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Scientology's puzzling journey from tax rebel to tax exempt // Taxes and tactics behind an I.R.S. reversal

Title: Scientology's puzzling journey from tax rebel to tax exempt // Taxes and tactics behind an I.R.S. reversal
Date: Sunday, 9 March 1997
Publisher: New York Times
Author: Douglas Frantz
Main source: nytimes.com
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On Oct. 8, 1993, 10,000 cheering Scientologists thronged the Los Angeles Sports Arena to celebrate the most important milestone in the church's recent history: victory in its all-out war against the Internal Revenue Service. For 25 years, I.R.S. agents had branded Scientology a commercial enterprise and refused to give it the tax exemption granted to churches. The refusals had been upheld in every court. But that night the crowd learned of an astonishing turnaround. The I.R.S. had granted tax exemptions to ... [Read the rest at nytimes.com]