MarkWI
Patron Meritorious
- Religious discrimination in the US -
What www.religiousfreedomwatch.com should be talking about is how the Church of Scientology got its tax exempt status by sending PI after IRS officials and how this same status has not been granted to any other Church.
IRS considers the Hare Krishna book sales as a taxable business, yet considers everything Scientology publishes and sells as done for 'religious purposes' and therefore not taxable.
The case of Michael and Marla Sklar is another example of discrimination. They sued Internal Revenue Service to deduct cost of their children's religious Jewish schooling, and they lost.
It makes me wonder if LRH was right about his ways to handle governments by blackmailing and investigate government officials.
In a sentence of a few years ago related to Michael and Marla Sklar the Supreme Court said:
"The sine qua non of a charitable contribution is a
transfer of money or property without adequate
consideration. The taxpayer, therefore, must at a
minimum demonstrate that he purposely contributed money
or property in excess of the value of any benefit he
received in return. ..."
"A taxpayer may not deduct a payment as a charitable contribution
if the taxpayer receives a substantial benefit for a payment to a
charitable organization." (link)
Yet almost everything you donate to Scientology Churches in the US is considered tax-exempt.
The church sells it's services for big bucks and advertise them as 'priceless', more worth than any piece of MEST you can ever buy - yet to receive tax exempt for their 'fixed donations' the US Gov must consider any service delivered by Scientology Churches and missions to 'not giving a substantial benefit'.
Maybe Scientology Officials lied to the US Gov? Or are them lying to us all?
Knowledge IS a 'substantial benefit', education expenses are not tax deducible in the US.
(And as a personal opinion: any children’s secular and religious education should be tax deducible.)
__________________________
I left the Church some years ago, yet I keep receiving their SPAM despite numerous requests to take me off their mailing lists, and despite I never gave them authorization to send me promo in the first place.
That's a piece of promo I recently received.
And I wonder, what this has to do with Religion and what has to do with Business and Money?
Mark
What www.religiousfreedomwatch.com should be talking about is how the Church of Scientology got its tax exempt status by sending PI after IRS officials and how this same status has not been granted to any other Church.
IRS considers the Hare Krishna book sales as a taxable business, yet considers everything Scientology publishes and sells as done for 'religious purposes' and therefore not taxable.
The case of Michael and Marla Sklar is another example of discrimination. They sued Internal Revenue Service to deduct cost of their children's religious Jewish schooling, and they lost.
It makes me wonder if LRH was right about his ways to handle governments by blackmailing and investigate government officials.
In a sentence of a few years ago related to Michael and Marla Sklar the Supreme Court said:
"The sine qua non of a charitable contribution is a
transfer of money or property without adequate
consideration. The taxpayer, therefore, must at a
minimum demonstrate that he purposely contributed money
or property in excess of the value of any benefit he
received in return. ..."
"A taxpayer may not deduct a payment as a charitable contribution
if the taxpayer receives a substantial benefit for a payment to a
charitable organization." (link)
Yet almost everything you donate to Scientology Churches in the US is considered tax-exempt.
The church sells it's services for big bucks and advertise them as 'priceless', more worth than any piece of MEST you can ever buy - yet to receive tax exempt for their 'fixed donations' the US Gov must consider any service delivered by Scientology Churches and missions to 'not giving a substantial benefit'.
Maybe Scientology Officials lied to the US Gov? Or are them lying to us all?
Knowledge IS a 'substantial benefit', education expenses are not tax deducible in the US.
(And as a personal opinion: any children’s secular and religious education should be tax deducible.)
__________________________
I left the Church some years ago, yet I keep receiving their SPAM despite numerous requests to take me off their mailing lists, and despite I never gave them authorization to send me promo in the first place.
That's a piece of promo I recently received.
And I wonder, what this has to do with Religion and what has to do with Business and Money?

Mark