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Exhibit 428

Grassley Releases Review of Tax Issues Raised by Media-based Ministries (press release)

Exhibit 428 ยท Press release

Grassley Releases Review of Tax Issues Raised by Media-based Ministries (press release)

The challenge is to encourage good governance and best practices and so preserve confidence in the tax-exempt sector without imposing regulations that inhibit religious freedom or are functionally ineffective

Records which ministries responded. Joyce Meyer Ministries and Benny Hinn's World Healing Center Church answered fully; Randy and Paula White, Eddie Long and Kenneth and Gloria Copeland gave incomplete responses; Creflo and Taffi Dollar declined to provide any requested information. Asks ECFA to lead a sector discussion.

Source
U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
Date
6 January 2011
Quoted from
Press release, quotation of Sen. Grassley, paragraph 6
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/grassley-releases-review-of-tax-issues-raised-by-media-based-ministries
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Finding REL-4.7
Primary record In a staff memorandum to Senator Grassley dated 6 January 2011, Senate Finance Committee staff reported that six media-based ministries classify themselves as churches and that, with very limited exception, staff found no Form 990 for them or their related organizations. Staff recommended against requiring every church to file Form 990.