The government has begun work on implementing a proposal from a citizens' petition to replace the Church Fund with a tax deduction for a church or religious association of your choice. Why is this not necessarily a good solution?
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The Inter-Ministerial Team for the Church Fund analyzed four possible changes to the financing of Churches and other religious associations. The proposal to introduce a 2% personal income tax (PIT) for a selected Church would result in higher costs for the state budget than current expenditures under the Church Fund, according to a response to the request of the Parliamentary Committee for Petitions on May 13th of this year. The document, signed…
The government has begun work on implementing a proposal from a citizens' petition to replace the Church Fund with a tax deduction for a church or religious association of your choice. Why is this not necessarily a good solution?