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Scientologists' loss of tax-exempt status upheld by U.S. court

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Title: Scientologists' loss of tax-exempt status upheld by U.S. court
Date: Wednesday, 29 July 1987
Publisher: Los Angeles Times (California)
Author: Kim Murphy
Main source: articles.latimes.com
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Tags: Assets • Church of Scientology International (CSI) • Church of Scientology of California (CSC) • Gerald McNally Jr. • Heber C. Jentzsch • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) • Inurement • Judge Thomas Tang • Kim Murphy • Legal • Los Angeles Times (California) • Panama • Royalties, license, trademark, management fees • Salary • Tax matter

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Concluding that L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology of California, had "unfettered control" over millions of dollars in church assets, a federal appeals court Tuesday upheld the revocation of the church's tax-exempt status. In a ruling that rejected nearly every argument the church had raised, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said there is evidence that the late church founder held millions of dollars of church funds in private trust funds, Swiss bank accounts and in a ... [Read the rest at articles.latimes.com]