Okay, when we give 10 percent to God from our earnings/income, are we giving 10% pre-tax or after taxes? I just want to be right with God, LOL, dont want to short change the main man!
2007-05-29 18:58:45 · 13 answers · asked by darknluvelylady_757 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
It would be pre-tax, but just remember what it says in the bible. Jesus was in the temple watching what people gave. He saw all the rich people putting in sacks of money for their donations, and also saw a widow putting in 2 small coins. He said that the widow gave the more generous donation, as the rich gave from their surplus, but the widow gave all that she had. God isn't interested in how much money we give, but in the acts that we do or don't do.
2007-05-30 05:12:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read your bible. I found that it says ten percent of your gain for the year. Somehow we idiot humans have changed that to mean 10% of our yearly income. In bible times a person would figure out what they were worth at the beginning of the year and again at the end of the year and of the total gain in their net worth they would give 10% to the priests in the temple. I do taxes and have been asked your question many times. If you are going to use the yearly income method I always say that the net amount your receive after taxes is that which you tithe on; as it is the actual amount that you are receiving. If you make twenty thousand dollars but have sixteen thousand after the tax bite then what are you receiving; answer-sixteen thousand. You never had the rest of it in any way, shape or form.
2007-05-30 04:04:15 · answer #2 · answered by acmeraven 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't short change God. Everything is His to begin with. He's just letting you manage a little of it for now. Believe me, money is more important to you than to Him. He will acomplish what He has set forth to do with or without your money. But I think you already know that.
He wants you to give what you want to give. Tithing 10 percent was a practice and condition that God set up for the Old Testement Jews to follow. Upon the arrival of Jesus, all those old rules and laws became obsolete. However, there is nothing wrong w/ giving 10%, it's just not mandatory anymore. You can give more or you can give less--it's all about attitude. God could care less about your taxes and such.
2007-05-29 19:52:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, whoever you are, when you want to give !0% or whatever from your income to God does not and should not matter if you give it after tax or before tax. The act losses its sense or meaning if you attach a precondition to it. Besides, if you really come to think about it, everything you receive is from God, if He decides to take it all you will not have a 10% to talk and worry about. The act is for yourself not for God, God only needs your willingness to relate with Him, respect and trust Him, care and be caring for Him, reach out and be reachable for Him, be partner, and be intimate and loving as to be willing to engage in intimacy and be loved.
The 10% is not the point, it is the Giving that counts. God wants you to experience real happines through giving. Giving is the essence of love and remember God is love.
So, next time you want to give 10% to God, just do it without worrying whether you have shortchanged the main man or whoever. Anything for God is for yourself and for whoever is with you.
2007-05-29 19:27:37 · answer #4 · answered by Cris O 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pre-tax. The 10% is based on gross income, before any taxes, basic expenses, payments, etc. Said another way, I believe the intent is 10% of what you have received, before you start taking from it to satisfy any other obligations or desires.
2007-05-29 19:08:06 · answer #5 · answered by Driven Daddy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After tax. You should give 10% of what you get in the end.
2007-05-29 19:09:59 · answer #6 · answered by Bonifacio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pre-Tax
2007-05-29 19:05:30 · answer #7 · answered by MrCool1978 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Effectively pre-tax if you itemize and post tax if you don't.
In the end, He doesn't see a dime of it or care about it. It's only the glitzy pastors with the $500 haircuts that seem to care -- they have to keep their fleets of Cadillacs and Mercedes all nice and shiny, don't they? Ever wonder about that??
I give directly to those in need -- and not a dime to the clowns with the fancy haircuts and the multi-million dollar mega-churches. Those who live a Christ-like existence -- i.e. poverty -- may see something from me but the mega-business-church panderers can suck eggs as far as I'm concerned.
2007-05-29 19:16:46 · answer #8 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Contributions are post-tax, but if you have enough deductions to itemize, you can deduct it so a portion of the contributions would decrease your amount of income tax owed.
You only itemize if your total allowable itemized deductions is greater than the standard deduction for your filing status.
2007-05-30 04:28:00 · answer #9 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
100 % of our income is from God, God is just looking at our sincerity on 10 % tithes. Surely, we will lead prosperous life by giving tithes to God.
2014-12-03 20:13:50 · answer #10 · answered by Bullet 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋