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Hi how do i cakculate my tiths

Seek out your Elders Quorum President or Bishop, they can best answer your question and would best know you and your situation.

Can you tell me the rate of Gift Aid on Tithing in the UK? On all the Government Web pages that I can see, it shows that Gift Aid can be claimed at 25%, yet in the Gift Aid Calculator in calculates the rate at 20%. Can you explain this please? Thanks.

As explained on GOV.uk https://www.gov.uk/donating-to-charity/gift-aid

Donating through Gift Aid means charities and community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) can claim an extra 25p for every £1 you give.
So the amount to be rebated is 25% of your donation.

You donate £1 the charity can claim 25p (25% of donation) = TOTAL £1.25

However if you look at it from another point of view
You want to make a total donation to tithing of £1.25 after the rebate.
Then you make a donation of 80% of your eventual donation and the UK government rebate makes up the other 20%
25p being 20% of £1.25

Just like Cottrells explains at the end of his reply you have to think of the reversed calculation to how the gov site is explaining.

If your tithing to pay in total is £100 then you pay £80 and the church will claim £20 from the HMRC. £20 of £80 is 25%.
The calculator starts with the end result in mind and that's how you think its using 20%.