June 18, 2009
Tax Assessor and Church Battle in San Francisco
The tax assessor of San Francisco and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco are fighting over the assessor's conclusion that the archdiocese owes a one-time local "transfer tax" of up to $15-million on property whose ownership rights are being moved between different nonprofit organizations.
The archdiocese — which continues to be exempt from paying the city's property tax — said it began an internal reorganization in 2007 to simplify its structure,
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