Minor Update to circuit accounting scam

by Justnowout 23 Replies latest watchtower scandals

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  Justnowout

  Many outside are now aware of the scam.... The brother announces a "deficit" at the assemblies. What they dont announce is that the so called expenses include a predetermined donation to the branch. Meaning, the assembly hall is paid for so the basic expenses should be utilities, maybe some speaker expenses and a 52nd share of property taxes and the like.... However the "deficit" always seems to run into the thousands with "expenses incured" totaling 7-10k. How is this possible....? The 'suggested', meaning manditory, donation to the branch office. Instead of simply donating to the world wide work as is done at the KH, at circuit events its a preset manditory amount that is rolled into the "expenses incured with the program"! Deceitful is a kind description.....

  the minor update...? Previously the US branch office was asking a little over 4$ per attendie, in US dollar. I recently found out the new expected contribution: a little over 7$ per attendie. A huge increase. It puts in perspective the reduction of assemblies from two days to one. Its yet another money grab! They cut in half the number of days a circuit or group of congregations uses the hall but double the expected contribution. Thus, the hall is used more and donated for more. Sons of b****s
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  Londo111

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  OneEyedJoe

  the minor update...? Previously the US branch office was asking a little over 4$ per attendie, in US dollar. I recently found out the new expected contribution: a little over 7$ per attendie. A huge increase. It puts in perspective the reduction of assemblies from two days to one. Its yet another money grab! They cut in half the number of days a circuit or group of congregations uses the hall but double the expected contribution. Thus, the hall is used more and donated for more. Sons of b****s

  At my recent assembly they got a different guy than usual to do the accounts report, and he clearly had no idea what he was doing. Normally (if they mention it at all) they mention the per-publisher amount as if it was derrived by taking expenses and dividing by the number of publishers. This guy came out and literally said, "due to some changes in the formula that the branch uses to determine the per-publisher cost, the cost is now $8.50 per publisher for this assembly. This means that our expenses will come to $9xxx...." (normally it's like 6-7K for 2 days, now it's 9K for 1?)

  I hope that lead many in attendance to realize that their donations don't actually go to covering the cost, but are more like paying for a movie ticket, where the price for them stays the same no matter how many people are in attendence. Once they cross some threshold, it's all profit.
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  sir82

  Once they cross some threshold, it's all profit.

  For a paid off assembly hall, that threshold has got to be about 50 or 60 people.

  What expenses would they have? Water, electricity & HVAC for 7 hours. Maybe an occasional refill of cleaning supplies & paper products.
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  daringhart13

  And to think JW's won't even look into this
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  Pistoff

  Remember, it is a corporation first, complete with a board of directors governing body, and then a two bit religion.
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  bohm

  Jehovah need gas money for the chariot
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  blondie

  I can see the importance of putting away money to repair/replace the roof and other such items that wear out over a specified time period...maintenance.
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  sir82

  Minor maintenance, sure.

  But a big maintenance project, like a new roof, new HVAC, etc., guess what? A letter reading "Dear Brothers in Circuit 5, you have a grand privilege to show your support for kingdom interests by contributing for the replacement of our assembly hall roof..."
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  OneEyedJoe

  But a big maintenance project, like a new roof, new HVAC, etc., guess what? A letter reading "Dear Brothers in Circuit 5, you have a grand privilege to show your support for kingdom interests by contributing for the replacement of our assembly hall roof..."

  That's one thing that bothered me (and led to my immediate ceasation of all donations). I knew for a long time that they inflated the price of the assembly (of course I didn't know the full extent of the deception) in order to cover the expected renovations and replacement of various things (I think the biggest is the HVAC needs to be fully refurbished/replaced every 10 years and is supposedly super expensive, but now that I think about it, that's probably just another facet of the deception). Then one year they decided to ask us all for money for "needed renovations" which turned out to be well over 100k of computers/cameras/projectors/TVs, etc. All of it was TOTALLY UNNECCESSARY. I didn't get any more spiritual "truths" because I could see the speakers head on a giant projector screen 1984 style. I said to myself "I guess they must have so much money they don't know what to do with it" and decided they didn't need my money anymore.

  What irritates me, though, is that I was always generous....at the stated $8.50/pub figure, my wife and I are covered for the rest of our lives from what I donated in the years since we've been married. I wish there was some way to get that money back, not so that I could spend it, but just so that the GB wouldn't have it anymore.