Podcast appearances and mentions of Samuel D Brunson

The founding and development of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints run parallel to the rise of the modern tax system and administrative state. Samuel D. Brunson looks at the relationships between the Church and various federal, state,... The post 895 Sam Brunson – Between the Temple and the Tax Collector appeared first on The Cultural Hall Podcast.

In this episode, Samuel D. Brunson, Georgia Reithal Professor of Law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, discusses his book "God and the IRS: Accommodating Religious Practice in United States Tax Law," which is published by Cambridge University Press. Brunson begins by explaining how the Constitution limits the government's ability to burden and benefit religion, as well as how courts evaluate the legitimacy of tax policy. He discusses religious objections to taxation and tax benefits granted to people on the basis of religion, including the parsonage allowance, the tax deductibility of contributions to religious organizations, and the tax treatment of religiously motivated contractual relationships. He closes by setting out a framework for thinking about whether religious accommodations to tax law are justified. Brunson is on Twitter at @smbrnsn.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week’s episode, Professor Samuel Brunson joins Nico and Richard to discuss his 2018 book, God and the IRS: Accommodating Religious Practice in the Tax Law. Topics ranged from taxing clergy, to exploring communities abroad such as Kibbutzim, creating an exception for Islamic home financing, his recommendation of a framework for legislature to apply for religious tax accommodation, and more.

A whistleblower complaint to the IRS alleges the mormon church has amassed a secretive $100 billion dollar investment fund and has misled church members about how tithe money is used with that fund. On Monday night, we broke a story about this at ReligionUnplugged.com after a month-long investigation into claims the whistleblower made to the IRS. Samuel D. Brunson, a law professor at Loyola University in Chicago and an expert on religion and tax law, discusses the concerns about his church.This episode of the Religion Unplugged podcast was hosted by Paul Glader, edited and produced by Peter Freeby. Special thanks to ReligionUnplugged team member Meagan Clark.The Religion Unplugged Podcast is a production of religionunplugged.com. and is a part of The Media Project, a nonprofit dedicated to equipping journalists to cover religion. To read our award-winning global religion news coverage or to find out more about Religion Unplugged or The Media Project, visit religionunplugged.com or follow us on twitter at religionmag.