ronsmuerto@hotmail.com wrote:
Scientology Three Million in Debt
From: "Hamburger Abendblatt"
Additional payment of social security contributions
Bad news for Hamburg Scientologists: before year's end they are supposed
to receive a demand for a hefty contribution for unpaid social security.
According to information from the "Abendblatt" the amount is
around three million marks.
One year ago, the sect was presented with a demand for payment in the
amount of 870,000 marks for retirement, unemployment and health insurance
contributions. This money is now due. The organization, according to a
statement by its speaker, Gisela Hackenjos, has filed an objection and
agreed to a payment plan. It will also take action against the anticipated
second request for money.
The additional payments are based on a Federal Administrative Court decision
confirmed in 1995 by the Hamburg Superior Administrative Court, whereby the
Scientology Center on Steindamm does business as a book seller and as a
provider of courses and seminars. The Federal Labor Court found in 1995 that
Scientology is not a religious congregation, and that its staff workers are
therefore employees for whom social security payments are due.
The Scientologists continue to deny that that they run a commercial business.
Independent of that, they dispute the amount of payment demanded. According
to a statement by Hackenjos, in the best case only a portion of the 150
staff workers would be obligated to pay social security. Because of that,
suit will be brought in the Social Court: "then we'll get our money
back - with interest."
(scho)
Yes. They are egarded as a business over there, and as such they are
liable to all these paymenst/taxes. Theer is no way they will get
out of it. They will have to pay or they will get all their assets
taken over and the individual executives responsible will be jailed.
This is wonderful news.
They are about to go broke in Germany. An investigation will soon
be underway in France. They are banned from Greece in much the same
way as the French investigation will find. There is the pending
trial in Spain for fraud involving Heber Jentzsch. There will soon
be finished in Europe. I'll give them 2 years at most. This is all
wonderful news.
Roland
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December 22, 1998
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