[Theodore R.]

He’s short; $4 million is only 3.3 percent of $121 million. He owes the church $8 million more for the year in question. Don’t Mormons require tithes? In UT, aren’t they deducted from paychecks as “first fruits”?

[zerosix]

The Mormon Church require members to tithe a full 10% of one's gross income (children tithe 10% on their allowances, gifts, etc. if their families are strong practicing LDS members).

Nothing is "deducted" in UT or elsewhere that I know of as "tithes" or "first fruits" (by the way as comes from the OT, not merely Mormon.)

I have many problems with the LDS church, not their members, as many here on FR already know but to suggest that any state "deducts" monies to be "donated" to the LDS church is not one of them - this simply does NOT happen in UT or anywhere else.