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Just a regular American
Local communities are scrambling to find new income and one way is to charge non-profits and other government entities a fee. I Houston passed a drainage fee that will charge all property owners including schools and churches to pay for infrastructure repairs to sewers.
Strapped Cities Hit Nonprofits With Fees - WSJ.com
The question is should everyone including churches and other government entities be required to pay these fees/taxes?
My problem is that when a government entity like a school coorporation has to pay these fees it is the taxpayer who will have his taxes raised to pay for it. A church historically has been tax exempt exept these are being called fees not taxes. Yet the Federal government has called them taxes when pressed to pay fees!
Strapped Cities Hit Nonprofits With Fees - WSJ.com
The question is should everyone including churches and other government entities be required to pay these fees/taxes?
My problem is that when a government entity like a school coorporation has to pay these fees it is the taxpayer who will have his taxes raised to pay for it. A church historically has been tax exempt exept these are being called fees not taxes. Yet the Federal government has called them taxes when pressed to pay fees!