Thanks, I forgot about the background completely. I agree, be it a mosque, synagogue, church, ... tax them all.

If they make money, they should pay, like everyone else.

There is actually more history behind it. Back in the days when the local king would collect taxes from his subjects, churches wouldn't have to pay. This was because taking money from the church was considered a sin. Whilst donating to the church was a way to absolve yourself from sins. The church would take care of your immortal soul, if you'd just continue to pay them. This lead to a well funded church and no taxes being paid by the church.

How anybody ever agreed to this I don't know. We've invented something called an immortal soul, which is what you actually are instead of your body. We've also invented something called hell, which is endless suffering for your immortal soul. If you don't follow the rules, which we've invented btw, your soul will end up in this hell. One of the rules is give us money.

But then people would just simply say, I've never followed your rules, guess I'm fucked, no point in following the rules now. But wait, we've got a special deal if you call within 30 minutes and give us money. We can fix your soul so it isn't fucked and you can try again to follow the rules. We would also like you to tell us what you did wrong, so we can use it to blackmail you, I mean so we know what part of the soul to fix.

Why would anyone ever round a sparrow’s fart?

It’s not normal. It’s hugely undervalued. Not getting taxed on 32 billion for an extended period of time is completely game changing. It’s like saying having to pay an $8 fine for the stolen company car is just the normal cost of doing business. That being said I see where you’re coming from. They get different rules so it’s probably seen as ok in their eyes to get an $8 car or in this case to steal the car themselves and pay an $8 fine later