The Beer Sport

[Croak]

Tax benefits for pastors ?
However I save church taxes since I officially became a heathen, like so many others in Northern and
Eastern Germany !
We do have a weird tax system....I know.
Back on topic, my choice yesterday evening

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It wasn't so much tax benefits for the clergy as for the church. Pastors had the opportunity to opt out of Social Security. We also could get exemptions for the money we pay on work mileage and housing. Other than those, we paid all the taxes everyone else did.

The churches themselves are exempt from a lot of taxes because of the separation of church and state issues in the U.S. So churches don't pay property taxes and they also have non-profit religious organization exemptions for other areas.

 

[Bundesbiers]

Tax benefits for pastors ?
However I save church taxes since I officially became a heathen, like so many others in Northern and
Eastern Germany !
We do have a weird tax system....I know.
Back on topic, my choice yesterday evening

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Yes, USA Clergy get special tax privileges... if they decide it correctly as Croak specified above...


Hey... Ratsherrn... I need one. I miss it.

 

[Croak]

Yes, USA Clergy get special tax privileges... if they decide it correctly as Croak specified above...


Hey... Ratsherrn... I need one. I miss it.

Double Dragon sounds interesting too!

 

[mhnessie]

The churches themselves are exempt from a lot of taxes because of the separation of church and state issues in the U.S. So churches don't pay property taxes and they also have non-profit religious organization exemptions for other areas.

And in Germany there is no real seperation regarding church taxes. When you're officially a church member (protestant or roman-catholic for example) the tax authorities collect it for the churches with the monthly prepayment for the income taxes. If you dont want to pay it you need to quit as a official church member at your local register office, thats what I did.
Germany and tax laws, a very special story.

 

[Croak]

And in Germany there is no real seperation regarding church taxes. When you're officially a church member (protestant or roman-catholic for example) the tax authorities collect it for the churches with the monthly prepayment for the income taxes. If you dont want to pay it you need to quit as a official church member at your local register office, thats what I did.
Germany and tax laws, a very special story.

I'm familiar with those laws. But who do you go to for weddings, baptisms and funerals if you don't pay the church tax?

 

[mhnessie]

I'm familiar with those laws. But who do you go to for weddings, baptisms and funerals if you don't pay the church tax?

Many parents reenter or just dont quit when they have children that they want to be baptized.
Wedding is the same but in this part of the country most people dont have a church wedding. Of course completely different in Bavaria for example where most couples seem to prefer a church wedding.
Funerals isnt a problem too, most cemeteries belong to our local boroughs or townships. And there is no problem to hire a speaker for your funeral.
Yeah, I know that is very secularised and different from what you have and you are doing across the pond.

 

[Bundesbiers]

And in Germany there is no real seperation regarding church taxes. When you're officially a church member (protestant or roman-catholic for example) the tax authorities collect it for the churches with the monthly prepayment for the income taxes. If you dont want to pay it you need to quit as a official church member at your local register office, thats what I did.
Germany and tax laws, a very special story.

I needed a beer while a read all that.

 

[mhnessie]

I needed a beer while a read all that.

A beer for breakfast ?

 

[Bundesbiers]

A beer for breakfast ?

When there's football on, I drink. Benefits of working at home.

 

[Bundesbiers]

Hey guys, I'm drinking beer!

 

[mhnessie]

Hey guys, I'm drinking beer!

Good morning and Cheers !

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I'm looking after an elderly stubborn injured old mother and wish I was drinking beer !

 

[I asked LT to delete my acct]

Many parents reenter or just dont quit when they have children that they want to be baptized.
Wedding is the same but in this part of the country most people dont have a church wedding. Of course completely different in Bavaria for example where most couples seem to prefer a church wedding.
Funerals isnt a problem too, most cemeteries belong to our local boroughs or townships. And there is no problem to hire a speaker for your funeral.
Yeah, I know that is very secularised and different from what you have and you are doing across the pond.

Godless Germans .

 

[mhnessie]

Godless Germans .

C'mon, what did you expect Bill ?
Karl Marx was German as you know and what did he say ? "Religion is the ***** of the people"

 

[I asked LT to delete my acct]

C'mon, what did you expect Bill ?
Karl Marx was German as you know and what did he say ? "Religion is the ***** of the people"

I always prefered Harpo and Chico Marx myself.

 

[mhnessie]

Btw......todays choice

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[Croak]

C'mon, what did you expect Bill ?
Karl Marx was German as you know and what did he say ? "Religion is the ***** of the people"

An ****** is a handy thing to have when you are in pain.

 

[I asked LT to delete my acct]

An ****** is a handy thing to have when you are in pain.

Is that Bob Marleys half brother ????

 

[Bundesbiers]

Btw......todays choice

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Oh, that looks nice.

 

[Croak]

Is that Bob Marleys half brother ????

Baby we got a date...

 

[Bundesbiers]

Another great beer from Germany's greatest beer city.

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[Croak]

My son gave me some Dundee Kölsch today at his place. It wasn't bad.

 

[Bundesbiers]

This was quite tasty @PackerFan71

Oak Smoked Wee Heavy Scottish Ale.

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[PackerFan71]

This was quite tasty @PackerFan71

Oak Smoked Wee Heavy Scottish Ale.

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Never heard of it before any good?

 

[Croak]

What a son gets his Dad for Christmas just to let him know he loves him;

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