Outrageous: New York Is Charging Samaritan's Purse Income Tax after the Charity Worked for Free

Tré Goins-Phillips : May 7, 2020
Faithwire.com

So even though New York lawmakers and hospital executives asked workers to come from out of state to help in the fight against the coronavirus, they will now have to pay state taxes—even on income they might have made from their home state while they were temporarily living in New York, according to WPIX-TV.

[Faithwire.com] Samaritan's Purse has no expectation of receiving a single penny for the weeks of work they did in Central Park to combat the coronavirus. But now New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is asking them to pay up. (Image: Samaritan's Purse)

Earlier this week, the Rev. Franklin Graham, president of the nonprofit organization, told Faithwire, "They're the ones who called us originally," referring to officials with the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City. "We didn't call them; they called us," he continued. "And we agreed to go and we have not charged them one penny. All of our services have been paid by God's people."

Samaritan's Purse workers were on the ground, setting up a 68-bed field hospital right after receiving the call, and now they're being held financially liable for their goodwill because, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), he's "not in a position to provide any subsidies right now."

So even though New York lawmakers and hospital executives asked workers to come from out of state to help in the fight against the coronavirus, they will now have to pay state taxes—even on income they might have made from their home state while they were temporarily living in New York, according to WPIX-TV... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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