Also not paying taxes is incredibly dumb. You don’t want to mess with the IRS (or for other countries, the appropriate agency). Even the Joker doesn’t mess with the IRS.
However, the IRS has backed off of Scientology because they scared the IRS.
Edit: Upon further investigation, there was a lot of back and forth that led to them getting tax exempt status. I think Leah Remini’s show said something, or I had read it somewhere, that the church engaged in some scary shit that got the IRS to go easier on them eventually. I didn’t look hard enough to find any sources, hence my strikeout.
Also not paying taxes is incredibly dumb. You don’t want to mess with the IRS (or for other countries, the appropriate agency). Even the Joker doesn’t mess with the IRS.
However, the IRS has backed off of Scientology because they scared the IRS.Edit: Upon further investigation, there was a lot of back and forth that led to them getting tax exempt status. I think Leah Remini’s show said something, or I had read it somewhere, that the church engaged in some scary shit that got the IRS to go easier on them eventually. I didn’t look hard enough to find any sources, hence my strikeout.
They can come get me if they feel they need to. But I won’t pay a dime to support treason.