CHURCH OF THE CREATOR, INC. v. C.I.R.

No. 82-5927 Non-Argument Calendar.

707 F.2d 491 (1983)

CHURCH OF THE CREATOR, INC., Ben Klassen, Pontifex Maximus, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Klassen, pro se.

Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Michael L. Paup, Kenneth W. Gideon, Chief Counsel, I.R.S., Robert A. Bernstein, Philip I. Brennan, Tax Div. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent-appellee.

Before RONEY, VANCE and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellants, Church of the Creator, Inc. and Ben Klassen, Pontifex Maximus, appeal from the United States Tax Court's order dismissing for lack of jurisdiction their petition for a declaratory judgment. We affirm the Tax Court's dismissal.

In a letter dated August 16, 1973, the Internal Revenue Service recognized the Church as a tax-exempt organization under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code...

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