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De Rebus Ordinis 65
We ordain that the above text becomes LCO 560 I and the present I & II
become II & III respectively.
4. We ordain that vicariates submit economic reports to their home provinces,
as laid down in LCO 563 II, and that the provinces integrate this information
in their own reports.
5. We ordain that the entities, which received some funds from the Curia,
report each year to the Syndic on how the money has been used. This
evaluation report will help us to improve our monitoring procedures.
9. We replace Providence 380 with the following text:
We ordain a progressive method of assessment whereby provinces and general
vicariates are taxed at different rates according to their ability topay. The
rate of taxation is calculated as the proportion of the individualprovince’s
gross income (or general vicariate’s gross income) relative tothe total income
of all provinces and general vicariates.
Formation expenses and donations to Dominican entities, other than one’s own,
are tax deductible.
Thus,
The Syndic of the Order calculates the deductible sum by first calculating
the formation expense of the median brother (in formation) and then multiplying
this figure by the number of brothers in institutional formation.
income of province A – deductible expense
total income of provinces – deductible expense
= tax rate of province A
However, the provinces and general vicariates actual formation expenses
per friar will be used if such expenses fall beneath the median formation
expenses of the entire Order
The total contribution paid by the individual province will be its tax rate
multiplied by the portion of the curia budget to be paid by all the provinces
together. No province will be made to bear more than 10% of this total
and no province will pay less than the set minimum contribution.
10. We ordain that ordinary contributions for the provinces, vice-provinces and
general vicariates will not be less than .