Tithing and excommunication question (LDS) Member of LDS Church asking:

Will the LDS hierarchy excommunicate me if I do not pay them the required 10% of the difference between my home purchase price and my home sale price? Anyone know about that? It is a bit more than just a tithing question because I had to pay $44.000 of home value in a divorce settlement, and I don't know if the LDS Church will take that into consideration.
&quot;Those who pay tithing do not do so under the duress of legal compulsion. No one is disfellowshipped or excommunicated because he fails to pay.&quot;
—Gorden B. Hinkley, &quot;My Testimony&quot;, General Conference, October 1993.

Declaring yourself a full tithe payer is one of the qualifications for holding a recommend to enter the temple.
Tithing is defined by the following:

In 1838 the Lord reiterated this commandment through the Prophet Joseph Smith:
“My people … shall pay one-tenth of all their interest annually; and this shall be a standing law unto them forever” (Doctrine and Covenants 119:3–4). Interest is understood to mean income.
—Tithing and Fast Offerings