1st Quarter 2012 Church Tax Calendar
Jan 14, 2012
Every year in January, our office gets tons of phone calls from pastors and leaders asking about tax forms and what needs to be filed in January. ...
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Return to All PostsHousing Allowance May Cease to Exist
Jan 12, 2011
Once Again, the Housing Allowance is Under Fire. On October 15th, 2009, the Freedom From Religion Foundation and 21 of its members filed a lawsuit in ...
Read moreHow Church Can Stress Out the Pastor's Wife
Jan 06, 2011
Based on a true story! Like many start-up churches, Pastor Johnson's church did not have an expert bookkeeper; but it did have Pastor Johnson's wife,...
Read moreEnd Strong to Start Strong
Nov 10, 2011
As the end of the year approaches, pastors and church administrators need to plan how to close out 2011 with a strong finish for the church. How...
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Christmas Love offerings to pastors can get taxed 200%
Nov 22, 2010
Can a Christmas Love offering really be taxed 200%? Last Christmas, when the church gave their pastors a Christmas love offering, they never thought i...
Read moreMinistry is Not So Simple Anymore
Oct 18, 2010
The complexity of ministry Have you noticed how complex the ministry has become? Very little about the ministry is simple any more. Long past are the ...
Read moreCredit Card Woes at the Church
Oct 13, 2010
Taking a church from 150 members to 2000 members In 1998, Pastor Russell Hodgins took the helm of a debt ridden, 150-member church. Armed with n...
Read moreWhy The IRS Prosecutes Some Pastors and Not Others
Aug 23, 2010
Pastor, Church and IRS In the last year, I have written about two pastors that have been prosecuted by the IRS. One pastor, Gregory Louis Clarke...
Read moreHow a Church Debit Card Can Cause Trouble
Aug 17, 2010
The convenience of debit cards "It's convenient and much easier than writing a check," were the words one pastor said as he swiped his card at a Chris...
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