Article: House moves to maintain housing tax break for clergy; Court questions whether exemption is constitutional.(NATION)

Article: Senate bill protects tax break for clergy ...
The Washington Times;  May 4, 2002 ;     657 words ... ... protect a long-standing tax break for clergy. The measure, which ... exempts ministers and other clergy from paying taxes on ... constitutionality of this tax break. The House passed the ... exclusion for members of the clergy would be struck down ...

Article: Taxman eyes clergy couples: double claim for housing ...
Anglican Journal;  February 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Tax Act was drafted to Include a tax break for clergy housing. Among the act's assumptions ... has come the unique situation of clergy couples and the tax implications ... Presbyterian and five United Church clergy couples in southern Ontario about ...

Article: Bush Signs Clergy Tax Break Bill
AP Online;  May 20, 2002 ;     329 words ... ... and rabbis will keep their tax break for the cost of housing under ... of the exemption would cost clergy members $2.3 billion over ... making it harder to attract clergy. The exemption permits a clergy member to deduct from taxable ...

Article: Ramstad prepares bill to retain tax break for ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 30, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... strike down a long-standing tax break on housing allowances for members of the clergy, Rep. Jim Ramstad, R ... exemption - which allows clergy to deduct the portion of ... Ramstad said. "Nearly every clergy member in every denomination ...

Article: Court review of tax break for clergy.
The Kiplinger Tax Letter;  March 15, 2002 ;     342 words ...The legality of a tax break for the clergy is being questioned. Dispute involves the parsonage allowance ... has decided to review whether the benefit for members of the clergy is constitutional. Expect a Supreme Court appeal if exclusion ...

Article: Clergy exemption for homes backed; Lawmakers fight to keep ...
The Washington Times;  April 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... protect an 81-year-old tax exemption on clergy housing that a federal appeals court said ... the housing exemption for all U.S. clergy, a step that neither the Internal Revenue ... stripped away by the appeals court, U.S. clergy could pay $2.3 billion more in taxes ...

Article: Court to review parsonage tax break. (News).(Brief ...
The Christian Century;  April 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Warren relied on a 1921 statute giving clergy an exemption for their housing costs ... removing the exemption could result in clergy's paying $2.3 billion more in taxes ... allowances for an estimated 850,000 clergy has put the pension boards of most major ...