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NYGman
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Christian Air

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https://simpleflying.com/inside-the-wor ... rline/amp/

I know the no religion rule, and if this is deemed a violation please delete, but reading this, I had some tax questions. Could the airplanes be considered a church, and with missionary flights well within it's remit, could they essentially run a non-profit airline? Would tickets be tax deductible to a degree? Is the the start of the airplane church movement? While this may be above board, I can see something like this being abused. At least they seem to be abiding by the FAA rules for now, I wouldn't want this to go down the crazy path of traveling in the air, and not flying...
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As I understand it, they converted a private company, and church owned I believe, to a non-profit to fly people on "religious missions" as I understand. Definitely some good tax questions there.
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Re: Christian Air

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Mods:
Can you move this thread to "Tax Practice"?
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