The whole issue boils down to these two statements :
>Christopher Waddell: No, because then everyone would be telling us what they wanted us to do with the money.
> Last year the church says it spent over a billion dollars on humanitarian aid, including food production.
> Christopher Waddell: In any given month you may have an average of nine transfers going from Ensign Peak back to the church to fund all church operations. All humanitarian work-- education work, all the work of the church they fund.
> David Nielsen: Money's going in and out of the cash accounts all the time. But Ensign Peak's funds were never used for any charitable purpose, as to my knowledge the whole time I was there. So there's a bit of a distinction here that's important.
I just find it funny ( from what I understood of the article ) that they don't have to give any audit the accounts and submit to IRS.
Let them not get taxed as a religious organization.
But at least the money trail is something the IRS and Government should be made aware of.