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Church Law & Tax Report

July/August 1987
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Articles

Recent Developments

Issues that affect ministers and churches, with Richard R. Hammar
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Internal Revenue Service Member access only

Administration
Federal
Charitable Contributions

Charitable Contribution Definition Member access only

Supreme Court remarks shed light on donations to church.
Federal
Taxation - Church Property

Tax Court Refuses to Officially Sanction IRS Criteria for Determining What is a Church Member access only

Tax Court recently reversed an IRS determination that a nonprofit religious corporation was not a church.
Federal
Church Membership - Discipline and Removal ; Freedom of Religion

The Constitutional Guaranty of Freedom of Religion Member access only

Court refused to allow a "disfellowshiped" Jehovah's Witness to sue her former church