Court Case Poses Challenge to Scientology Tax Break
LOS ANGELES, March 21 - A trial is to begin here on Wednesday morning to determine whether a Jewish couple can deduct the cost of religious education for their five children, a tax benefit they say...
View ArticleIRS’‘chosen people’
Taxpayers deserve to know whether they're being treated fairly by the IRS. The secret agreement between the agency and Scientologists should be open to scrutiny. What kind of special tax privileges...
View ArticleL.A. couple suing IRS to win deduction for religious school tuition
LOS ANGELES � An Orthodox Jewish couple barred from writing off tuition paid to the religious school attended by their children are claiming the decision by the Internal Revenue Service violated the...
View ArticleL. Ron Hubbard has better lobbyists than God
It turns out that liberals are right. For years now, the American government has established state religion. No, it's not evangelical Christianity. It's Scientology. Because of a 1993 secret deal with...
View ArticleScientologist Tax Trial to Open Today
SAN FRANCISCO - A California accountant who sends his children to Orthodox Jewish schools is to appear in federal court this morning to attempt to force the Internal Revenue Service to grant him the...
View ArticleCalifornia couple seeks religious tax break, citing Scientologists
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A lawyer for an Orthodox Jewish couple claimed Monday the Internal Revenue Service has unfairly refused to allow tax deductions for their children's religious schooling. Michael and...
View ArticleScientology Settlement Puts IRS in a Kosher Pickle
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...
View ArticleJudges Press IRS on Church of Scientology Tax Break
A Jewish couple's bid to take a tax deduction they say the Internal Revenue Service reserves only for members of the Church of Scientology is getting a friendly reception from a federal appeals court,...
View ArticleA School Case To Watch — involving the secret IRS-Scientology deal
Oh, ye of little faith — and here we are speaking of those who doubt that some day a solution will be found to the problem of school choice — we say behold what is happening among the judges who ride...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Court Rejects Arguments That Children’s Religious School...
Couple had cited tax break given to Scientologists (Media-Newswire.com) - WASHINGTON - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today rejected taxpayers Michael and Marla Sklars' argument that...
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