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US clergy housing allowance is constitutional, appeals court rules

Clergy Allowance

RNS A US federal appeals court has ruled that the clergy housing allowance authorised by the Internal Revenue Service is constitutional. The Freedom From Religion Foundation argued successfully in a Wisconsin district court that the long-standing exemption for religious housing in the IRS tax code violated the First Amendment’s establishment clause. But a three-judge panel […]