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About Dr. Michael Chitwood

Dr. H. Michael Chitwood has been the Founder and CEO of Church Management and Tax Conferences for over 30 years. Dr. Chitwood has been teaching churches and nonprofits how to “Get Their House In Order” through Television, Radio, and Live Events. As a best selling author and speaker, he conducts over 200 conferences a year teaching compliance and financial accountability to over 20,000 attendees. Dr. Chitwood’s goal and lifelong calling has been to help churches and ministers become and remain compliant. He has always been led by God to help people help themselves. As an ordained minister and “The Authority” on financial matters, he has pledged his life to share his knowledge freely with men and women of the ministry. With over a hundred best-selling books, he is one of the nation’s most highly coveted public speakers.

WARNING – ATTENTION NEEDED NOW!

By |2018-03-19T14:18:36-04:00March 19th, 2018|Church & Tax Law|

WARNING – ATTENTION NEEDED NOW!   As I was greeting new attendees to a recent Church Management Seminar, many of them presented the same scenario: “We have a good CPA, but we just came out of curiosity.” By the time we arrived at the morning break, all of those who had presented that scenario approached [...]

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The Anointing is not Protection against Breaking the Law

By |2018-03-05T15:23:36-05:00March 6th, 2018|Church & Tax Law|

The Anointing is not Protection against Breaking the Law   He was one of the most anointed preachers that had ever graced the pulpit. Without anointing with oil and praying for anyone miracles would happen at times while he was preaching. He was so anointed that if he spoke it, it happened. But, then one [...]

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Does Your Church Have Proper Sexual Harassment Guidelines?

By |2018-02-23T16:43:14-05:00March 1st, 2018|Church & Tax Law|

Does Your Church Have Proper Sexual Harassment Guidelines?   The “#MeToo” movement has brought sexual harassment to the forefront of today’s society. Every day on TV, the radio, internet, or newspaper, someone new is coming forward with Sexual Harassment claims. It is without doubt that many if not most of these claims are true based [...]

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An Old Scam with A New Twist

By |2018-02-26T13:04:53-05:00February 26th, 2018|Church & Tax Law|

An Old Scam with A New Twist   Pastor Jones called our office, upset that he had received a call from “the IRS.” The individual who had called him told him that the IRS had deposited a refund into his bank account in error and that he needed to forward that refund to them immediately. [...]

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If Pastor Jackson Would Have Listened, He Wouldn’t Be In the Trouble He Is In

By |2018-02-22T11:37:35-05:00February 22nd, 2018|Church & Tax Law|

If Pastor Jackson Would Have Listened, He Wouldn’t Be In the Trouble He Is In   He had attended an earlier Church Management and Tax Conference and heard me teach that a Pastor could not claim all Housing Allowance and no Salary. In our conferences we teach that Housing Allowance should not exceed 50% of [...]

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Did the Pastor Receive the Proper End-of-Year Tax Document?

By |2018-02-22T11:35:25-05:00February 20th, 2018|Church & Tax Law|

Did the Pastor Receive the Proper End-of-Year Tax Document?   This is the time of the year when people all across the nation are filing their individual income tax returns. In the secular world there is no question as to which form an employee receives from the employer. Unfortunately many Churches are confused as to [...]

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Questions You Must Answer as You Begin the New Year

By |2018-01-16T09:14:21-05:00January 16th, 2018|Church & Tax Law|

Questions You Must Answer as You Begin the New Year   God has blessed us to see the dawn of a new year. Many people around the world use this time to make New Year’s Resolutions, most of which will be broken before the month has ended. But, what about your Church? Are there some [...]

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Removing Stress from Ministry

By |2018-01-12T16:26:10-05:00January 12th, 2018|Church & Tax Law|

Removing Stress from Ministry   It is a proven fact that Pastoring/Leading a Church can be very stressful. According to some reports, Pastors have the fourth highest suicide attempt rate in the USA. A question we should all ask ourselves is, “Why?”   Shouldn’t Ministry Be A “Piece of Cake”   If God called the [...]

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Be Careful of the Advice You Choose to Heed

By |2018-01-09T06:39:54-05:00January 9th, 2018|Church & Tax Law|

Be Careful of the Advice You Choose to Heed   People, all over the world, shop for bargains. Christians and the Church are no different. One of the reasons Christians and Churches do it, is to be good stewards of God’s money. However, when it comes to the advice you receive as to how your [...]

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New Mileage Reimbursement Rates and How They Affect the Pastor and Church

By |2017-12-29T14:53:23-05:00December 29th, 2017|Church & Tax Law|

New Mileage Reimbursement Rates and How They Affect the Pastor and Church   During this time each year Pastors begin gathering their tax information for the upcoming dreaded, personal tax returns. Pastors have many tax benefits which are not afforded the average tax payer. One of those benefits is the mileage deduction which allows the [...]

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