Housing vs. The IRS
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Mentioned teacher housing in another thread, which caused another thought...You don't see many church parsonages nowadays. They used to be very common. It was a way for smaller churches with less means, to recruit and keep a pastor, even though they couldn't pay higher salaries.
That died when the IRS decided to tax housing. It would also be an impediment to a teacher housing program, at K-12 or even university levels.
Is it time to change the tax code back to the way it used to be? At least for some classes of employees?
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Mentioned teacher housing in another thread, which caused another thought...You don't see many church parsonages nowadays. They used to be very common. It was a way for smaller churches with less means, to recruit and keep a pastor, even though they couldn't pay higher salaries.
That died when the IRS decided to tax housing. It would also be an impediment to a teacher housing program, at K-12 or even university levels.
Is it time to change the tax code back to the way it used to be? At least for some classes of employees?
@Jolly said in Housing vs. The IRS:
Is it time to change the tax code back to the way it used to be? At least for some classes of employees?
I don't like the idea of the government creating yet more "special classes" of employees; if anything, I'd rather eliminate/reduce "special classes" than to add more of them.
It also does not appear consistent with your own view that "education" is a state matter, not a federal matter. (But if you don't think that's the case, please feel free to tell me why.)
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@Jolly said in Housing vs. The IRS:
Education is a state matter, but the taxation occurs on a Federal level.
But inviting the IRS (a federal agency) to specifically target “education” (a state matter) personnel, you are inviting the federal government to extent its tentacles into a state matter, no?
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@Jolly said in Housing vs. The IRS:
Education is a state matter, but the taxation occurs on a Federal level.
But inviting the IRS (a federal agency) to specifically target “education” (a state matter) personnel, you are inviting the federal government to extent its tentacles into a state matter, no?
@Axtremus said in Housing vs. The IRS:
@Jolly said in Housing vs. The IRS:
Education is a state matter, but the taxation occurs on a Federal level.
But inviting the IRS (a federal agency) to specifically target “education” (a state matter) personnel, you are inviting the federal government to extent its tentacles into a state matter, no?
I don't think so, unless we revert back to the CSA Constitution or declare federal income tax unconstitutional.
