Archive for May, 2019
Why and How You Should Ask About Work Authorization Churches and religious organizations have been hiring (sometimes inadvertently) foreign nationals to work in their organizations for years. Whether or not you are actively considering hiring foreign workers you need to be aware that when you recruit (whether actively or inadvertently) for a position in your […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →How do you know if an individual qualifies for a housing allowance and to otherwise be treated under the law as a minister for tax purposes? The Tax Court has ruled that the following five factors must be considered when determining if an individual qualifies to be treated as a minister for tax purposes: Is […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Summer is just around the corner and many churches and mission organizations have begun putting together short-term mission trip opportunities for their congregations and donors. Whether it is spending several weeks in the inner city ministering to the homeless or sharing the Gospel in a foreign country where you don’t know the language, the experience […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →On March 15, 2019 in a widely anticipated opinion the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a lower federal district court, which had ruled in late 2017 against the longstanding housing allowance for ministers. In reversing the lower court decision the appeals court likened the ministers’ housing allowance to other similar benefits in […]
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