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Oct 23, 2010
Daily Poll // Should the Church of Scientology be exempt from paying £30,000 business rates in Sunderland? — Sunderland Echo (UK)
Type: Press
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Sunderland Echo (UK) Should the Church of Scientology be exempt from paying £30,000 business rates in Sunderland? CIVIC chiefs have been criticised for exempting a controversial organisation from paying more than £30,000 in business rates. Sunderland City Council has granted 100 per cent relief to the international Church of Scientology for its centre in Fawcett Street and backdated it to the application date in 2006. However, the decision has been questioned in the corridors of power and on the streets of Wearside, because the ...
Oct 15, 2010
Government urges councils to stop giving tax breaks to Scientology — The Guardian (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Rajeev Syal Source:
The Guardian (UK) Communities secretary Eric Pickles says majority of the public does not want 'controversial organisation' to be given favourable treatment The government is urging councils across the country to stop giving hundreds of thousands of pounds in tax breaks to the Church of Scientology. The communities secretary, Eric Pickles, said a majority of the public did not want the "controversial organisation" to be given the favourable treatment usually reserved for charities, and questioned this use of public money. The church is not ...
Oct 1, 2010
Eye TV // Cult cornered (again) — Private Eye (UK)
Type: Press
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Private Eye (UK) "YOU suck cock on Hollywood Boulevard." This is the word of the Church of Scientology, according to its former spokesman Mike Rinder, spilling the beans in John Sweeney’s BBC film this week. He was citing a text message from the office of the leader, David Miscavige, best man at Tom Cruise’s wedding to Katie Holmes. It was one of many bizarre obscenities quoted by Rinder who, after half a century inside the church, now says that it is a cult. ‘It ...
Sep 29, 2010
Scientology receives local rates relief on properties — BBC News
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Sweeney Source:
BBC News The Church of Scientology has received millions of pounds of business rates relief and tax breaks in Britain. The controversial organisation, which counts Hollywood celebrities among its high-profile members, boasts of having over 11 million square feet in property worldwide, but some ex-members call it a cult. The Church is not classed as a religion under Charity Law by the UK Charity Commission. In 1999, the Commission ruled that it did not pass the "public benefit" test required for advancing religion ...
Sep 7, 2010
Today Tonight: Australian Senate inquiry release special — Channel 7 (Australia)
Aug 19, 2010
Simple Guide to the City of London Scientology Rates Relief Controversy
Type: Opinion
Author(s):
Roland Rashleigh-Berry This is a simple guide to one of the most controversial advantages that the Church of Scientology (in the form of COSRECI) has in the UK. That is the 80% mandatory business rates relief granted to them by the City of London Corporation (CoL) in October 2006 for their "Ideal Org" at 146 Queen Victoria Street. This mandatory business rates relief saves them more than 270K GBP per year and this has to be paid for by everybody in the UK. ...
Jul 9, 2010
Declaration of Mark "Marty" Rathbun
Type: Declaration
Tag(s):
"Blow Drill" •
All Clear Unit (ACU) •
Anne Joasem (aka Anne Rathbun) •
Author Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology) •
Billy Sheehan •
Bryan J. Zwan •
Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization (CSFSO) •
Church of Scientology International (CSI) •
Claire Headley •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
Copyright, trademark, patent •
David Miscavige •
David Miscavige: physical violence •
Denise Miscavige Gentile (formerly Covington, Licciardi) •
Digital Lightwave •
Don Jason •
Ethics (Scientology) •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Fred T. Goldberg Jr. •
Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs •
Golden Era Productions •
Gregory "Greg" Wilhere •
Greta Van Susteren •
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) •
Isaac Hayes •
John Brousseau •
John Travolta •
Kirstie Alley •
Lawsuit •
Lisa Marie Presley •
Lisa McPherson •
Marc Headley •
Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun •
Michael Doven •
Michael J. "Mike" Rinder •
Michelle "Shelly" Miscavige (né Barnett) •
MV Freewinds (formerly, La Bohème) •
Patrick D. "Pat" Broeker (aka Mike Mitchell) •
Perjury •
Private investigator(s) •
Religious Technology Center (RTC) •
Salary •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Tax matter •
Tommy Davis •
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission •
Warren L. McShane •
Watchdog Committee (WDC)
Jul 2, 2010
A tax-free life is the holy grail, but churches might have to prove they're acting for our benefit — Courier Mail (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Terry Sweetman Source:
Courier Mail (Australia) NOT far from where I live stand two semi-completed townhouses, their derelict state an invitation to the bulldozer and a reminder of somebody's inability to service a dream. St John's Cathedral stood incomplete for nearly a century and, while far from derelict, it too was a dream of religious grandiosity beyond the capacity of its parishioners. Unlike my near-neighbours, the Anglican Church was able to rally supporters to fulfil its dream. Among them was the Federal Government, which kicked in a ...
Jul 2, 2010
Time is running out for the Church of Scientology — The Punch (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nick Xenophon Source:
The Punch (Australia) Believe it or not, Senate Inquiries can generate all sorts of humorous exchanges. A hearing earlier this week into the Tax Laws Amendment (Public Benefit Test) Bill generated so much laughter at one point, you could be forgiven for thinking you were watching ‘Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ instead. It went something like this. When discussing the impact of the introduction of a Charities Commission in New Zealand, the Church of Scientology’s New Zealand Secretary, Michael Ferriss, explained that the organisation’s ...
Jul 1, 2010
A Current Affair: Scientology tax — Channel 9 (aka ninemsn) (Australia)More: youtube.com
Type: TV
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Channel 9 (aka ninemsn) (Australia) An investigation is underway to determine whether controversial religious sect, The Church of Scientology, should be taxed on its proceeds. We look at the pros and cons.
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