US supreme court backs Catholic charity group in unemployment taxes case

Catholic Charities had argued it should not be required to pay unemployment taxes

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The US supreme court has sided with a Catholic charity group in a case that tested whether the charity and other religious groups should be exempt from unemployment taxes.

In Catholic Charities Bureau Inc v Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, Catholic Charities argued it should not be required to pay unemployment taxes because it is a religious organization.