Comments on: Revoke Scientology’s Tax Exempt Status Immediately

By: Gray FB

Gray FB — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:42:40 +0000

Mike, if you check the citations, she cited this very blog several times.
Must be proud for you to know an actual academic paper for a law school’s newspaper is citing your work here.

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 13:53:10 +0000

I read Taylor Holley’s entire writing. She deserves some major props for putting that together. It’s definitely a great piece of information that needs to be spread far and wide. In Scientology fashion maybe it should be published in the NY Times.

By: PeaceMaker

PeaceMaker — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 05:50:46 +0000

In reply to Geoff Callaway.

Geoff, I’m just waiting for a struggling gaming company to claim they have a cult following, that many followers live lives devoted to the “subject,” and file for religious non-profit status.

Major names could follow:

16 Brands That Have Fanatical Cult Followings
https://www.businessinsider.com/cult-brands-2012-6

By: Billy

Billy — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 19:00:07 +0000

You can go to any Scientologists social media account and see who they follow. A lot of conservative politicians, groups and hateful organizations. One of the people I am most aware of is a big supporter of MothersForLiberty. So the anti-trans, anti-CRT, anti-books or basic education of historical fact groups. This person is also apart of the IAS and a proud fundraiser. There is no way Scientology is not telling people how to vote inside the church. No way.

By: Alcoboy

Alcoboy — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:53:53 +0000

In reply to PickAnotherID. The problem I see in the IRS letter is that Scientology requires parishioners to make payments to practice their religion. The IRS could argue that so does Mormonism in requiring its members to be full tithe payers in order to go to the temple and participate in those rites. Rather, say that Scientology requires set fees to practice the religion and that members cannot achieve any of the spiritual gains offered by Scientology unless those fees were paid. This would then set Scientology apart from other religions.

By: xTeamXenu75to03chuckbeatty

xTeamXenu75to03chuckbeatty — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:17:12 +0000

In reply to PickAnotherID.

I wonder if any lawyers see a way to represent someone with standing to bring a suit that brings up this Supreme Court case again, in a client’s favor?

I wonder if any of the ex Scientology big time lawyers when viewing things, would have opinions that could favor such a future client?

Crowd sourcing some high priced ex Scientology lawyers who could win any cases against Scientology, I’d donate for that.

By: Geoff Callaway

Geoff Callaway — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:05:29 +0000

In reply to PickAnotherID. Maybe all quid pro quo businesses in the US should state they are churches and apply for tax exempt status citing 490 US 680 (1989) and the IRS's ignoring of the law as justification. Alternatively sue the IRS for treating them differently or force the IRS to abide by the law. Put pressure on the IRS to highlight their discriminatory acts against other businesses and to justify their position. Maybe 2000 or 3000 law suits raise by businesses against the IRS might make them think again.

By: Aquamarine

Aquamarine — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 02:30:05 +0000

In reply to PickAnotherID. Wow. Perfect. Just perfect, Mike.

By: Rp

Rp — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 19:55:06 +0000

That .pdf just fries Scientology, Hubbard, Miscavige, and even Tom Cruse in paragraph after paragraph.

It’s obvious the tax exempt status should be removed.

PS: wouldn’t it be hilarious if the undoing of Scientology came about because of gifts TO Tom Cruise?

By: Rheva

Rheva — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 18:07:26 +0000

There is absolutely NO doubt that the cult has gotten its tax exempt status criminally and continues to justify not paying taxes as every other ‘for profit’ entity does by representing itself as a ‘religion’. That said, has it been determined that the government is not colluding with the cult? I don’t know how that would be determined but it’s not beyond belief seeing that IRS employees originally granted them tax exempt status when the cult threatened to blackmail several IRS of them.

I try not to be a conspiracy nut…but…the cult is shrewd and ruthless and if there are people in government whose personal lives are still being threatened (or even being paid off by the cult), the action to revoke its tax exempt status may hit a brick wall.