It's not exactly high effort either. If a business can afford to build a megachurch and run TV campaigns to fill it, it shouldn't have a problem finding the time/money to file a fucking tax return.

I'll happily to make an exception for any church that is truly run as a genuine non-profit charity, and most income really is spent on good work in the community - not on investments and buying really nice things for the pastors.

But that's going to exclude most of these businesses. Unless that changes they won't get any sympathy here.

I remember watching the collection round at a church once. Pensioners who literally had breadline incomes were all putting significant amounts of cash onto a plate - for the Catholic Church, which is literally one of the richest and longest established businesses on the planet.

I will never, ever forgive that organisation for leeching off its poor devotees quite so shamelessly. Likewise for any other church with significant wealth.

The Catholic church has also claimed over $1.4bn in PPP loans too.

I would find that especially galling.

Why should the non-religious non profit organisations have to maintain tax recods then?

That is a great question!