very well,” the rabbi added, “but that is not the situation of your average rural church or your average synagogue.”interim pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City, said there was “incredible value to society from having healthy churches, including church buildings that are available.”
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