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Oct 20, 1990
Scientologists claim harassment by IRS — Mesa TribuneMore: link
Type: Press
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Lawn Griffiths Source:
Mesa Tribune Saying the Internal Revenue Service harasses and discriminates against their members, Arizona followers of the Church of Scientology have gotten four of the state's congressmen and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to look into their allegations against the IRS. Scientologists have long waged a bitter battle with the IRS, which has challenged members' tax returns, saying they cannot claim charitable deductions on some money they pay for church-sponsored courses, materials and other costs associated with the 35-year-old organization founded by L Ron ...
Jul 12, 1990
Scientologists protest at IRS office — Mesa Tribune
Jun 29, 1990
The Scientology Story: Attack the Attacker // Neither Side Blinks in a Lengthy Feud — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Robert W. Welkos ,
Joel Sappell Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) 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 ...
Jun 25, 1990
The Scientology Story: The Selling of a Church // Shoring Up Its Religious Profile — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joel Sappell ,
Robert W. Welkos Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) The church has adopted the terminology and trappings of traditional theologies. But the IRS is not convinced. Since its founding some 35 years ago by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology has worked hard to shore up its religious profile for the public, the courts and the Internal Revenue Service. In the old days, for example, those who purchased Hubbard's Scientology courses were called "students." Today, they are "parishioners." The group's "franchises" have become "missions." And Hubbard's teachings, ...
Jun 24, 1990
The Scientology Story: The Making of L. Ron Hubbard // Burglaries and Lies Paved a Path to Prison — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Robert W. Welkos ,
Joel Sappell Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) It began with the title of a fairy tale — Snow White. That was the benign code name Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard gave to an ominous plan that would envelop his church in scandal and send its upper echelon to prison, a plan rooted in his ever-deepening fears and suspicions. Snow White began in 1973 as an effort by Scientology through Freedom of Information proceedings to purge government files of what Hubbard thought was false information being circulated worldwide to ...
Jun 24, 1990
The Scientology Story: The Making of L. Ron Hubbard // Chapter 4: The Final Days — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joel Sappell ,
Robert W. Welkos Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) Deep in hiding, Hubbard kept tight grip on the church. Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard often said that man's most basic drive is that of survival. And when it came to his own, he used whatever was necessary — false identities, cover stories, deception. There is no better illustration of this than the way he secretly controlled the Church of Scientology while hiding from a world he viewed as increasingly hostile. Hubbard was last seen publicly in February 1980, in the ...
Apr 18, 1990
Ruling on Scientology case favors IRS — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com , scientology-lies.com , link
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Author(s):
Curtis Krueger Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The Church of Scientology should hand over stacks of financial documents to the Internal Revenue Service, which is studying whether to deny the organization tax-exempt status, a federal magistrate says. But Magistrate Elizabeth Jenkins has pared the number of documents the IRS originally sought. Jenkins' recommendations, issued last week in U.S. District Court, will be forwarded to a federal judge who can adopt or revise them. The IRS says it has information indicating the Clearwater-based Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization ...
Apr 16, 1990
Face-off: Paying taxes // Abolish income tax; we'd all benefit // Keep income tax; alternative is worse — USA TodayMore: link
Type: Press
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David Miscavige ,
Robert Gilmore Source:
USA Today Abolish income tax; we'd all benefit By David Miscavige Guest columnist LOS ANGELES — When the 16th Amendment passed, permitting an income tax, voters were promised this new tax would be fairly administered. They were assured it would represent no threat to our liberties. And they were promised it would be temporary. They were also warned. On the floor of the House, Samuel Walker McCall of Massachusetts said the income tax is not "primarily to raise money for the state but ...
Mar 21, 1990
Protesters spring to life as flowers blossom, many schools of thought contend — Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Type: Press
Author(s):
Don Carter Source:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer We must: A) stop the killing in El Salvador, B) stop censorship of the arts, C) reform the Internal Revenue Service, and D) provide housing for AIDS victims. It was all of the above yesterday at the Federal Office Building, where the first day of spring was greeted by more than 100 people rallying for various causes. It made for a curious melange of symbolism and rhetoric. There were the crude wooden crosses to symbolize the victims of Salvadoran death squads, ...
Mar 9, 1990
Coin dealers claim IRS singled them out — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: groups.google.ca , link , pqasb.pqarchiver.com
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Author(s):
Curtis Krueger Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Three men accused of money laundering in a Clearwater rare-coin dealership claim they were unfairly singled out for prosecution because they are Scientologists. They claim the internal Revenue had no evidence of criminal activity when it began an investigation of the coin dealership, Bernstein, McCaffrey & Lee. Instead, the three accused men charge that they were "targeted for investigation and prosecution solely because they are Scientologists," and say the case against them should be dismissed. They claim another example of this ...
Mar 8, 1990
Harold's Journal: Premonitions... — Newkirk Herald Journal (Oklahoma)More: link
Feb 4, 1990
Scientologists, IRS in dispute over millions — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Curtis Krueger Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The IRS, which earlier took on the Scientologists in Washington and Los Angeles, now has brought its court battle to federal court in Tampa. Its target is Scientology's worldwide spiritual headquarters in Clearwater. Scientologists vehemently disagree, calling the IRS corrupt and accusing it of pursuing a vendetta against Scientology. ``We feel the federal government should investigate illegal drug running in Florida and should investigate money laundering in Florida banks,`` said spokesman Humberto Fontana. Scientologists also are in court with Pinellas County ...
Jan 22, 1990
IRS is seeking church's records — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: link
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