Home›Sources›Church of Scientology Reached Agreement With I.R.S. (New York Times, 1997)SourcesChurch of Scientology Reached Agreement With I.R.S. (New York Times, 1997)Douglas Frantz, The New York Times, 31 December 1997Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Church of Scientology Reached Agreement With I.R.S. (New York Times, 1997)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/nyt-1997-scientology-irs-agreement.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Church of Scientology Reached Agreement With I.R.S. (New York Times, 1997). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/nyt-1997-scientology-irs-agreementCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-church-of-scientology-reached-agreement, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Church of Scientology Reached Agreement With I.R.S. (New York Times, 1997)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/nyt-1997-scientology-irs-agreement}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA New York Times report by Douglas Frantz on the Church of Scientology's December 1997 disclosure of its 1993 IRS settlement, including the 12.5 million dollar payment that accompanied the church's grant of federal tax-exempt status.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (13 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Tier 2: a New York Times report, byline Douglas Frantz, on the church's December 1997 disclosure of the terms of its 1993 IRS closing agreement: a 12.5 million US dollar payment to the federal government that year as part of the settlement granting the church tax-exempt status. The live nytimes.com page returned an access-denied error on a plain fetch; the exact wording, byline and date were confirmed instead from a text mirror of the same article hosted at cs.cmu.edu, read directly.CitationAuthorWell-attestedDouglas FrantzPublisherWell-attestedThe New York TimesPublication YearWell-attested1997URLWell-attestedhttps://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/31/us/scientologists-and-irs-settled-for-125-million.htmlSource TypeWell-attestednewsCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithNew York, Cities Well-attested This source names New York directly: "A New York Times report by Douglas Frantz on the Church of Scientology's December 1997 disclosure of its 1993 IRS settlement, including the 12.5 million dollar payment that accompanied the church's..."Source Church of Scientology Reached Agreement With I.R.S. (New York Times, 1997)Douglas Frantztier 2Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.New Religious Movements, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested11New Religious MovementsChurch of ScientologySourcesChurch of Scientology Reached Agreement With I.R.S. (New York Times, 1997)Holds1SourcesChurch of Scientology Reached Agreement With I.R.S. (New York Times, 1997)General References1New Religious MovementsChurch of ScientologyComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year