<p>Do you mind an unreferenced answer?</p>

<p>I think the answer is "<strong>generally, no</strong>"; but that you're asking after any examples, however rare, where the answer has been yes.</p>

<p>Also I guess that gifts of wealth are usually made to an institution e.g. a monastery (as opposed to less-easily-taxable gifts of food and other requisites, given to a monk).</p>

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<li>Historically where a country had Muslim conquerors (e.g. India, Afghanistan) there was sometimes a poll tax (a head-tax) on non-Muslims.</li>
<li>There were a few short periods, a thousand years ago or so, where Chinese emperors were troubled by the tax-exempt (and war-exempt) status of Buddhists, and tried to regulate or tax or suppress it</li>
<li>In the Soviet Union under Stalin (e.g. in 1928), they decided that Buddhism (even though atheist) was anti-revolutionary, and taxed monasteries</li>
<li>In Thailand a few years ago there was a proposal to tax monasteries (however I think that was not implemented)</li>
<li>In 1985-1987 Kyoto tried to add a tax to the price of admission tickets which the Buddhist temples sold to tourists</li>
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<p>Is dana (or has it ever been) considered taxable in some countries?</p>

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What is the relationship between dana and tax?
# What is the relationship between dana and tax?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-28)

Is dana (or has it ever been) considered taxable in some countries?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-29. Score: 1

Do you mind an unreferenced answer?

I think the answer is "**generally, no**"; but that you're asking after any examples, however rare, where the answer has been yes.

Also I guess that gifts of wealth are usually made to an institution e.g. a monastery (as opposed to less-easily-taxable gifts of food and other requisites, given to a monk).

* Historically where a country had Muslim conquerors (e.g. India, Afghanistan) there was sometimes a poll tax (a head-tax) on non-Muslims.
* There were a few short periods, a thousand years ago or so, where Chinese emperors were troubled by the tax-exempt (and war-exempt) status of Buddhists, and tried to regulate or tax or suppress it
* In the Soviet Union under Stalin (e.g. in 1928), they decided that Buddhism (even though atheist) was anti-revolutionary, and taxed monasteries
* In Thailand a few years ago there was a proposal to tax monasteries (however I think that was not implemented)
* In 1985-1987 Kyoto tried to add a tax to the price of admission tickets which the Buddhist temples sold to tourists


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