{"id":8422,"date":"2018-02-26T08:53:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T08:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/jerusalem-municipality-insists-churches-must-pay-off-187m-tax-debts\/"},"modified":"2018-02-26T08:53:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T08:53:19","slug":"jerusalem-municipality-insists-churches-must-pay-off-187m-tax-debts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/jerusalem-municipality-insists-churches-must-pay-off-187m-tax-debts\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem municipality insists Churches must pay off $187m tax debts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-946645\"><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\" readability=\"52\">\n<p>Jerusalem \u2013 The Jerusalem Municipality intends to recover 650 million shekels (almost 187 million dollars) from Christian denominations as taxes for their <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/property-center-nigeria\/\">real estate<\/a> located in the city, Mayor Nir Barkat has said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_909706\" style=\"max-width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem.png?resize=412%2C242&#038;ssl=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load\/images\/1x1.trans.gif?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"242\" class=\"size-full wp-image-909706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem.png 412w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-58x34.png 58w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-260x153.png 260w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-200x117.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\"\/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem.png?resize=412%2C242&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"242\" class=\"size-full wp-image-909706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem.png 412w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-58x34.png 58w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-260x153.png 260w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-200x117.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerusalem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe debts for commercial space owned by churches exceed 650 million shekels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will no longer demand that the citizens of Jerusalem bear this burden and subsidise this colossal debt,\u201d Barkat said in a statement, by the mayor\u2019s office press service.<\/p>\n<p><!-- between content ad --><\/p>\n<p>The municipal authorities demand that Christian denominations pay municipal taxes for all real estate, except for churches themselves, and have already started arresting bank accounts, demanding a penalty for previous years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Jerusalem, everyone is equal before the law \u2013 Christians, Muslims and Jews.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->\n<\/div>\n<p><a hre=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2018\/02\/jerusalem-municipality-insists-churches-must-pay-off-187m-tax-debts\/\"> Vanguard <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerusalem \u2013 The Jerusalem Municipality intends to recover 650 million shekels (almost 187 million dollars) from &hellip; <a title=\"Jerusalem municipality insists Churches must pay off $187m tax debts\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/jerusalem-municipality-insists-churches-must-pay-off-187m-tax-debts\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jerusalem municipality insists Churches must pay off $187m tax debts<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[84,1262],"class_list":["post-8422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-real-estate","tag-taxes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jerusalem.png?fit=412%2C242&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7551,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/the-new-tax-plan-when-it-comes-to-real-estate-who-wins-and-who-loses\/","url_meta":{"origin":8422,"position":0},"title":"The New Tax Plan: When It Comes To Real Estate, Who Wins And Who Loses?","author":"Amazing Property","date":"December 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"We have all heard a lot about the new tax plan, which was approved and sent to President Trump to be signed on Wednesday, Dec. 20. 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