This Wikipedia article surveys church-tax and parish-fee systems in several countries. On Sweden, it records that since the 2000 disestablishment of the Church of Sweden, the Swedish Tax Agency collects a voluntary church fee for the Church of Sweden and, since a later government agreement, for other registered faith communities including Catholic, Muslim and Jewish bodies, through an opt-in on the taxpayer's own return, alongside a universal burial fee paid by everyone regardless of membership. On Iceland, it records the sokngjald parish fee, a state-collected per-capita contribution directed to a taxpayer's registered religious or secular humanist organization, with an unaffiliated taxpayer's share redirected to general income tax since a 2009 change.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_tax
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A crowd sourced encyclopedia article used here for two national funding mechanisms (Sweden's post-2000 opt-in church fee, Iceland's sokngjald parish fee), a straightforward description of a public administrative arrangement rather than a contested claim, hence the lowest tier rather than exclusion. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Church of Sweden directly: "On Sweden, it records that since the 2000 disestablishment of the Church of Sweden, the Swedish Tax Agency collects a voluntary church fee for the Church of Sweden and, since a later government..."
This source names Iceland directly: "On Iceland, it records the sokngjald parish fee, a state-collected per-capita contribution directed to a taxpayer's registered religious or secular humanist organization, with an unaffiliated..."
This source names Sweden directly: "On Sweden, it records that since the 2000 disestablishment of the Church of Sweden, the Swedish Tax Agency collects a voluntary church fee for the Church of Sweden and, since a later government..."
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