ESSAY: EQUITY IN THE US REQUIRES NEW TAXES AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF CURRENT LAWS
US columnist THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, argues in favour of improving US tax laws and the powers of the Internal Revenue Service to enforce them…
US clergy housing allowance is constitutional, appeals court rules
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 […]