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The Scientology Story: Attack the Attacker // Neither Side Blinks in a Lengthy Feud

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Title: The Scientology Story: Attack the Attacker // Neither Side Blinks in a Lengthy Feud
Date: Friday, 29 June 1990
Publisher: Los Angeles Times (California)
Authors: Robert W. Welkos, Joel Sappell
Main source: articles.latimes.com
Tags: Fred T. Goldberg Jr. • Freedom (Scientology magazine) • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) • Inurement • Joel Sappell • L. Ron Hubbard's death • Lawsuit • Legal • Lisa Lashaway • Los Angeles Times (California) • National Coalition of IRS Whistleblowers • Paul J. DesFosses • Robert W. Welkos • Tax matter

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Among its many adversaries, the Church of Scientology's longest-running feud has been with the Internal Revenue Service. So far, neither combatant has blinked. Over the past three decades, the IRS has revoked the tax-exempt status of various Scientology organizations, accusing them of operating in a commercial manner and of financially benefiting private individuals. From the late 1960s through mid-1970s, IRS agents classified Scientology as a "tax resister" and "subversive," a characterization later deemed improper by a judge. In 1984, the IRS's ... [Read the rest at articles.latimes.com]