Tithing Settlement - Its That time of year

Discuss basic duties of stake and ward clerks, including where to begin.
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Does the tithing Declaration need to be filled out after all interviews or can it be filled out as the interviews are completed by the Bishop? (i.e. can it be filled out incrementally and saved?) Thank you.

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cdawardclerk wrote:Does the tithing Declaration need to be filled out after all interviews or can it be filled out as the interviews are completed by the Bishop? (i.e. can it be filled out incrementally and saved?) Thank you.

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Here's the official statement regarding the annual tithing declaration report.
Click HERE.
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Welcome to the forum, cdawardclerk! As the link Techgy pointed out, it can be done either during or after, and yes, MLS can save a partial version to be completed later.

Another great source of information are the training videos found on THIS page. For this question, under "Keeping Financial Records", click on "Tithing Settlement".

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Thank you very much! This answers my question and then some. This is my second year doing this...last year as Finance Clerk I printed and handed out IOSs and Tithing statements but the Ward Clerk did the Tithing Declaration with the Bishop. This year my new calling is ward clerk and I will be expected to administer and complete the Tithing Declaration so I appreciate the help. Thanks.

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Yes, the training videos are a great help and I review them every few months. Thanks.
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could you post "sample" letters?

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Mikerowaved wrote:...Included are one of two letters from the Bishop, depending on whether they made any contributions or not. They are similar letters, just worded slightly different. Both letters invite the member to participate in tithing settlement and have brief instructions on how to register to use the LUWS.

The advantage of this is 100% of the membership will get some kind of an envelope (avoiding undo embarrassment) and can all review their IOS. We distribute as many as we can by hand before Sacrament Meeting and between other meetings, then mail the rest.
Could you post copies of these letters, removing any personal references or details, of course, for us who would like do do something similar?
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kisaac wrote:Could you post copies of these letters, removing any personal references or details, of course, for us who would like do do something similar?
No problem. Here are some sanitized versions. Note, the document was created to mail-merge the full names, preferred names, and addresses from an exported ward list.
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Mikerowaved wrote:No problem. Here are some sanitized versions. Note, the document was created to mail-merge the full names, preferred names, and addresses from an exported ward list.
Thank you!
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can I just say that as a bishop - having a fully functional clerk & exec sec is the only way it can be truly effective. If not - you're left, like me - trying to encourage as many as possible to sign up, but knowing deep down that I'll be declaring a large number of people myself, as they haven't presented themselves for declaration.

I think it's a bit unfair to declare any non attendees as non-full tithe payers - however tempting…
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No list fot Tithing Settlement allowed

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Mikerowaved wrote:No problem. Here are some sanitized versions. Note, the document was created to mail-merge the full names, preferred names, and addresses from an exported ward list.

Your only problem with the letter is that you are no longer allowed to "post a list" for members to sign up for Tithing Settlement.
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