Wikipedia's article on Scientology's US tax status, cited here for its account of the October 13, 1993 IRS closing agreement: a 12.5 million dollar payment and tax-exempt recognition for 153 Scientology-related entities, its terms confidential until leaked to the Wall Street Journal in December 1997.
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Citation
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_status_of_Scientology_in_the_United_States
Source Typeencyclopedia
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Reliability Tier3
Tier 3: a tertiary encyclopedia article, cited only for its account of the 1993 agreement's date, payment amount and organization count, sourced in the article itself to contemporary reporting including the Wall Street Journal's 1997 leak of the agreement's terms. Claims Backed By This Source (6 claims)
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