School chaplains agency faces tax challenge over $33m in donations

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The largest provider of school chaplains, Scripture Union Queensland, has been the subject of a complaint to the tax office questioning whether it has breached its tax deductibility status to collect $33m in donations.

The complaint from a secular organisation, seen by Guardian Australia, notes that the deductible gift-recipient status of SUQ’s schools ministry fund depends on it being for the “furtherance of religious instruction in government schools in Australia”.

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