Is it still giving money to God if you take it off your taxes?
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Give unto Cesar what is Cesar's, give unto God what belongs to God.  God does not care how you earn a living or not, nor how you spend the benefits from that work.  God does care how much spirituality you give at all times.
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Thanks Allah.  Can I have some money?
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Ah you want to tax the income of God, jajajajaja.
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When i was in Washington D.C. I gave a homeless man my $100 dollars spending money. Instead of spending it on something that would probably rot my teeth or brain. I gave it to him, because i knew he was much worse off, and needed it more then i did. and if he was lying, well who am I to judge, God will do that in the end. I was just doing my part and being nice.
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Tithing is an act of faith. You don't own what you own, believe it or not; what you own is what God has allowed to give you. God is not poor, so this is not why He would have you tithe. God just wants to know your faith. God is pretty much saying "I've given you so much; do you have enough faith in Me to give only a tenth of what I've given you back?" You may be going through stressful financial situations, but think of it as a test of faith. God just wants to see if you'll obey His word even under pressure. Try to keep the faith; if you give to God, God will sustain you and give you even more back to you.\n\nBy the way, Mr. Shaw, tithing wasn't done away with on the cross. If that were true, how would you explain the fact that Abraham had tithed to Melchezidek, priest of Salem (God in a human disguise) BEFORE God had commanded the Israelites to tithe? This indicates that tithing, though included in Levitical law, was a law that God had set in place BEFORE giving the commandment to the Israelites. God still expects us to tithe. I hope that caused you to think about it for a bit.
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Only if your tithe is 10% of your net and not your gross.  God knows the intent of your heart.  Tithe on your gross and you will get the blesings that go with it.
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No, tithing doesn't have to be just about money, it involve everything you have.
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unfortunately no you need the reciept to use it as a tak deduction for your charitable donations.  Also some places give you a copy of a form they fill out when you make donations.  Sorry!
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Tithe is 10% of your income, before anything is taken off.
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No, I wouldn't. People have a habit of taking the easiest way to anything and it makes them weak. Sure, the money is nice today but over time you lose the ability to fend for yourself. You lose the ability to go out and earn your own way in this world. So waht happens when the government cuts the free funds?\n\nAlso, there is no such thing as free. It gets paid by somebody somewhere, always. If they are giving it to me they are taking it from somebody else. That's wrong.
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Yes it's well spent, honestly I believe that those who give are given back to by God. Not that thats a reason you should do it, but I often find little blessing in life when I give. \n\nI usually give $40/week and I make about $40k a year.
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Yes you can and if you don't they will take it out of your state tax refund
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Tithing was originally used, among other reasons, to collect money to take care of the poor. \nNow taxes and charitable giving do most of that, so I think that if you pay taxes, you are already tithing more than 10%.\nIf you want to give to the church to, that is totally voluntary. \nGod certainly doesn't need money, and IMHO churches spend to much money on fancy buildings.
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Because:  GOD NEEDS YOUR MONEY!!!!!   He is obviously broke, and the only way to help him is to give away your paycheck to the church!
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It's an example of the government endorsing theism. And in the beginning it wasn't there in the first place. Can't say I would ever miss it. I don't pay all that much attention to all the extra things they through onto money any ways.
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I have done all my own Business and personal taxes for years, I am not a tax accountant, nor do I claim to be.  However after 11 years of Business taxes, and over 20 years of personal taxes, bucket loads of reading every year, My mother being the Church Secretary, as well as my personally deducting "Religious" charitable yearly contributions from own taxes for several years now, I have full confidence in my ability to correctly answer your "specific" question.  You may infact deduct a cash payment without receiving any type of receipt from the "House of Worship", contributed to.  However you will need some form of documentation, such as copy of bank withdrawl slip, canceled check written for cash with "memo" of purpose, ATM receipt, anything you could produce to IRS in case of being audited.  The IRS like things to match up and make sense, so just make sure you have some kind (even had written) of documentation, collaborating your claim of making contribution.  You must however make sure the "House of Worship" you are contributing to, in fact falls under the definition given by the IRS as a allowable entity.  You may find this information in Instructions for form 1040.  If your contribution amount does not exceed 35% of your net earnings, you may deduct full amount of contribution.  I hope I have been able to answer your question, in a way that helps you complete this year's taxes, and not have to think about it until next year.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n.0000
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no. they come off the value of your house when you go to sell it. meaning less profit for the you to show the irs.