Doubtful, I think for something to qualify as a tax-exempt donation the recipient has to qualify under 501(c) (aka charities/non-profits). These might be classified as "gifts" (which are exempt up to $15,000 per giver per year) but most likely it's considered a subscription (since the patrons get early access to content in return for their payments) and the author would have to pay income tax.

> So under a lot of legislations you wouldn't even have to pay taxes on that.

lol. try that in the USA. I dare you.

USA is not the only country in the world, you know.

Doesn't a "com" TLD generally imply USA / US audience?

Lol, absolutely not.

Just name it the bible v2 and the patreon being a religion.

sole proprietorships and llc's, which would be the main mode of organizing a small company for donations, are for the most part pass-through to individual income for tax purposes and so would have roughly the same tax overhead (aka 0%) as a non-profit religious entity

also: one could just as easily create a 'x rights activism' group as a tax-free non-profit so why single out religion specifically?

It's a good example and while being around the longest. I'm guessing some people find the comment offensive and so I won't add much more on why.