Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Making all religions and faiths pay taxes in the UK

Why should religions be exempt from paying taxes?
If they want to be involved in politics and and voting on law changes. Then they should pay taxes.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

If you want religious organisations, such as the Church of England, to lose tax exemption, you can sign this petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/126742

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.