By: Ethan Allen and...
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CURRENT EVENTS
EUROPE
RELIGION/ATHEISM
TAXES
This will make somebodies day here at WRH!
Italy’s Catholic Church will be forced to pay taxes starting in 2013 after the EU pressured the country’s government to pass a controversial law stripping the Church of its historic property tax exemption.
ÂThe Catholic Church in Italy is excluded from paying taxes on its land if at least a part of a Church property is used non-commercially – for instance, a chapel in a bed-and-breakfast.
"The regulatory framework will be definite by January 1, 2013 – the start of the fiscal year – and will fully respect the [European] Community law," Italian premier Mario Monti's government said in a statement on Tuesday.
http://rt.com/news/italy-church-tax-exemption-339/

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