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Revision as of 18:33, 27 August 2005 by LIU (talk | contribs) (corr)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Church tax is a tax imposed on Christians in Germany, Sweden and some parts of Switzerland.
Germany
About 70 % of church revenues do come from church tax. This is about 8 500 000 000 EUR (in 2002).
Weimar Constitution (1919, article 137) and Grundgesetz (1949, article 140) are the basis for this practise.
A taxpayer, wether Roman Catholic or Protestant will pay additionally between 8 % Bavaria and 9 % (rest of the country) of his income tax to the church he or she belongs to.
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