They do this to distribute the taxes TO the churches. Each working citizen who claims a religion pays a church tax (mandatory, federally enforced tithing). That money is then distributed based on the number of people registered to each religious group. It is possible to register with no specific religion so that one does not have to pay that tax.
That being said, I would still feel weird registering as Jewish. I get kinda nervous because I don't register as Catholic.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by dazzle.
Re: Religion registration
They do this to distribute the taxes TO the churches. Each working citizen who claims a religion pays a church tax (mandatory, federally enforced tithing). That money is then distributed based on the number of people registered to each religious group. It is possible to register with no specific religion so that one does not have to pay that tax.
That being said, I would still feel weird registering as Jewish. I get kinda nervous because I don't register as Catholic.