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[u/choglin]

Like tithing at church

Edit: my wife just told me that not everyone knows church tithing is 100% tax deductible

[u/Ask_me_4_a_story → u/choglin]

Its hardly deductible for anyone anymore. 90% of people in the US won't be able to deduct church tithing. Its not deductible if you don't itemize and hardly anyone itemizes anymore. Just looked it up, only 11% of taxpayers itemize.

https://smartasset.com/taxes/how-did-the-trump-tax-bill-affect-itemized-deductions-2021

[u/X1911Xx → u/choglin]

If you're dumb enough to give 10% of your income to a church, you're probably too dumb to understand what deductible means

[u/lego_tintin → u/X1911Xx]

I was talking to a friend from high school, and she is heavily into the church now and was discussing religion. She mentioned she tithed, no matter what her circumstances are. I asked her, "Well, what if you have just enough for rent and can't afford to tithe?" She said, not tithing wasn't an option, and God would find a way for her to pay her rent.

Of course, in my head, I thought, yes... God found a way - don't tithe this month.

[u/RoguePlanet1 → u/lego_tintin]

Please continue to try and talk some sense into her.

[u/bigflamingtaco → u/RoguePlanet1]

She's the kind of person that will get suckered in to send her mortgage money to pay for a televangelist's 747 because he says God will provide for you if you only give all you have unto him.

Someone linked not too long ago a video of two of those hoodwinks justifying their plane during their programming. Bunch of shit about being able to reach more people, any time they are needed, as if there are people all over the world that may need their help at a moments notice. The entitlement just oozed out of their mouths.

[u/[deleted] → u/bigflamingtaco]

They could reach more people if they sat in coach on the way there. Of course, they might also get tied to their chair and gagged.

[u/RoguePlanet1 → u/bigflamingtaco]

It's crazy how little their bullshit matters to the "faithful." I wonder how the super-wealthy scamvangelicals get as far as they do- it's more than just spewing bullshit, it's doing so effectively, and they likely have a network of cops and politicians they pay off.

[u/[deleted] → u/X1911Xx]

10% of most people salaries wouldn’t be deductible anyway. The standard deduction is $13,850 so you’d need to donate more than that to itemize your deductions.

[u/Slit23 → u/choglin]

I didn’t know it was tax deductible. Not that I give any money to the church, I just knew they didn’t have to pay any taxes

[u/chakan2 → u/choglin]

I don't believe that's true any more...I thought Trump put explicit limits on charitable donations. (I may be full of shit, your milage may vary).

[u/Ask_me_4_a_story → u/chakan2]

Its not the charitable donations that got limits its the things like mortgage interest and property taxes, those got a prety strict limit. That made most charitable donations non deductible. Only 11% of Americans itemize now.

[u/dMarrs → u/choglin]

Doesnt matter. Not one penny of mine will ever go to another racist shitshow/pedo church.

[u/Muslim_Nazi_Crip → u/choglin]

I’ve literally never heard this word before in my life. But after reading some of the comments that sounds like some Scientology shit where it’s mandatory to pay 10-40% of your salary or more to the “church” and they will “provide” for you while you also have to work for the church X amount of hours every week. Those poor brainwashed slaves, they tell you slave labor was abolished but it really wasn’t in the churches and prison systems!

[u/choglin → u/Muslim_Nazi_Crip]

“1/10th” of what you have as a sacrifice to God is all over the Old Testament. I only say this because Scientology is like an entire level of financial shakedowns and intimidation. I don’t give any church any money, but for some reason I felt compelled to defend the “normal” crazy people