Posts Tagged ‘Church tax’

Catholic church in Samoa accepts the new tax laws

Thursday, June 14th, 2018
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The Catholic Church and the Methodist Church in Samoa have said that they accept a new law requiring their ministers to pay tax. But at a recent general assembly, the leaders of the Congregational Christian Church (CCCS) said they would ignore the law. In a speech in parliament, the prime minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi praised the Read more

Thousands leave church in Germany

Thursday, July 27th, 2017

About 160,000 Catholics left the Church in Germany last year. This is a decrease in the 180,000 who left in 2015. The Church is one of the organs of state in Germany and members must pay a church tax. Read more