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lovely, thank you.
I suspect that this investigation will be too late. I believe the CofS in Australia will collapse completely before the investigation is finished.
I too have sent an email to Senator Nick Zenophon, addressing the CofS abuse of their tax exempt status. I would not be surprised to see their tax concession removed in the next few months. This means that the CofS will have to pay capital gains tax on the sale of their Castlereagh Street property which was purchased for around $780,000 in the late '70s and is now worth some $75m.
David.
Well, this is all good news, but, I have to admit to feeling a little disappointment.
I read the thread title as 'Senator Investigates CoS Alanzo!!!!!'
I guess we can't have everything
Zinj
Well, this is all good news, but, I have to admit to feeling a little disappointment.
I read the thread title as 'Senator Investigates CoS Alanzo!!!!!'
I guess we can't have everything
Zinj
I think it's clear that anyone who investigated me would be a religious bigot.
And paid by the pharmaceutical industry.
I suspect that this investigation will be too late. I believe the CofS in Australia will collapse completely before the investigation is finished.
I would not be surprised to see their tax concession removed in the next few months. This means that the CofS will have to pay capital gains tax on the sale of their Castlereagh Street property which was purchased for around $780,000 in the late '70s and is now worth some $75m.
I hope the tax exemption goes bye-bye, too!
Just to clarify capital gains tax, in case anyone is unfamiliar with it. If the cult lost tax exemption and then sold property, they're making a profit from that sale, and therefore have to pay tax based on the sale price!
Not with the cash still coming in from the UK, the Aus charity status is the reason they have the tax breaks here (some reciprocal commonwealth thing) so I doubt that ANZO will be allowed to go down until the charity status is lost.
Au contraire, as I understand it, the Churches of Scientology in the UK, send some, if not all, of the fixed fees , which they call "donations", they receive for counselling and training, directly to Church of Scientology Religious Education College Incorporated. This is a South Australian registered association (Registration Number A5172) which I believe has a registered office in the Church of Scientology of Adelaide at 18 Waymouth St, Adelaide, SA 5000.
Au contraire, as I understand it, the Churches of Scientology in the UK, send some, if not all, of the fixed fees , which they call "donations", they receive for counselling and training, directly to Church of Scientology Religious Education College Incorporated. This is a South Australian registered association (Registration Number A5172) which I believe has a registered office in the Church of Scientology of Adelaide at 18 Waymouth St, Adelaide, SA 5000.
As I further understand it, the reason behind this maneuver, is to evade paying tax to the HM Revenue & Customs, for which they are not exempt, and receive the benefit of the Church of Scientology tax exemption in Australia. I suspect that this is not only tax evasion in the UK, but is actually money laundering here in Australia, that is, the "tax evaded" part. This information has been passed onto Senator Xenophon and onto the Premier and the Opposition Leader of the South Australian Government.
And of course, there is the Henry report on the Australian Taxation System to be tabled in the Federal Parliament in the near future. The timing seems to be exquisitely perfect.
Regards, David.
The COSRECI was set up some time in the 70s. I was FBO AOSHUK around 1981 for 18 months. When I was FBO not a penny of AOSHUK/SHF income was sent to Australia. I wrote cheques payable to UK orgs and to Flag. I forget the Flag payee, probably Religious Research Foundation, but it was a routine one. Things may have changed later, but that's how it was when I was directly involved. Note that the AOSHUK bank accounts, although UK accounts, have "COSRECI" (or spelled out) in the name, though.
Paul
So Paul and Mate, does it make sense that the UK account was owned by COSRECI in Australia, the deposits were made in the UK, declared or assigned to the charity in Australia, to avoid the taxes? Then further dispersed by the FBO AOSHUK, tax free to UK orgs, and to some (owner unknown) account again APPARENTLY but not necessarily controlled by another in Florida?
So Paul and Mate, does it make sense that the UK account was owned by COSRECI in Australia, the deposits were made in the UK, declared or assigned to the charity in Australia, to avoid the taxes? Then further dispersed by the FBO AOSHUK, tax free to UK orgs, and to some (owner unknown) account again APPARENTLY but not necessarily controlled by another in Florida?
Depends what you mean by "owned by." The signatures on the bank mandates — which I saw — were the usual people. From memory, me, the AGF, FBO UK, maybe the org CO, and a couple of Int signatories. Maybe Herbie (DGFWW). Certainly no Australian strangers. Beyond that, I don't know who "owned" the accounts.
Paul
National WestminsterHi Paul, thank you for the information. It's great, but I do have some questions, if I may?
Do you recall which bank, this account was in?
Something like CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COLLEGE INC. AOSHUK FINANCE OFFICE NO. 1 ACCOUNT. The other FBO A/C was the No. 2 A/C. Then the regular org accounts like MAIN, RESERVE, HCO BOOK etc., all the other words in the account name being the same. AFAIR, anyway.Do you recall the exact name of the account?
Vaguely, if it's the same girl. She was kinda quiet and sweet, bit plump. I remember the trailers parked up by Saint Hill Lodge. I did some audits in there for a week or so in the early 80s. I don't remember her name.At Saint Hill in the early '80s, there was a girl, probably in her mid twenties with long black hair and a deviating eye (strabismus), who did all the overseas disbursements. She was located in a trailer and it was all hush hush. Do you remember her, and if so do you remember her name?
I don't think he ever got back into good standing. In 2007 Alan posted that he was a successful businessman in Brighton. I couldn't find a current entry on Google. Herbert G. Parkhouse, usually H.G. Parkhouse.It sure sounds like Herb Parkhouse was the architect of the Church of Scientology Religious Education College Incorporated. Is Herb Parkhouse still with us or has he returned to his primary cluster of soulmates? If he is still with us, is he in good standing? If he is still an SP, can he be contacted?
In the late '70s, I recall watching AG ANZO late one night, sitting on the floor with a stack on invoices sorting them out, and I asked Maureen, "Don't you use double-entry bookkeeping?" The answer was "No". Then she showed me, a stack of invoices with an adding machine print-out on top and told me that this was the way it was done, and the reason for it, was to ensure there were no records. At the time, I thought it was very strange, very strange indeed. In fact, I decided that scientology "admin tech" left a lot to be desired, to put it kindly.
Regards, David.
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