November 28, 2004
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Scientology Settlement Puts IRS in a Kosher Pickle
Marty Graham
The National Law Journal
11-29-2004
Tax lawyers are watching a trial in Los Angeles that pits an orthodox Jewish family against the Internal Revenue Service over whether tuition for religious education is deductible - based in part on a 'secret' settlement between the IRS and the Church of Scientology
The IRS struck a 1993 deal with the Church of Scientology that allows Scientologists to deduct the cost of training and auditing, a form of religious education, which means that all religious tuition should be deductible... The settlement, which came after the 1993 opinion, ended a battle between the IRS and the church that began in the 1960s when Scientologists lost their IRS standing as a church.
"The IRS has publicly called them a church and described training and auditing as deductible," said plaintiff's attorney Jeffrey Zuckerman. "That recognition should be extended to all religions, and it is discrimination not to."
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ive read about that religion rather worrying but all the stars (hollywood) swear by it
oooooo sugar daddy why did nt i think of that
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hope your ok x
oh no
Interesting case. I don't much care for the IRS, but it's congress who designs all the ridiculous tax codes that we have to deal with. I can appreciate the separation of church and state, but it galls me that folks who believe public education is beneath their children and who can afford private schooling for their kids think that they deserve a tax break for educating their kids in private institutions. My local school taxes are astronomical, and I never even had children; however, I did get a public education (for what it was worth).
hahah Tom Cruise is a Scientologist!!! OMG I read this religion was crazy and they brainwash you to believe that the aliens will find you and kill u!
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