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===Sources of Income=== | ===Sources of Income=== | ||
====Gifts==== | ====Gifts==== | ||
#Some say that there's no minhag to give maaser for non-cash presents.<ref>Derech Emunah 7:27 quotes the Chazon Ish that someone who gets a non-cash present doesn't not have to give maaser on its value. In fnt. 67 he explains that the reason is that it wasn't included in the minhag.</ref> | #Some say that there's no minhag to give maaser for non-cash presents.<ref>Derech Emunah 7:27 quotes the Chazon Ish that someone who gets a non-cash present doesn't not have to give maaser on its value. In fnt. 67 he explains that the reason is that it wasn't included in the minhag. B'orach Tzedaka 10:7 agrees.</ref> | ||
#Someone who gets a real estate as an inheritance or present does not need to give maaser on it.<ref>Shevet Halevi 5:133:3:7 writes that the minhag is not to give maaser on getting a real estate for an inheritance or present.</ref> | #Someone who gets a real estate as an inheritance or present does not need to give maaser on it.<ref>Shevet Halevi 5:133:3:7 writes that the minhag is not to give maaser on getting a real estate for an inheritance or present.</ref> | ||
====Property Gains==== | ====Property Gains==== | ||
#Some say that if one | #Some say that if one realized a capital gain from real estate, one can deduct the part of the increase that is attributed to inflation. For this inflation should be calculated according to the price of basic foods.<ref>Igrot Moshe YD 2:114 holds that since the dollar fluctuates it isn’t considered a gain if one sold a property and part of the gain is attributed to inflation.</ref> | ||
# If someone received as a gift a property to live, such as sometimes given as a dowry, they do not have to give maaser of its value. However, if one received an extra property for investments should give maaser of its value.<ref>B'orach Tzedaka 10:2</ref> | |||
# If someone is given a house to live in rent free or someone pays his rent for him, he does not need to give maaser on that money.<ref>B'orach Tzedaka 10:8</ref> | |||
====Dowry==== | ====Dowry==== | ||
# A person who receives a cash dowry should give maaser for the full amount of the dowry even if it comes from money that the father-in-law | # A person who receives a cash dowry should give maaser for the full amount of the dowry even if it comes from money that the father-in-law already took maaser from.<ref>Taz 331:32, B'orach Tzedaka 10:1</ref> | ||
====Inheritance==== | |||
#A person who receives cash in an inheritance needs to give maaser on the amount of the inheritance. If one receives a property one doesn't need to give maaser maaser for its value.<ref>B'orach Tzedaka 10:3</ref> | |||
====Stolen Cash Returned==== | |||
#If someone retrieves money that was stolen from him he should give maaser for it unless he knew all along that he was going to get it back in which case he doesn't need to give maaser.<ref>A person who receives cash in an inheritance needs to give maaser on the amount of the inheritance. If one receives a property one doesn't need to give maaser maaser for its value.<ref>B'orach Tzedaka 10:6</ref> | |||
==More than 20%== | ==More than 20%== | ||
