“Threatens to confiscate substantial Church assets devoted to religious purposes”
San Francisco archdiocese sues over county tax levy
“The Archdiocese of San Francisco has filed suit in San Francisco Superior Court to challenge the attempt by County Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting to impose a transfer tax on an internal reorganization of the family of Archdiocesan corporations,” said a news release posted on the archdiocesan website April 21.
The lawsuit stems from a decision by the San Francisco Transfer Tax Appeals Board to uphold an estimated $14.4 million in property-transfer taxes levied against the Archdiocese of San Francisco by Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting.
The levy, described by the assessor’s office as “the second largest transfer tax event in our city’s history,” stems from the internal transfer within the archdiocese in 2008 of 232 pieces of property. Ting determined that the transfers were the equivalent of “sales” and therefore subject to property taxes.
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