An investigative post by former Scientologist journalist Jeffrey Augustine's Scientology Money Project, compiling figures from Church of Scientology-related entities' IRS Form 990-T unrelated-business-income filings, reporting that the Church of Spiritual Technology's own book value of assets stood at 447,192,921 US dollars as of 2012, part of roughly 1.7 billion US dollars in combined assets across Scientology's corporate entities.
Facts
Citation
PublisherThe Scientology Money Project
Publication Year2018
URLhttps://scientologymoneyproject.com/2018/09/16/1-7-billion-in-scientology-assets-show-in-irs-990-t-forms/
Source Typejournalism
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Tier 2: a single-author investigative site compiling and citing official IRS Form 990-T filings directly; independent journalism grounded in primary documents, not itself the primary filing. Sources
$1.7 Billion in Scientology Assets Show in IRS 990-T Forms (The Scientology Money Project, 2018)
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Organizations, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
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