http://abcnews.com.co/united-states-revokes-scientologys-tax-exempt-status/
The investigation, along with an extensive audit, found the group to be a “criminal operation with a sole purpose of making money”.
This is a death blow. $cientology's IRS exemption as a religion was its main claim to religious status and relied on heavily to push that it was a religion.
Five months ago, a Dutch court did the same: http://newsexaminer.net/politics/dutch-court-revokes-scientologys-tax-exempt-status/.
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The Dutch revocation looks legit. It sources to http://www.eastgrinsteadonline.com/2015/10/23/dutch-court-revokes-s.... East Grinstead, Sussex, England is Co$ British headquarters, perhaps still what they called "the mother church."
False alarm on the U.S. revocation, it's a well-written, accurate spoof. Trying to verify the Dutch revocation.