Allowable Expense Reimbursement Items The Pastor called me and said he had some exciting news that he wanted to share with me. A few moments into the conversation I discovered the news was that his Church was paying for an all-expense paid vacation and intended to make the checks payable to the airline, and [...]
Money Issues Are a Powder Keg for a Pastor and Church It began slowly. A couple of members left the Church, but the Pastor knew if he would explain the situation to his congregation they could make up the small deficit that would hit the Church because of the couple’s tithes. Unfortunately it did [...]
Why You Need A Specialist Doing Your Church Books Everywhere you look in today’s society you see the role of specialists. They are everywhere from schools, to businesses, to sports, and even in Churches. Schools use specialists to teach a specific area. For instance in early elementary school a specialist, trained in Early Childhood [...]
There Is an Attack on the Church—Could Your Church Survive There is an attack on the Church and the IRS is the enemy’s weapon of choice. In today’s society, the Church world in the USA, has become like a non-expecting, struggling swimmer in shark-infested waters. Just as the swimmer does not know of his [...]
If Your By-Laws Are not Legally Written, You May Be in Trouble He called the office, hardly able to speak. He was heart-broken, by the bombshell his Church had just dropped upon him. After years of faithful service to the Church he founded, he had been “stabbed in the back” by the Board of [...]
IS YOUR CHURCH PAYING THESE COSTS NEEDLESSLY? Most Churches do not have a huge “war chest” to pay for everything they feel God has called them to do. By the same token, the average Church in the USA consists of 70 members. These average Churches usually have very small staff and often feel pressured [...]
Is It Tax Deductible or Taxable I continually speak to Pastors and Church Leaders throughout the USA and I am amazed at those whom feel as if they are somehow immune to the Internal Revenue Service and its codes, simply because they are a Church. Some are so naїve they almost flaunt their IRS [...]
Is Your Pastor Taking Advantage of Available Tax Benefits The Pastor called me and said he had some exciting news that he wanted to share with me. A few moments into the conversation I discovered the news was that his Church was paying for an all-expense paid vacation and intended to make the checks [...]
How to Terminate a Volunteer—Part I The Pastor walked on to the platform during his Sunday morning service and discovered a strong odor of alcohol that seemed to come from the choir. He assumed that the odor must be something else, for surely no one in his choir would be drinking, especially prior to [...]
Things to Consider, Entering the New Year The attendance size of the average Church in the USA is 70-100. Pastors and Church Leaders of these Churches usually do not concern themselves with end-of-year issues except providing the necessary giving statements. These same Churches, rarely if ever, engage in new-year planning strategies. They look at [...]