In this modern age, deciding what is and is not income is not always straightforward. I've got a couple questions about what constitutes income for the 10% tithe:
1) Do unrealized capital gains count as income? If so, how are those gains evaluated?
2) Does interest income, for example from bonds, count as income?
3) What about interest income that is automatically re-invested, for example in a bond fund?
4) Does income that occurs within a retirement account such as an IRA count as titheable income?
5) What if you run a business, and you have a choice about re-investing revenue into the business or paying it to yourself as income, does the requirement to tithe play a part in this decision (that is, if you reinvest in the business, you get less income and tithe less)?
6) What happens if you miscalculate, and your tithe is not 10% in God's eyes? Do you lose your place in Heaven? Does God let you know you've underpaid?
2007-11-03
06:20:04
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