You can't just start out as a religion. Do what L. Ron Hubbard did. Make a self-help book, host seminars, branch out into buildings where people can put your teachings into practice. Get a monetization scheme going where these people have to regularly pay to stay involved and get the best help for their best life.
Once you have people and offices all across the country you then start getting people put into positions of power. THEN claim the tax-exempt status that's rightfully yours! The feds will have no choice but to give it because you'll have a war chest of millions and—if you play your cards right—who knows how much kompromat on the people making the decisions
Guaranteed way to get Waco'd on Day 1.
You can't just start out as a religion. Do what L. Ron Hubbard did. Make a self-help book, host seminars, branch out into buildings where people can put your teachings into practice. Get a monetization scheme going where these people have to regularly pay to stay involved and get the best help for their best life.
Once you have people and offices all across the country you then start getting people put into positions of power. THEN claim the tax-exempt status that's rightfully yours! The feds will have no choice but to give it because you'll have a war chest of millions and—if you play your cards right—who knows how much kompromat on the people making the decisions