The commercial activities of the
Catholic Church like hotels are duty bound to pay taxes but this
should not affect services to the community, Italian Bishops
Conference (CEI) Secretary-General Stefano Russo said Tuesday
after the Euroepan Court of Justice ordered Italy to recover
unpaid property tax ICI from the Church.
Russo said the ECJ sentence "recognises the tax exempt status
of not-for-profit activities".
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