07-13-2017, 03:32 AM
The group Mormon Tips is looking for people to report local projects that might not be legally tax free. I'd be shocked if anything comes of it though. John Oliver did an interesting story showing how extremely rare it is that the IRS goes after religious organizations.
They believe the Mormon church is not properly paying taxes, and condemns its Hawaii Real Estate Division -- Hawaii Reserves, Inc. (HRI) -- for its plan to develop Malaekahana with 875 new homes, a shopping center and a school.
The creators have run similar commercials across the nation since the beginning of the year.
"They've got venture capital firms, real estate galore, and they don't pay taxes. We think that's unfair," said Fred Karger, director of Mormon Tips.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/35863...-tax-fraud
Here are their ads:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFGmYuHlUN4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yC5os3W56E
They believe the Mormon church is not properly paying taxes, and condemns its Hawaii Real Estate Division -- Hawaii Reserves, Inc. (HRI) -- for its plan to develop Malaekahana with 875 new homes, a shopping center and a school.
The creators have run similar commercials across the nation since the beginning of the year.
"They've got venture capital firms, real estate galore, and they don't pay taxes. We think that's unfair," said Fred Karger, director of Mormon Tips.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/35863...-tax-fraud
Here are their ads:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFGmYuHlUN4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yC5os3W56E