Are the following religious services considered charitable and therefore are their non-commercial activities GST-free?

€¢ Spiritual retreats • After school catechism • Adult education in the faith Spiritual retreats, after school catechism and services with the purpose of religious devotion and instruction in the faith (for example bible studies and religious pre marital instruction) would be considered to be integral to the practice of that religion and would therefore be GST-free under s38-220 if supplied by a religious institution. Where these activities are not integral to the practice of a religion then they may still be GST-free where supplied by a charitable institution, trustee of a charitable fund or a gift deductible entity and for consideration (payment, act or forbearance) less than 50% of the GST inclusive cost or market value of that supply (s38-250). Religious institutions are considered to be charitable under point three of the common law definition.

Question 2. To what extent will ‘religious service’ be applied where it occurs outside a place of worship? For example, would religious ... more.

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