How is zakat paid on a laundry business that has been in operation for a full year: Is it based on the value of the equipment or on the profits, given that the profits have only been used to cover expenses?
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is not obligatory on laundry equipment. However, it is obligatory on the profits if a year has passed over them and they have reached the . They are then subject to Zakat at a rate of 2.5%. As for what a year has not passed over or what has not reached the Nisab, there is no Zakat on it.
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