Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Church Could Loose Tax-Exempt Status

I ran across an interesting article today. A church in Los Angeles had a guest preacher speak on the eve of the 2004 election. The sermon did not endorse either candidate, but the speaker was critical of the war in Iraq and the Bush administration's tax policies. No word on who blew the whistle, but the IRS has contacted them and warned them that any more sermons of that nature could cause them to loose their tax-exempt status. The article goes on to say that the church has been very vocal regarding politics at both the state and federal level. Click here for the full story.

2 comments:

aaronkallner said...

Al,
Must be nice to have a tax attorney with that guy's background. Must be nice to have a tax attorney.

Grampy said...

Yeah, well, Los Angeles, 3500 members, Desmond Tutu as a visitor...sounds more like a celebrity social club than a church. Probably wears designer suits too.