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I'm wondering, is it possible for me to start up my own religion and classify the rental payments from my tenants as a tithe so that I don't have to pay tax?
I would name my religion the Brotherhood Society, or BS for short. And part of the BS religion will be to support the church of BS in which I am the supreme overlord/god/ruler by offering me money and in exchange I will provide them with shelter.
It will be based of the book of BS. Which states that "In the beginning Tim created thou Holy Rental Accommodation. On the first day thou Holy One renovated thy bathroom. On the second day He renovated thy kitchen. On the third day he painted thy house. On the fourth day he fixed up those cracks in thy wall. On the fifth day he replaced thy old rusty ceiling fans. On the sixth day he put in new stairs out the front. And on the seventh day he rested, and it was good".
Of course later on there was "The Great Flood...of 2011 in Brisbane. But the Holy One said unto them that if they have faith in thy council designated 1 in 100 year flood height, then they-eth would be saved from thou waters of doom. And they had faith and thy hearts were pure and thy LCD TV's remained undamaged by flood waters."
I'm wondering, is it possible for me to start up my own religion and classify the rental payments from my tenants as a tithe so that I don't have to pay tax?
I would name my religion the Brotherhood Society, or BS for short. And part of the BS religion will be to support the church of BS in which I am the supreme overlord/god/ruler by offering me money and in exchange I will provide them with shelter.
It will be based of the book of BS. Which states that "In the beginning Tim created thou Holy Rental Accommodation. On the first day thou Holy One renovated thy bathroom. On the second day He renovated thy kitchen. On the third day he painted thy house. On the fourth day he fixed up those cracks in thy wall. On the fifth day he replaced thy old rusty ceiling fans. On the sixth day he put in new stairs out the front. And on the seventh day he rested, and it was good".
Of course later on there was "The Great Flood...of 2011 in Brisbane. But the Holy One said unto them that if they have faith in thy council designated 1 in 100 year flood height, then they-eth would be saved from thou waters of doom. And they had faith and thy hearts were pure and thy LCD TV's remained undamaged by flood waters."