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<DIV>The IBTA has announced their decisions on property tax issues related to
Logos School, New St. Andrews, and the Nuart Theatre aka Community Christian
Ministries. The decisions will be posted (it is hoped) within
the next week (and I urge those interested to take the time to review them) at:
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href="http://www2.state.id.us/bta/Appeal%20Lists/appealslist2005.htm">http://www2.state.id.us/bta/Appeal%20Lists/appealslist2005.htm</A>.</DIV>
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<DIV>The IBTA ruled in favor of all three entities. I am disappointed in
their findings but I am appreciative of the opportunity to express our
concerns and make our arguments in a public venue. I believe
that the IBTA "Conclusions of Law" (on the Logos and NSA issues) opens the door
to innumerable claims from home-schooling families and other alleged
educational institutions for tax exemption on their homes or other
properties. I need hardly remind you who will shoulder the tax burden for
that.</DIV>
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<DIV>It is significant that Logos School, NSA, and CCM have
<STRONG><U>never</U></STRONG> provided independently audited financial records
to the Latah County Board of Equalization or to the Idaho Board of Tax Appeals -
nor have those bodies asked for or required such documentation. In the
case of NSA no financial documents have ever been provided - and they fervently
protest (successfully) any suggestion that they do so. Logos School
offered a two year old self-prepared Tax Form 990. Mr. Jim Wilson
(director of CCM) provided a self-reported "budget." (The
financial documentation Mr. Wilson offered included the generalized heading
"Donations." Although the Nuart housed Atlas School - a Christian,
for-profit boys school, Mr. Wilson testified that he had never charged rent
for that use - thus dodging any need for prorated the taxes on the
property. We subsequently learned that instead of rent, Atlas
School administrators provided a monthly "donation" which of course was not
identified in the lump sum accounting provided by Mr. Wilson)</DIV>
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<DIV>I urge readers of V2020 who are receiving their property tax bills this
week to contact the Latah County Commissioners and ask them to require that
all entities who receive property tax exemption in this county provide, for the
public record, a complete financial disclosure which is prepared and
submitted by an independent, external, public accounting firm. It is
unconscionable to me that the privilege of tax exemption is extended on the
basis of self-assertion of non-profit status. And, if your property tax
seems a little higher, don't forget to thank the members and associates of
Wilson, Inc.</DIV>
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<DIV>Rose Huskey</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Georgia size=3 FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="12">Rose
Huskey<BR><BR>"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight
you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>