IOWASKA CHURCH OF HEALING v. RETTIG

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:21-cv-02475

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Other Statutory Actions

Judge:

Beryl A. Howell

Firms

  1. May 30, 2023

    Church To Appeal Tax-Exemption Denial Over Trippy Tea

    An Iowa church that administers psychedelic tea will take the denial of its tax-exempt status to the D.C. Circuit, challenging a judge's ruling that the IRS was right to refuse the exemption over the church's distribution of a controlled drug to its members.

  2. March 31, 2023

    DC Judge Grants IRS Win In Dispute With Ayahuasca Church

    The Internal Revenue Service was right to deny tax-exempt status to an Iowa church that used a federally illegal psychedelic in its rites, a D.C. federal judge ruled on Friday.

  3. September 23, 2021

    Church Seeks Relief From IRS' Tax Exemption Nix Over Drug

    The Internal Revenue Service should not have denied a religious organization tax-exempt status based on its practice of administering a federally illegal psychedelic substance, a D.C. federal court was told.