Samuel Brunson on Taxing Religion

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.