To What Extent Do Religious Institutions Provide a Societal Value? Is the Tax-Exempt Status Justified?

Religious institutions have been tax-exempt from almost all taxes for more than two centuries. The two primary justifications used to protect this ‘status’ is the constitution and the concept that churches provide positive externalities that believers and non-believers all benefit from. This paper e...

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Main Author: Hou, Annabel
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2019
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Online Access:https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1298
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2307&context=scripps_theses