Catholic Charities Bureau Inc. and four of its subsidiaries aren’t operated primarily for religious purposes so they don’t qualify for Wisconsin’s religious purposes exemption from unemployment taxation, a state appeals court ruled.
“The fact that a church operates, supervises, controls, or supports an organization in charity with a religious motivation does not, by itself, mean that the organization is operated primarily for religious purposes,” Judge Lisa K. Stark wrote for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in a ruling issued Tuesday. “While the Catholic Church’s tenet of solidarity compels it to engage in charitable acts, the religious motives of ...
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