Catholic Charities Asks Justices to Eye Wisconsin Tax Break Case

The US Supreme Court should review a split among state high courts over the proper test for determining whether religious organizations qualify for tax benefits, Catholic Charities argued in a petition for review of a Wisconsin case.

Catholic Charities Bureau Inc. and four of its subsidiaries are challenging a March Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that they don’t qualify for the state’s religious purposes tax exemption and must pay into the unemployment insurance system to cover their employees.

The charities provide job training and daily living services to people with disabilities. The Wisconsin court ruled 4-3 that a charity only qualifies ...