What is the ruling on deducting paid taxes from zakah?
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The questioner : The obligation to pay income tax.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The questioner : Is it permissible to deduct it from the zakah?
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : What is the justification for it?
The Shaykh : If the state were collecting zakah funds, it would not need the salary tax.
Another questioner : ... because his question is confusing, just like that time it was confusing.
The Shaykh : Please.
Another questioner : Do you mean that you take a receipt showing you paid five hundred dinars so they deduct that amount from what you paid, or do they deduct it from the original zakah?
The questioner : I am registered with profits that are subject to a tax of about five thousand dinars. My annual zakah comes to about fifteen thousand dinars. Do I pay fifteen thousand plus five thousand, or do I pay ten thousand plus five thousand?
Another questioner : You are originally paying fifteen thousand dinars in zakah, which you deduct from the income for tax purposes.
The attendees: ...
Another questioner : Zakah is conditional ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The questioner : Is it permissible to deduct it from the zakah?
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : What is the justification for it?
The Shaykh : If the state were collecting zakah funds, it would not need the salary tax.
Another questioner : ... because his question is confusing, just like that time it was confusing.
The Shaykh : Please.
Another questioner : Do you mean that you take a receipt showing you paid five hundred dinars so they deduct that amount from what you paid, or do they deduct it from the original zakah?
The questioner : I am registered with profits that are subject to a tax of about five thousand dinars. My annual zakah comes to about fifteen thousand dinars. Do I pay fifteen thousand plus five thousand, or do I pay ten thousand plus five thousand?
Another questioner : You are originally paying fifteen thousand dinars in zakah, which you deduct from the income for tax purposes.
The attendees: ...
Another questioner : Zakah is conditional ... .
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