Church of Scientology Gets South African Tax Exemption

After a decades long battle, according to the Independent Online, The Church of Scientology has finally been granted tax exempt status by the South African government.  For background information regarding the standards to obtain tax exemption in South Africa, see Karen Nelson, The Taxation of NPO’s in South Africa:  Rapid Change After Decades of Lobbying, on the excellent and informative online International Journal of Not-For-Profit Law.

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