Church tax go from here is that we observe a benchmark for the future of European financial and taxation system reform
Widely circulated that a true story. 1992, the U.S. ??????? church pastor Danlun suddenly received a tax notice from the bottom of the UK Inland Revenue Department, the requirements Danlun pastor to pay 521 pounds of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit three poll tax. Danlun pastor of origin in English, belong to the Church of England clergy. Danlun priest after receiving the tax notice quite a surprise. Danlun pastor humor that comes to taxation, but to excuse me ?Trinity? (Father, Son and Holy Spirit), the British tax man personally went to meet with God to have a say, he believed that God has long been waiting for this to see of underground thinking about heaven and the tax officials. Living in the Rhine city of Cologne, Germany Laifei Ms. can not the guts. Dispersion in the Christmas eve of 2010 the end of a Sunday, advance to the Cologne Cathedral, her life was an important confession.
Confessional reason related to her quite the marriage of the son of the rebellious character of Campbell. Campbell in early childhood by their parents to bring to the church were baptized and holy things, Campbell into, however, almost never stepped into the over the church. Will appear to work, Campbell?s weekly earnings on the church tax of ? 6.58 (Kirchesteuer), this may be the only reason to be able to explain (but the Campbell family really is not bad money), Campbell telling his family re- household registration, declare yourself an atheist. As a result, Campbell payroll does not appear on the church tax. Campbell was born in a Catholic family, Campbell?s mother is not only a devout Christian, but also Catholic Diocesan Endowment for the Arts in Cologne, holding an important position. Campbell is automatically out of the church, did not pay taxes, he could not have the cheek to engage in a wedding in the church, which is a serious problem.
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Laifei son?s wedding held in the church, not only involved in his son?s personal beliefs, but the shame of the whole family. To accept the confession Laifei Ms. meter high Andean priest said: ?only lost lambs have confidence allowed to regain the faith and hope for an early return to the main side-meter-high Andean priest can arrange time for their son Hom Tony collar Confirmation sacraments (overlying the hand and Fuyou Li). During the 2011 Halloween, Campbell wedding was finally held at the Cologne Cathedral. Allegedly, Ms. Lai Fei successfully held his son?s wedding in the church in recent time and off to the local church to donate all her savings. Church tax into a lot of money in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland and Iceland are European region still retains the duty of the Church in several countries. Church tax in Europe affect large devaluation Germany. Germany?s church tax the taxpayer for the Roman Catholic Church and evangelical Protestant believers, two of the faithful of the Church accounts for about 70% of the total population of Germany.
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German church tax rate of 8% to 9% of the personal income tax of tax payable, withheld by the employer. Church tax is a surcharge (similar to China?s education surcharge) charged by the financial department directly returned to the church by the church independently decide how to use. German church tax each about about received seventy-eight one billion euros. Like the German Catholic Church parish register of the number of believers in Cologne Archdiocese, the church in 2011 tax revenue is expected to more than 500 million euros. The church tax is not part of the government revenue, not included in the regular state budget statements. In addition to the church tax in Germany, the schools run by religious organizations, hospitals and nursing homes can also receive government financial assistance, government subsidies, tax-exempt income, the dedication of Catholics in paragraph total revenue of approximately church 40% of other income church tax. With the situation in China is very different from the Catholic clergy in China there is no fixed wage and salary earners, and their daily expenses by faithful devotion. Spending the bulk of the German church tax is for the salaries of the clergy and ministry.
Data are available is a 2004 official statistics, the pay of the German Catholic Church clergy and ministry accounts for about 60% of the total expenditure of the church tax, day-to-day management fees, church maintenance fees, student of education and social and charitable projects each accounted for about 10%. Speaking, nationals of Denmark and Sweden have complained about the church tax fresh. Taxes and religion in these two countries seems to have become a cultural symbol, taxation and religious part of their lives. Denmark and Sweden, the maximum rate of personal income tax up to 55%, the duty of the church of the people here almost negligible loss of sensation. Denmark and Sweden is the smallest gap between the rich and the poor in economically developed countries, despite the very high-tax, but the welfare everywhere, all life seems to be very happy, the tax is not a real problem, the tax is happiness, religion is not only only a simple belief. The world now of course have been few countries still pursue theocratic policy, religious reason can obtain the full assistance of the national financial, or due to the influence of traces of religion the state religion during the Middle Ages in Europe in today?s society, and from generation to generation believers many ways.
Lutheran church members such as Sweden and Finland, accounting for nearly 90 percent of the bilateral total population. For example, the Gospel Lutheran is the state religion in Iceland, more than 90 percent of Icelanders are members of the register. Interesting, Iceland is not only for the followers of the Gospel Lutheran levy a church tax, and a church tax equal amount of culture and education to donate the same way (with the church tax is a tax levied on non-believers or other non-mainstream religious group ) used in the interests of national education. In other words, Icelanders do not pay a church tax, satisfied that the cultural and educational donations, both will have to choose one. ?What a donated church tax in Europe is a? hardcore ?taxes, from the old? even a donation evolved. According to the records of the Old Testament Book of Genesis, Abraham Lang Jiang tenth of the booty of the ancestors of the Israelites dedicated the Jerusalem king and chief priest of Melchizedek, the move by God much praise. Later, the descendants of Abraham convention of their income 1/10 for God to table piety. Since then even a tax, ?and gradually developed into the official law of the Jewish. Resulting in the mandatory characteristics of the 6th century church forces prevailing in the European period, even a donation to the European canon law began to be regulated, ?even a tax,? tax Faren.
This is a major turning point from voluntary to the imposition of religious believers to donate to the church. Later, the ?tithe? gradually won the support of the European secular law, to become a true sense of the tax. To the 19th century on the grounds of the same, the majority of European countries have abolished the ?tithe?. France is the first European country to the abolition of the ?tithe?, 1789?s French Revolution played a key role. I have many times with the theology of the Catholic University of Lyon, MA, now at the Chinese Catholic Seminary Professor, especially tin Nine exchanges the status of the French Catholic Church. The professor said, especially tin Nine French Church mainly rely on the the believers dedication and operating income (sale of sacred objects, travel tickets and other services revenue, etc.) also provide some financial assistance, as well as tax reductions or exemptions. However, the French Catholic Church is indeed in western Europe other countries shabby church, no church tax the fixed income is a very important reason. Especially Professor joke, do not think that this is the punishment of God Church of France, which is a ?poor in spirit, poverty of the highest spiritual sense.
Church tax go from here is that we observe a benchmark for the future of European financial and taxation system reform, but the church tax (donated) and declining in Europe but it is an indisputable fact. Mainly to the decline of church tax is nearly a dozen to their income has been in a state of ?negative growth? can not be increased with the growth of people?s wage and salary earners, it?s not even counting inflation factors. We see that the finger of blame for the strike protests triggered by the Greek debt crisis has recently begun to point to after the government of the rich ? the church.
The demonstrations
the initiator claims that the society of a poor government rich church, the church?s contribution to society is minimal. Operating income of the church not only to enjoy the government?s duty-free treatment, the government also allocated salary budget to support the clergy. In order to meet the requirements of the demonstrators, the Greek government has recently made it clear that to solve the debt crisis, let the church turned over 20 percent of business income, and has announced the donation of 5% to 10%. ?Caesar, Caesar; of God belong to God.?
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