Donations.lds.org from overseas

I currently work in Athens Greece and attend the English branch here. I bank in the USA and am paid in dollars, so I really want to pay tithing online out of my American bank, but the system will not let me since my membership records are in Greece. It is really not possible for me to pay in Euros. What can I do to pay tithing? Any help would be appreciated.

I have the same question after having moved to Australia. The odd thing is most American families in the ward are able to make donations online, while just a few aren't. All families in question have their membership records transferred to the same ward.

If you are still using a US bank to pay your tithing, you can email donations@ldschurch.org and get an exception.

I have a concern about Canada Tax Receipts that in the past have been generated by local wards in Canada. My membership records are now in the USA, but I still work in Canada and pay donations in Canadian dollars through my former ward in canada. WIth the new amazing financial system I notice that I can print my donation history. It looks like I can even generate a tax receipt on line.

However I am very worried that the tax receipt generated will not have the SPECIALIZED numbers and Notations required and specifically authorized by the CANADA Revenue Agency. The Church in Canada has made special arrangements to produce these in the past. Will this work correctly, if I print it in the USA. It is my understanding that "reprints" are not allowed and must be signed by an agent recognized by Canada Revenue.

The agent recognized and authorized by revenue Canada is the CANADIAN Bishopric not the USA Bishopric. These names are officially registered in Canada. As a former member of the bishopric I actually looked up my name on the official registry when I lived in Canada on the Canada Revenue Registry.

gkdyer wrote:It looks like I can even generate a tax receipt on line.

A US tax receipt, yes. But I don't think it's open to Canadians yet. So I doubt if it will print a Canadian tax receipt. I suggest you work with your former ward to get a correct receipt.

gkdyer wrote:I have a concern about Canada Tax Receipts that in the past have been generated by local wards in Canada. My membership records are now in the USA, but I still work in Canada and pay donations in Canadian dollars through my former ward in canada. WIth the new amazing financial system I notice that I can print my donation history. It looks like I can even generate a tax receipt on line.

However I am very worried that the tax receipt generated will not have the SPECIALIZED numbers and Notations required and specifically authorized by the CANADA Revenue Agency. The Church in Canada has made special arrangements to produce these in the past. Will this work correctly, if I print it in the USA. It is my understanding that "reprints" are not allowed and must be signed by an agent recognized by Canada Revenue.

Given your situation, you probably need to have your ward clerk contact the Global Service Center to find out how to get the appropriate tax receipt. It isn't a problem your ward clerk will be able to solve on his own.

This is a good example of why LDS.org Donations are only available in the USA for now. Once you branch out to more countries, there're a lot of country-specific systems and regulations you have to worry about!

i am currently overseas in the UK and was trying to pay my tithing online to catch up to where i should be but the web site blocks it. We should be relocating back to the US soon but didn't want the deficiency to go on much longer. Any way i can take care of online now?

JohnDavidEdwards wrote:i am currently overseas in the UK and was trying to pay my tithing online to catch up to where i should be but the web site blocks it. We should be relocating back to the US soon but didn't want the deficiency to go on much longer. Any way i can take care of online now?

Please see the 3rd post in this thread for instructions.

The email account listed in an earlier thread is outdated. I received this following message from the donations@ldschurch.org account. They did not forward nor offer to forward my request to the correct department.

You need to email onlinedonationsupport@ldschurch.org for help with this matter.

Thank you for that update!

I posted a question about Canada Tax Receipts a few years ago.

I can report that Canada Tax receipts have the Specialized tax ID numbers required by Canada, while my tithing account is still Linked to a Canada Chequing account I still get a valid tax receipt issued in Canada each year, which I can use in Canada and the USA for that matter, if needed. My Canada donation for tithing, Fast Offering, Humitarian aid goes to the Headquarters in Alberta, however, I was able to make donations to a missionary account by contacting a ward bishop in Canada, then getting the mission account set up in a specific ward in canada. Then donate to that specific missionary account fund setup in that ward by unit number. This cannot be done at the HQ office in Alberta as it needs an active ward bishop to approve responsibility for the Missionary account in a physical ward. Church headquarters Salt Lake City and Alberta told me about what could not work, but, it was difficult to figure out how to make it work. As a former Ward clerk in USA and bishopric member in Canada I knew this could be resolved. It just took about 4 months and 40 emails.

The biggest problem still, is I am only allowed one designated checking online donation account designated in Canada Dollar donations. I cannot have a second donation account linked to USA Dollars donation account. I have to write out checks mannually in the USA and get a end of year receipt that way. One day the church will fix this problem, hopefully.

gkdyer wrote: Mon Sep 04, 2023 12:05 pm however, I was able to make donations to a missionary account by contacting a ward bishop in Canada, then getting the mission account set up in a specific ward in canada. Then donate to that specific missionary account fund setup in that ward by unit number. This cannot be done at the HQ office in Alberta as it needs an active ward bishop to approve responsibility for the Missionary account in a physical ward.

Only one ward is able to have financial responsibility for a missionary at a time. Is the missionary's home ward in Canada? Is everyone who's helping fund his mission (including the missionary himself, if applicable) able to pay through the Canada ward? Also, note that if you transfer the financial responsibility from one country to another, it can change how much the monthly payments are (in the United States and Canada, I think it's currently $400 a month, but other countries may require higher or lower amounts).

Official designated Missionary accounts can only exist in one ward at a time which is automatically subtracted each month by the church -- this is correct.

However, the ward clerk can setup contributions in a Ward Missionary account in a different country and currency. It would have to be timed and the account would have to be coordinated manually as to the timing to switch when to draw down that account in the second country such as the USA.

As I lived in the USA in a border area and worked in CANADA, I was actually paid in Canada dollars and initially setup the missionary account in a designated ward in Canada, even though my daughter's call came from the USA ecclesiastical chain. Meanwhile occasional contributions would trickle into the USA ward missionary fund for my daughter. I was able to time the switchover to the USA ward for the last several months of her mission to pay the final months of her mission.
The missionary department indicated that unused funds could be "switched" over from the former ward if any existed most recently -- but prior to this I was told that this was not possible because of the CURRENCY differences and the way donations were made in each respective country. Fortunately, I did not have to test that aspect as I contributed the exact amount in Canada to have a zero balance when I asked them to switch it to the USA ward. It took close coordination with the ward clerks and bishops to make the switch.

The New bishop makes the switch and agrees to sponsor the transfer.