A New York Times report by Douglas Frantz on the Church of Scientology's December 1997 disclosure of its 1993 IRS settlement, including the 12.5 million dollar payment that accompanied the church's grant of federal tax-exempt status.
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Tier 2: a New York Times report, byline Douglas Frantz, on the church's December 1997 disclosure of the terms of its 1993 IRS closing agreement: a 12.5 million US dollar payment to the federal government that year as part of the settlement granting the church tax-exempt status. The live nytimes.com page returned an access-denied error on a plain fetch; the exact wording, byline and date were confirmed instead from a text mirror of the same article hosted at cs.cmu.edu, read directly. Citation
AuthorDouglas Frantz
PublisherThe New York Times
Publication Year1997
URLhttps://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/31/us/scientologists-and-irs-settled-for-125-million.html
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Source Church of Scientology Reached Agreement With I.R.S. (New York Times, 1997)Douglas Frantz
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This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- New Religious Movements, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
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