How much of your TC goes to charity?
Just curious how much I should give. I donate to two different charities (comes right out of my paycheck and bank account every month). I thought I was generous, but then I calculated it and realized I'm literally giving slightly less than 1% of my pre-tax TC ($250k). That said, I'm a very generous tipper (minimum 25% at a restaurant), and I give 5 bucks cash MINIMUM to my Uber driver and 10 bucks cash MINIMUM to food delivery even if the bill is only like 10 bucks for uber or 20 bucks for food delivery. So I feel like I make up for it in other ways. I honestly don't volunteer b/c of time constraints (and COVID). But I pay every penny I should in taxes and always pick up the tab for my friends or coworkers. Thoughts on how I'm doing?
Have you considered how much uncle sam already take from you? Like it's A LOT.
Yes. But...I do feel lucky about how this country has blessed me. No way could I have ever achieved this in my home country. I feel like taxes are a small way for me to give back.
I give close to zero. 70k tc and negative net worth. Am I a bad person?
you have one way ticket to hell with you
I was hoping for a different answer :(
You tip waaay too much. You're probably making those tipped employees far richer than their hard-working non-tipped colleagues and sowing discord in their workplaces. (Source: former busboy in high school and college; the waitresses made so much more than us but pretended to be oppressed)
Like almost exactly 1%. mostly because my tc wasn't a sexy blind number until this year, and it seemed like a big chunk of donations when i made them
10% to charities (religious reasons). I calculate my total gross income every year and set aside 10%. Of the 10%, I don’t think it should all go to my local church, so I give about half to my church and the other half to worthy humanitarian causes. It’s nice when a company offers donation matching, but I don’t count it in my 10%; I see it as the company getting the credit and I get the benefit of directing their donations with my dollars. I’m glad to see more secular people promote “effective altruism” in recent years; it’s the same principle as tithing. :)
I think this is an ego stroking post. Regardless, I donate during the match months at my place of employment less than 1%>