Petition · past parliament

Amend Taxation Policies to Make All Churches and Places of Worship Pay Tax

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Make all churches and places of worship liable for paying tax which is a fair and reasonable proposal.
From the Church of England alone, £60,000,000 could be returned to HMRC each year to help with funding the nation. An organisation that has income of £1000,000,000 can afford to finance itself.

There is no reason Churches and other places of worship should be tax exempt or reduced, non-belivers or athiest should not suffer the bill for any belief organisation, an organisation that has income of £1000,000,000 can afford to finance itself.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

29 Apr 2016 Petition opened for signatures
3 May 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 May 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.