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Suckafoo
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Date: March 19, 2013 01:00AM
Here's the PDF. This is fascinating.
http://www.kwtaxresolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/TAX-COURT-HOLDS-RULES-ON-TITHING-EXPENSE.pdf"Taxpayer's arguments. Thompson essentially argued that his religious obligation to tithe trumped his obligation to pay delinquent taxes and penalties in a “reasonably prompt manner,” and that the settlement officer abused her discretion by classifying this expense as “conditional.” He claimed that, given his positions in the Church, tithing was required by the IRM to be treated as a necessary expense, and that classifying his tithing as conditional violated his rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of '93 (RFRA). He produced a letter from the Church which essentially stated that he would have to resign his positions with the Church if he stopped tithing."
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/19/2013 01:07AM by suckafoo.