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Federal Law Disqualifies Church Leaders

Aug 21, 2014

Main point:  It is important to know who is a disqualified person for the purposes of governing the church.  Not knowing could result in sev...

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8 Things to Know About Payroll and Taxes

Aug 19, 2014

Taxes were withheld from his biweekly paycheck.  Like clockwork, the paystub showed that federal income tax was withheld as well and Social Secur...

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IRS Enforces Strict "Love Gift" Rules

Aug 11, 2014

In 1963, Pastor Goodwin became the pastor of Gospel Assembly Church, with 25 members.  As time progressed, however, the church grew to over 400 m...

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Church Owned Business Has Same Religious Rights as Churches

Jul 02, 2014

Main point:  Closely held for profit corporations have the same religious protections as churches, and nonprofit coroprations. In a landmark deci...

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How Pastors Misuse Church Credit Cards & What To Do About It

Aug 17, 2017

Understanding how to properly use a church credit card is imperative if pastors and church leaders wish to maintain financial accountability, stewards...

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3 Common Mistakes Churches Make When Paying Pastors

Apr 26, 2016

Since we are through the brunt of tax season, we can take a moment to breathe a sigh of relief; we all made it through and in one piece. However, befo...

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Undocumented Minister Granted Special Immigrant Status

May 12, 2014

(To view this blog in Spanish, please click here)  Last month, I was in San Jose, California conducting one of our Ultimate Church Structure Conf...

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Tither Denied Deduction Because Church was not 501(c)(3)

Jan 26, 2017

In the case of Taylor v. Commissioner, Mr. Taylor was informed that his tax deductions were denied by the IRS, despite his legal counsel explaining th...

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Pastor and CEO of a Corporation

Apr 29, 2014

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 ...

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