The Messenger NEVER allowed the devil to interfere in the Nation of Islam.
"Religion cannot be free if you have to pay the government, through taxation, to exercise it."
When a religious body files for incorporation, the State in which the corporation is formed is the creator of the corporation. The State has created a fiction for the religious body, an artificial person, giving it legal existence and thus can sue or be sued and conduct business like any other corporation. That religious body must adhere to all State regulations for corporations and is accountable to the Attorney General of that state for any misconduct. That religious body, as a corporation, is liable for all federal and state taxes and obedient to all tax laws.
This is also true of unincorporated associations. If a religious body is operating under an assumed name, often referred to as a dba (doing business as), it has created a legal entity under the law. Therefore, you have nearly all the same obligations as a legal entity like a fully incorporated religious body. Any religious body that has a bank account, owns property, or employs a Minister is subject to State Law. When the religious body, though unincorporated, owns some tangible property (money is property) it has created a "legal fiction" (person) and is subject to State and Federal law.
The Kingdom of Islam is first and foremost protected by Allah Who Came in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad and it is protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Kingdom of Islam operates under the authority of The Mahdi only.
The Kingdom of Islam has no relationship with the State of Kansas or the United States Government or any of its branches; including the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Kingdom of Islam has no 501 (c)(3) or 508(c)(1)(A) status. The Kingdom of Islam is neither a corporation, nor an unincorporated association, nor a business trust, nor a Charitable Trust. The Kingdom of Islam is protected by the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution organized under the headship of the Mahdi, Allah Who Came in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad. Therefore, the Kingdom of Islam does not give the IRS acknowledgment of your offerings and gifts; however the Kingdom of Islam Trust is automatically considered tax-exempt by the IRS under Section 508 as an integrated auxilliary of a church. All contributions will receive a charitable donation receipt on official paper with an official seal. As of 2024 you may deduct, from your IRS personal income tax, charitable cash donations up to 60% of your adjusted gross income. The Kingdom of Islam is not tax-exempt, we are non-taxable according to the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution. When you give you are giving to Allah who is the sole owner and the beneficiary of that which is entrusted to Him. The Kingdom of Islam has no employees, no property, no bank accounts, and no “legal” existence. The Kingdom of Islam is not subject to the laws of any State and has no obligation to submit to any of its officers, departments, regulations, courts, or authorities. We are simply disciples of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Messenger of Allah, and we are applying the law and our Constitutional Right protected under the Bill of Rights, First Amendment.
The Kingdom of Islam is assisting the works of the Mahdi, we are a spiritual body of assembled poor righteous teachers, purposed to assist the Mahdi's Will in removing the planet of peace-breakers and disbelievers, while teaching civilization to the uncivilized, and making more disciples of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
“Did the church ever need to seek permission from the government to be exempt from taxes? Were churches prior to 1954 taxable? No, churches have never been taxable. To be taxable a church would first need to be under the jurisdiction, and therefore under the taxing authority, of the government. The First Amendment clearly places the church outside the jurisdiction of the civil government: ‘Congress shall make NO LAW respecting an establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof.’"