France fines Watchtower Millions

JAVA

The other day my spouse heard a report on NPR about the French Government fining the Watchtower millions of US dollars (40 million?) for the so-called contributions they squeeze out of people. Did anyone reading this hear that report? I love the French!

gumby

This has been an issue for quite a while actually.
Freeminds has an article you can read on the subject.

Celia

Well, thank you...
Chasson posted about that a few days ago
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=22786&site=3

JAVA

Yeah, I know the issue has been around for awhile, but this was the first time I became aware of it reported on national news. NPR has a wide audience with millions of listeners. I'm sure that's the kind of news the Tower doesn't want reported.

JAVA

Thanks Celia--I didn't see that.

Englishman

Java,

Email me your address and I'll send you some tea-bags.

Englishman.

JAVA

Englishman,

Thanks for the offer, but we still have a bunch of that stuff floating in the harbor!

Princess

Eman-
I thought you frowned on tea bags.

Send Lagavulin instead.

Princess

sf

Just adding to the "pot" luck:

< http://www.temoinsdejehovah.org/actualites/en_france/taxation_des_offrandes/taxation_communique/taxation_communique.htm

If man was supposedly created in gods image, then.....holy krap...we're all doomed.-sKallyWagger

Mister Biggs

Here's the latest (I think)...

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/2002/03/07/news/world/2807468.htm

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES TOLD TO PAY TAXES

VERSAILLES -- The Jehovah's Witnesses organization in France must pay taxes on donations its members gathered in the street between 1993 and 1996, an appeals court decided Wednesday, in a ruling expected to cost the group over 45 million euros, or $39 million.

The verdict, which upholds a lower court's judgment, requires the group to pay 23 million euros in taxes on the 38 million euros it collected over that period, plus another 22.4 million euros in penalties and interest. The judges ruled that the Jehovah's Witnesses, who are classified as a sect and not a religion in France, are not eligible for tax exemption.

France fines Watchtower Millions

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