El Régimen del impuesto eclesiástico en la República Federal Alemana
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The core of the work presented here revolves around the legal regulation of the church tax in West Germany. This tax payment is mandatory for all those faithful who legitimately belong to one of the religious denominations that require this tax. In the case of the Catholic Church, merely being baptized obliges Germans to pay this tax. The right to levy this tax is provided for in the constitution and the State cooperates closely to collect it, using the same mechanisms they use for their own taxes. Analyzing the church tax system is not a trivial matter because this tax amounts, in most Länder, to 9% of the tax on income and wages. In addition to thoroughly analyzing the means of financing used by religious denominations in the Federal Republic of Germany, this work is concerned with the different models of funding religious groups in European countries like France, Greece, Italy, the United Kingdom and others. Such an examination reveals three different models for financing religious denominations in the European Union. In this regard, special emphasis is placed on analyzing the system of financing the Catholic Church in the Spanish State in order to contrast it with the German system. Consideration is given to whether a system similar to that for the German church tax could be introduced in Spain, or the current system of voluntary contributions through individual income tax statements should continue, as making it to the fourth phase of funding provided for in the 1979 Agreement on Economic Affairs between the Holy See and the Spanish State, i.e. church self-financing, is unlikely
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