The Rudd Government is undertaking a taxation review which could jeopardise churches’ tax-exempt status, reports Bill Muehlenberg.Every once in a while, calls are made to take away any tax-exempt status for churches or religious groups. There may be many reasons for this. Non-religious folk may not think it fair that they should subsidise religious bodies with their tax dollars. Hardened atheists and secularists may see this is yet another way of wiping religion off the map, or at least neu…
