Edge, you goon
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As a Discourse user, I see nothing wrong with this.
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Microsoft is stealing DiscoDevs?
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As a Discourse user, I see nothing wrong with this.
What is that ugly horizontal line? Why is there information in the middle of the sentence?
THEY ARE DOING IT ALL WRONG!
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Today I learned.
In economics, a good or service is called excludable if it is possible to prevent people (consumers) who have not paid for it from having access to it. By comparison, a good or service is non-excludable if non-paying consumers cannot be prevented from accessing it.
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Can I become a Mormon instead of a UK taxpayer? A 10% tithe seems preferable to the currently 60-odd% the government sees fit to steal from my wages.
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Can I become a Mormon instead of a UK taxpayer?
i'm pretty sure that religion is additive not replacing of taxpayer status.
of course the tithe is probably tax deductible.,...
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Well, I'm not sure what the process for joining Mormon is, but I'd expect leaving the UK to be pretty straightforward, at least.
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i'm pretty sure that religion is additive not replacing of taxpayer status.
Picky, picky....
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@accalia said:
i'm pretty sure that religion is additive not replacing of taxpayer status.
Picky, picky....
@accalia said:
i'm pretty sure that religion is additive not replacing of taxpayer status.
Picky, picky....
I hear in Iceland you get taxed to pay your church of choice. But maybe the total tax package is lower.
ETA: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I hear in Iceland you get taxed to pay your church of choice. But maybe the total tax package is lower.
It appears to come from whatever tax is already stolen, not in addition. i.e. atheists pay the same overall amount of tax as jedi knights, but the knights can have some of the tax re-routed to go to pastafarians (I may have some details there muddled...)
In Germany, by contrast:
####Germany's Roman Catholics are to be denied the right to Holy Communion or religious burial if they stop paying a special church tax.
A German bishops' decree which has just come into force says anyone failing to pay the tax - an extra 8% of their income tax bill - will no longer be considered a Catholic.
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In Germany, by contrast:
Germany is weird!
but not as weird as Japan*
* What has been seen, cannot be unseen...... cannot be unseen.... cannot be unseen.
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* What has been seen, cannot be unseen...... cannot be unseen.... cannot be unseen.
Why, what's Japan's tax law like?
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Why, what's Japan's tax law like?
IEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! flees
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ETA: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...I wanted to "correct" that, but turns out that there is no disco ball emoticon.
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That's what came up as the first emoji for :dis and I figured using that instead of was more Discoursistent.
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Can I become a Mormon instead of a UK taxpayer? A 10% tithe seems preferable to the currently 60-odd% the government sees fit to steal from my wages.
As if that were the only donation asked of Mormons. We also pay fast offerings[1]. Of course, no one gets kicked out for failure to pay fast offerings or their 10% tithe, so it's a bit .
of course the tithe is probably tax deductible.,...
Here in the US, it absolutely is.
Well, I'm not sure what the process for joining Mormon is
I could answer that, but I don't think anyone really cares. If you do, PM me.
[1] The first Sunday of each month is designated as Fast Sunday when we are asked to fast for two meals and donate the savings of those meals (at minimum) to our church. These funds are designated for helping out the poor, providing humanitarian relief in third world countries, or for providing relief as part of the disaster response that the LDS church provides.
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I'm Catholic and I think the German church is
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Based on a Plank-time-length visit to the HMRC website, so I could be completely off-base...
If the LDS Church is registered as a charity in the UK (can't look it up from the US), there are two avenues to get them money:
- You can use Payroll Giving. Your donation is deducted directly from your paycheck, pre-tax, plus any tax you would have paid goes to the charity as well.
- You can use Gift Aid. Along with your regular donation, you submit a Gift Aid form, which causes the government to give them an extra 25%. If you're in the "I'm Filthy Rich" tax bracket, you can claim 20-25% of that as a tax refund.
(tl;dr: you don't get a tax break, but they get a gov't bonus)
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You can use Gift Aid
I'm not sure if LDS (as a church) is considered a charity, for which Gift Aid applies.