Hmmmm........as the author asks.........what has caused them to change their tune? I thought they didn't have any income? Well, it's about damn time they paid up, I say.
One in the W column for my friend Lynda I'd say. She got this ball rolling downhill in a big way!
http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2014/9/24/6538489/nfl-tax-exempt-non-profit-status-petition-change
But a New Orleans-based activist Lynda Woolard hit upon an idea that might force a little bit of accountability upon an organization that's otherwise proven itself resistant to it. Several years ago, she started a Change.org petition aimed at revoking the NFL's tax-exempt status. Since then, first slowly and then all at once, the movement has picked up momentum -- the campaign now has the endorsement of a wide array of prominent national political figures, and the petition has more than 363,000 signatures. In the last week, two Senators -- Maria Cantwell of Washington and Cory Booker of New Jersey -- have introduced bills aimed at ending the NFL's nonprofit status. The unlikely coalition supporting this cause includes an independent Senator from Maine, an arch-conservative Senator from Oklahoma, and a libertarian-leaning congressman from Utah.
Woolard, an artist and a Crescent City resident for over twenty years -- and a die-hard Saints fan -- was politically galvanized after Hurricane Katrina, and has dedicated herself to organizing in the years since. It's not her only job, but it's one she's embraced with rare passion.
"All of us who have joined together to push for this cause have other issues we work on every day. This is a project we volunteer on in our spare time," she told me. "[But] I have come to feel an extreme responsibility to the signers of this petition. I do think it is my job, having started this effort, to stick with it to the end, no matter how long it takes."
It's hard to know how long that will be, but she believes that her movement is still gathering momentum.
"Frankly, I've never heard a really good reason as to why they have this non-profit status," she told me. We talked about why she's doing what she's doing, and why she believes her cause will win.
I signed the petition.
Glad to see it worked.
Now let's get subsidies to oil companies done away with.
Pops should they tax the host and wine after all they are an establishment serving food and liquor without a license.
Id like to see the vatican and other religious organizations pay taxes too.
They're laughing all the way to the bank on those bake sales.
Id like to see the vatican and other religious organizations pay taxes too.
They're laughing all the way to the bank on those bake sales.
The vatican is one of the largest property owners in the world.
Nice try though.
There's no shortage of folks with all kinds of aggressive new to tax raising ideas. Strangely, these calls for tax revenue never seem to involve them paying it. Kind of like being generous with OPM.
"The government needs more money to spend....make that guy pay for it."
Strangely, these calls for tax revenue never seem to involve them paying it.
I'm all for doubling the gas tax alloak. I pay that tax. What good does gas do if all I can do is sit in traffic. Our infrastructure has got to be repaired and renewed.
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Id like to see the vatican and other religious organizations pay taxes too.They're laughing all the way to the bank on those bake sales.
Is that a typo? Do you really think the Catholic Church is scraping to get by? If you really think that than you are operating on a lower amount of information than is available. I know you aren't a low information voter, yet that post makes you seem like one.
The NFL agreeing to pay taxes is great. They are way late to the game and I'm sure have realized that maintaining a non-profit status is infuriating many of the fans they fleece at every game.
When is Congress going to drop the hammer on the NFL's antitrust exemption? This from Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal via Huffpo:
The NFL’s sacrifice of its tax exempt status seems more like a PR stunt than a real gain. The tax-exempt status produces a pittance compared to its Congressionally-granted antitrust exemption –- enabling billions in broadcast revenue. The NFL is exempted from laws that govern every other industry and business entity, not to mention huge benefits in state and local subsidies and sweetheart stadium deals. Sacrificing this tax exemption to avoid a distraction -– according to Commissioner Goodell –- should not distract from the real issue: the NFL’s public trust concerning domestic violence, drug use, concussions and other health issues.
And not that the NFL is no longer a non-profit they will no longer have to publish the salaries of their executives and board. I think Goodell can now expect upwards of $100 million year now. The $44 million he made in 2012 is now chicken feed.
Id like to see the vatican and other religious organizations pay taxes too.
I agree...Another long overdue reform of the tax code in my opinion. I happen to live in an area that's loaded with Church's and various other tax exempt entities. It's estimated that nearly 40% of the property in my county is tax exempt. Most of which is owned by, you guessed it, religious affiliations.
Given in New York state we fund our schools, county gov't, and local gov't primarily via property taxes, religious affiliations are subsidized to the hilt by everyone else. So this issue is not simply a question of INCOME tax exemptions, but property and sales tax exemptions as well. Also, it isn't necessarily about raising more overall revenue, but requiring that everyone pay something thereby ending subsidies for a select few while everyone subsidizes those that are exempt more and more as taxes rise over time. It's absurd that I should subsidize someones beliefs simply because they're a "religion."
And good for the lady who got the ball rolling on revoking the NFL's tax exempt status. Long overdue as well.
[Edited on 4/29/2015 by Chain]
[Edited on 4/29/2015 by Chain]
