Benny Hinn under investigation by IRS.

Posted by Les on Wednesday, August 03, 2005 at 04:17 PM. Read 5710 times. Tags: ,
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Looks like our old friend Benny Hinn has the IRS looking into his affairs as of late.

DALLAS (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service is looking into the operations and finances of televangelist Benny Hinn’s organization, according to a published report.

The IRS wouldn’t discuss the case, but a representative for Benny Hinn Ministries confirmed to The Dallas Morning News that the inquiry is under way, characterizing it as routine.

Critics have argued that Hinn improperly profits from a ministry that hasn’t met the IRS definition of a church for years. The ministry is estimated to raise more than $100 million a year.

But his public relations contractor dismissed the possibility that tax exemptions could be at risk. Hinn spokesman Ronn Torossian said the ministry has “fully cooperated with the IRS” and is not being audited.

It’s likely nothing will come of this, but we can always hope. My favorite line from the article, though, has to be this bit:

Hinn ministry responses to IRS questions and a purported salary list for ministry officials are among documents that Trinity members said they salvaged from trash bins outside Hinn-related offices.

The salary document lists Hinn as CEO and his annual earnings as $1.325 million. Attorneys for the ministry, in a letter to The News, said the document was either a fake or had been stolen.

It’s completely not true! Or if it is true then the document is stolen! We’re not sure which, but either way you guys should just ignore it!

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dean Australia Posted on 08/04/2005 at 12:45 AM

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what kind of a church brings in that amount of money. and call me naive if you will, but isn’t it excessive to pay the leader of a church 1.33 million dollars per year. surely that money could have been better spent invested in charity—you know, like other churches do.

jason United States Posted on 08/14/2005 at 12:26 PM

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Benny Hinn is such a fraud.  He should be in prison.

bernie dehler United States Posted on 11/01/2005 at 04:20 PM

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Pastor John Hagee (who appears on TBN TV) has another money scandal.  For info, see: http://raydehler.com/fgn/ .

...Bernie

Max United States Posted on 11/02/2005 at 09:10 AM

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Hagee. That man’s funnier than Dave Chapelle. (At least until you realize there are thousands of morons that belief his nonsense) I’ve watched his show- at least until TBN got moved to diffrent channel and I never bothered finding out which one- and he makes Robertson look compassionate and thoughtful.

mookie United States Posted on 03/23/2007 at 11:01 PM

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anyone who actually thinks that these accusations are true should be ashamed!!! if you want to try and bring the bible into it, then you would know that the Lord wants us to prosper. according to the word, “he owns the cattle on a thousand hills.” which means that he, as our father, has lots of riches, therefore, us as his children have inherited his riches. the Lord blesses people with money to bless other people with money. He seems to have a system. benny hinn, john hagee, and all the other televised pastors that are going through this are doing what the Lord has called them to do. they should have the money that they have. if they didnt have all that money, some of you would still call them fake because they were poor, or didnt own expensive possesions. which means that you just want to be mad at someone else for your own short comings. you see that they travel all over the world. how else would they be able to afford it? and why are you worried about how much money these people have? you dont like them, believe in God, and im pretty sure youve never gave them anything. none of you are important enough to pass judgement.

Les United States Posted on 03/24/2007 at 01:54 AM

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That’s some pretty funny shit there Mookie.

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elwedriddsche United States Posted on 03/24/2007 at 09:11 AM

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Pretty funny, yet par for the course for True Believers™.

I haven’t bothered to look up if the IRS has reached any conclusions, but you can find coverage at the Trinity Foundation, a Christian ministry, and MinistryWatch, an independent evangelical organization which reviews Christian ministries for financial transparency and efficiency (as quoted from Wikipedia).

I do not know for a fact if the allegations are true, but in my opinion, televangelists are an even lower form of life than politicians and my default assumptions is that such allegations are probably true unless proven otherwise.

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Consigliere United States Posted on 03/24/2007 at 10:20 AM

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I haven’t bothered to look up if the IRS has reached any conclusions

I haven’t been able to find anything either.  If someone has better search skills, please update us.
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Michelle Canada Posted on 06/29/2007 at 10:31 AM

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The conman Benny Hinn was in South Africa were he had good people out of there money. He was in Port Elizabeth. I have a friend her son goes to the Benny Hinn Church that is locate in Port Elizabeth. I here he is somewere in Uganda now stealing that people’s money.

Nel United States Posted on 09/03/2007 at 03:26 AM

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Put him in a gas chamber.

shorty k United States Posted on 11/07/2007 at 03:14 PM

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everyone is intitled to there comments, but god is the only one that can truely judge these people, if it is true about there wrong doings they will have to give in count for it.

Les United States Posted on 11/07/2007 at 07:24 PM

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Too bad there isn’t a God to do any judging then.

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Benny Hinn United Kingdom Posted on 11/13/2007 at 08:32 AM

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Hey guys cut me some slack. I’m wonderfull!

Lots of love

Benny

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