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Polygamous leader says community needs special tax status
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The Canadian Press
Date: Tuesday Jan. 24, 2012 3:33 PM ET
VANCOUVER — The leader of a B.C. polygamous commune on trial for suspected tax evasion says money earned by his followers is used for the good of the community.
Winston Blackmore told a Tax Court of Canada judge that midwives who live in Bountiful and make money outside don't give him the money, but are expected to tithe it to the local congregation.
Blackmore says his community deserves special religious tax status.
Blackmore is fighting a tax bill connected to income from his company J.R. Blackmore and sons Ltd., but says he pays employees only enough for essentials.
In appealing his tax assessments, he says the community collectively gathers its food, including growing a 15-acre garden to slaughtering its own animals.
Canadian tax officials have said Blackmore needs to add an extra $1.5 million to his income from 2000 to 2004 and in 2006.
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