原帖由 weakest 於 2008-2-27 23:41 發表 
回復 6# Jom 的帖子 對我o黎講, 之前的"宗教稅" 係指直接對教徙收稅. 這是我所反對的.
1. 咁會令人覺得無宗教自由(用收稅令D人唔去信教, 仲唔係侵犯自由?) (P.S.: 作為"自由", D人應該有權唔去行駛這權利, 即係唔信任何教(但這唔代表無信仰係宗教))
2. 難以收稅. 因為難以確認邊個係教徙, 邊個唔係教徙. 因為人人都可以講大話"避稅". 而我在呢度開咗account 之後,有去過教堂(因為當同friend (they are Christians) 聚聚), 但唔代表我又信番教. 而且, 濕完水都可以離教la(唔係咁, 我地仲可以在這吹水mei?). 仲有, D人的宗教信仰可以話變就變(仲可以變得好快...), 咁點知邊D人計入去稅基wor.人地公司會有盤好清楚的數, 令政府知收幾多稅. 但就係無方法知道收幾多"宗教稅", 同埋向邊個收"宗教稅"lor. 所以,呢個絕對唔係一個"好"的稅lor. 人地關心妍忽然話自己離教, 唔去交稅, 但係日日去教堂, 又話去教堂只係探D牧師,D人都吹佢唔脹bor...
但係, 如果政府直接向D教會收稅, 我又唔反對wor. 要所有教會註冊, 唔係就當晒係邪教 (政府好似都想打擊D"邪教" la).跟住就每間註冊教會都收稅 (D教會都好似有番盤數俾人睇...). 咁咪ok lor. 香港政府俾你o係呢度插旗收o靚,咁D教會俾番D稅都好合理掛...仲有, 又唔駛怕D教徙不滿, 因為教會根本無可能屈D人捐多D$. 而且, 講番句"上主的歸上主,凱撒的歸凱撒", D教會仲夠膽駁咀? 咁就唔駛恰D弱小教徙lor...
By the way, I agree that the government should NOT subsidy certain 教會
sorry ,
there do b various kinds of church taxes , charged upon individual persons
the many many nearly uncountably many $$$$$$$$$ go to churches for ever every year
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_tax
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Church tax is a tax imposed on members of some religious congregations in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Austria and some parts of Switzerland.
Germany
About 70% of church revenues do come from church tax. This is about €8.5 billion (in 2002).
Article 137 of the Weimar Constitution of 1919 and article 140 of the Grundgesetz of 1949 are the legal basis for this practice.
In Germany, on the basis of tax regulations passed by thecommunities and within the limits set by state laws, communities may either
- require the taxation authorities of the state to collect the fees from the members on the basis of income tax assessment (then, theauthorities withhold a collection fee), or
- choose to collect the church tax themselves.
In the first case, membership in the community is entered onto a tax document (Lohnsteuerkarte) which employees must surrender to their employers for the purpose of withholding tax on paid income. If membership in a tax-collecting religiouscommunity is entered on the document, the employer must withhold church tax prepayments from the income of the employee in addition to othertax prepayments. In connection with the final annual income taxassessment, the state revenue authorities also finally assess the church tax owed. In the case of self-employed persons or of unemployed taxpayers, state revenue authorities collect prepayments on the churchtax together with prepayments on the income tax.
If, however, religious communities choose to collect church taxthemselves, they may demand that the tax authorities reveal taxation data of their members to calculate the contributions and prepaymentsowed. In particular, some smaller communities (e.g. the JewishCommunity of Berlin) choose to collect taxes themselves to save collection fees the government would charge otherwise.
Collection of church tax may be used to cover any church-related expenses such as founding institutions and foundations or payingministers.
The church tax is only paid by members of the respective church.People who are not member of a church tax-collecting denomination do not have to pay it. Members of a religious community under public lawmay formally declare their wish to leave the community to state (notreligious) authorities. With such a declaration, the obligation to pay church taxes ends. Some communities refuse to administer marriages andburials of (former) members who had declared to leave it.
The money flow of state and churches is distinct at all levels of the procedures. The church tax is not meant to be a way for the stateto directly support churches, but since expenses for church tax are fully deductible in fact such support occurs on a somewhat large scale.
The church tax is historically rooted in the pre-Christian Germaniccustom where the chief of the tribe was directly responsible for themaintenance of priests and religious cults. During the Christianizationof Western Europe, this custom was adopted by the Christian churches(Arian and Catholic) in the concept of "Eigenkirchen" (churches ownedby the landlord) which stood in strong contrast to the central church organization of the Roman Catholic church. Despite the resulting medieval conflict between emperor and pope, the concept of church maintenance by the ruler remained the accepted custom in most Western European countries. In Reformation times, the local princes in Germanybecame officially heads of the church in Protestant areas and werelegally responsible for the maintenance of churches. Not until the 19thcentury were the finances of churches and state regulated to a point where the churches became financially independent. At this point thechurch tax was introduced to replace the state benefits the churcheshad obtained previously.
Taxpayers, whether Roman Catholic, Protestant or members of other tax-collecting communities, pay between 8% (in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg) and 9% (in the rest of the country) of their income tax to the church or other community to which they belong.
Denmark
Main article Church of Denmark
The members of Folkekirkenpay a church tax, which varies between municipalities, but can be as large as 1.51%. The tax is generally in the vicinity of 1% of thetaxable income. Even people who are not members of the church finance with normal taxes as it is part of the government budget. [[[[[[[[[ my own take : ::::: ?????????!!!!!!!!! ]]]]]]]]]
Sweden
The members of Svenska kyrkan pay church tax, which varies between municipalities. Church and state are separated as of 2000, however the burial tax (begravningsavgift) is paid by everyone regardless of membership. [[[[[[[[[ my own take : :::::::::: ?????????!!!!!!!!! ]]]]]]]]]
In a recent development, the Swedish government has agreed to continue collecting from individual taxpayers the annual payment that has always gone to the church. But now the tax will be an optional checkoff box on the tax return. The government will allocate the money collected to Catholic, Muslim, Jewish and other faiths as well as the Lutherans, with each taxpayer directing where his or her taxes shouldgo.
Austria
Church tax is compulsory in Austria and Catholics can be sued by the Church for not paying it. Anyone who wants to stop paying it has todeclare in writing, at their local municipal council, that they are leaving the Church. They are then crossed off the Church registers and can no longer receive the sacraments. The tax amounts to about 1% ofthe income.
Switzerland
There is no official state church in Switzerland. However, all the 26 cantons (states) financially support at least one of the three traditional denominations-- Roman Catholic, Old Catholic (in Switzerland Christ Catholic), or Evangelical Reformed--with funds collected through taxation. Each canton has its own regulations regarding the relationship between church and state. In some cantons, the church tax (up to 2.3%) is voluntary but in others anindividual who chooses not to contribute to church tax may formally have to leave the church. In some cantons private companies are unable to avoid payment of the church tax. [[[[[ my own take : : ????!!!!! ]]]]
Finland
All members of either the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Finnish Orthodox Church (the two state churches of Finland) pay an income-based church tax of between 1% and 2.25%, depending on the municipality.
Formerly, to stop paying church tax, one had to formally leave thechurch by giving written notice and waiting during an allowance of timefor reflection. This requirement has since been removed, and currently a written statement to the church suffices. It is also possible toleave the church via a web page [1].
Iceland
Taxpayers in Iceland are obligated to pay a "Culture Tax" to either the Church of Iceland (Lutheran) or the University of Iceland.
See alsoRetrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_tax"
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