Thursday, November 8, 2007
Jim, Brennen and I walked into the travel agency each with a black brief case, looking like a team of business partners with drive and a mission!
We have a five day conference to attend in Cyprus in January. The tour package that we were able to book was a wise use of our funds. Jim located a package tour for two weeks with hotel and one meal a day included that was cheaper than just flying there for the 5 days.
Here in Russia under the old laws we had to leave the country every six months for registration. Which means that we need to go somewhere in January anyway. We are excited that the conference coincides with the time we have to leave. In the past we have gone to Ukraine to do our registration trip, this will be our first time doing something that will be refreshing spiritually, mentally and physically. For this we are very grateful!
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Thursday, November 08, 2007
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Tax Day
not American taxes... Russian. Our tax bill went to Alexei's mother's house in the city of Maikop. She paid them for us because any delay could cause additional penalties. Lena brought over all the receipts for the payments her mother in law made. And I gave her money in return. The bill was a grand total of:
307.00 RUB
307 Russia Rubles = 11.3940 USD
I paid 11.39 in taxes for the year on our apartment. How many of you would like that for property taxes?!
Lena stressed several times how important it is to keep the receipts because it is common to get more than one bill for the same year. And we must be able to prove that we already paid it. This happened to the church property. They paid a penalty double the taxes because the paperwork was misplaced.
Alexei is registered as a citizen in Maikop and that is why our paperwork went there. It went to the address of his registration. He is registered here in Krasnodar only for medical services. Before the purchase of our apartment he had to go to Maikop for medical care and Lena had to go back to Ukraine. Since we purchased the apartment they were able to get medical services here. If you live in a city other than the one you are registered in you cannot qualify for medical services and other benefits unless you own property. We had other couples ask us if our apartment could be purchased in their name. However, since Alexei and Lena are our ministry partners we choose them.
307.00 RUB
307 Russia Rubles = 11.3940 USD
I paid 11.39 in taxes for the year on our apartment. How many of you would like that for property taxes?!
Lena stressed several times how important it is to keep the receipts because it is common to get more than one bill for the same year. And we must be able to prove that we already paid it. This happened to the church property. They paid a penalty double the taxes because the paperwork was misplaced.
Alexei is registered as a citizen in Maikop and that is why our paperwork went there. It went to the address of his registration. He is registered here in Krasnodar only for medical services. Before the purchase of our apartment he had to go to Maikop for medical care and Lena had to go back to Ukraine. Since we purchased the apartment they were able to get medical services here. If you live in a city other than the one you are registered in you cannot qualify for medical services and other benefits unless you own property. We had other couples ask us if our apartment could be purchased in their name. However, since Alexei and Lena are our ministry partners we choose them.
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