rogergreaves
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denvermartinfarms":1gjofm7o said:Nope, not true, atleast not here. We have over 20 different amish guys that work for us, out of those we have 4 or 5 every day depending in who wants to work that day. Been around them for years and know them well. They do not pay income tax and they don't pay real estate tax because there's a rotation they go through each week of who's house they have church in, so it makes there house 's all churches.TexasBred":1gjofm7o said:Amish pay taxes. Local, state and federal.D2Cat":1gjofm7o said:I remember a few years back folks were making statements about the Amish and Mennonites not paying taxes for the roads they used.
The community leaders went to the local governments to contribute, but there was no paperwork in place for the local tax collector to document their funds. Funds were not accepted.
How about the folks who ride bicycles on public roads. Do they pay taxes for them?
So maybe we need not complain.
They are not bad people, but they are not quite as honest and as holy as many think they are. They will try to make jobs last longer to make more money and sit around on jobs or leave early when they think you won't find out. Nothing that doesn't happen with non Amish employees, but it's not like the Amish won't cheat a person.
As for the 10 year old driving, I don't have much of a opinion, as far as i know any 10 year old can ride a horse or bicycle up the side of the road. I guess the issues that come about from that are the parents problem.
The idea that churches don't pay taxes is false. Pastors pay income tax, social security tax, medicare tax, etc. Secretary's at the church pay all of that too. The church pays worker's comp on anyone that works there. Most churches have a business license and pay the fee. Everything they buy has sales tax on it. If there's an elevator, there's an annual inspection, ours is $100 to the state plus whatever the elevator company charges. We don't pay general property tax but we do pay the various district assessments. If a church expands, building permit at full fee. My church also had to give an easement to the city, 20 feet wide and 500 feet of highway frontage for a bike lane. We were not compensated. It was part of the price to get that building permit to expand. The number of trees on the lot and their placement were dictated by the City. The pipe under the highway to carry the utilities was paid for by the church, it supports the neighboring businesses. It's absurd size and therefore extreme expense was dictated by the city. Since we are a non-profit, we don't pay business tax on our profit, which we have none anyway. Same as any non-profit like oh, Planned Parenthood.
As far as Amish being unscrupulous employees, that's all anecdotal. I feel the same way about everyone I hire to work around the farm or house. My former employer was fond of saying I OWED him 15 minutes. I think the poster has some bigoted feelings towards Amish and or Churches in general.
Those Amish guys you work with? They certainly pay income tax IF their income is high enough to require it. However they like many on this board also probably file a schedule F and can write their farm losses off of their earned income netting them out to zero tax owed.
No, I'm Lutheran.