“The yearly cost of religious tax exemptions: $71 billion. If the church paid taxes, everyone would only have to pay 3% taxes.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 17 Aug 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The federal income tax revenue that would be generated by removing the tax exemption for churches would not be enough to reduce income tax rates for individuals to 3%.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 September 2021, 42 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/yduMc
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