No taxation to our places of worship

Welcome back to this beautiful edition for week 241. The topic is something twisted, and I love the fact that is like that. Taxes are good when is done the right way to the right place and people.

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Taxes are very good and is encouraging for anyone into businesses to pay taxe, because it is from paying of taxes that the government realize part of the money that will be used to run the affairs of the society. Which means that without the payment of taxes our government will not be able to raise a tangible amount to take care of all the bills in the country. This is my own way of saying that paying of taxes is very important to the government.

WHO SHOULD PAY TAXES IN THE SOCIETY?

Everyone. No one is exampted from paying of taxes. But we all pay in different ways. Sone pay taxes directly and some pay indirectly.

• Everyone who buy something pay taxes even when they are not aware of it. Someone may say that he does not work so because of that he is not paying taxes. But that is not correct because as long as you buy recharge card of as low as #100 you pay tax through that means. That also includes drivers. As long as you buy fuel everyday on your way to work or you use the fuel for your generator, you equally pay taxe as you buy fuel. Buying of goods in the market too helps us to pay taxes. Because those companies producing those goods pay those taxes so you pay when you buy their goods.
  Another set of people who pay taxes are landlords, people who own cars including those who owns different properties, they all pay taxes. So that means that if I am a tenant I also pay taxes.

For salary earners we know that theirs is automatically paid once their salary is been released. No one can run away from paying of taxes because is just the normal thing that helps in sustaining the country. What about business owners, artisans, traders? They all pay taxes in their own way.

SHOULD CHURCHES OR MOSQUE PAY TAXES?

My honest answer is no. Why no? To me I don't think is right for places of worship to pay taxes even though it is assumed that there is money in those places. My reason is because everyone who goes to church or mosques pays taxes in their different places of work or businesses. So how can we still ask the same people to pay taxes again. Remember that when we ask worship centers to pay taxes, it will still go back to the worshippers to bring out the money to be used in paying taxes. It won't fall from the sky, but from these same people who have paid taxes in their different work place. So is a very big NO from me. Let's continue the way we are.
This is my contribution to the topic for week 241 episode 2 - Taxes.