For more than three decades, Richard Hammar’s Church & Clergy Tax Guide has helped thousands of churches and clergy navigate tax laws and developments with confidence and ease.This book helps clergy: prepare and file 2024 tax returns properly calculate withholdings sort out Social Security and Medicare maximize housing allowance benefits identify exclusions from gross income correctly process business expenses This book also helps treasurers, board members, bookkeepers, attorneys, CPAs, and tax practitioners: comply with tax reporting requirements handle charitable contributions correctly pay business reimbursements administer retirement plans grasp rules for audits and political activities understand state-level unemployment, property, and sales taxes Church leaders and clergy will reference this guide long after the annual tax season finishes. Easy-to-understand explanations, charts, sample forms, and real-life illustrations address many common tax questions throughout the year.

For more than three decades, Richard Hammar’s Church & Clergy Tax Guide has helped thousands of churches and clergy navigate tax laws and developments with confidence and ease.And now you can get instant access to this comprehensive resource through a fully searchable PDF format!This resource helps clergy: prepare and file 2024 tax returns properly calculate withholdings sort out Social Security and Medicare maximize housing allowance benefits identify exclusions from gross income correctly process business expenses This resource also helps treasurers, board members, bookkeepers, attorneys, CPAs, and tax practitioners: comply with tax reporting requirements handle charitable contributions correctly pay business reimbursements administer retirement plans grasp rules for audits and political activities understand state-level unemployment, property, and sales taxes Church leaders and clergy will reference this guide long after the annual tax season finishes. Easy-to-understand explanations, charts, sample forms, and real-life illustrations address many common tax questions throughout the year.

This is a Preorder only. Full PDFs will be delivered Late December 2024. Ministers are responsible for filing federal income tax returns every year, and while that may intimidate many, it doesn’t need to. The reason? Although many unique tax rules and benefits affect ministers, they can be handled correctly with the right information and guidance. The 2025 Clergy Tax Prep Guide by attorney and CPA Richard R. Hammar is designed to do just that. This downloadable resource walks ministers through the numerous rules, issues, and questions they face when it comes to completing their federal income tax return. Capitalizing upon his decades of experience addressing tax issues for ministers, Hammar will guide you through the following: The special rules for ministers, including their “dual tax status” and how it works; Step-by-step guidance through the Form 1040, including calculating income, applying various credits, and computing any taxes or refunds owed; How to file and pay any taxes owed; How to address schedules and forms covering anything from medical expenses to foreign accounts to Medicare and more; and, Detailed sets of sample forms and illustrations for active and retired ministers. This practical guide, which complements Hammar’s comprehensive, year-round reference, the 2025 Church & Clergy Tax Guide, will take you step-by-step through these important responsibilities. Set yourself up for success this tax season!

This is a Preorder only. Full PDFs will be delivered Late December 2024. Churches are exempt from federal taxes. But, they still have tax-related responsibilities to fulfill. Churches still must be mindful of numerous duties, obligations, and deadlines affecting them—and understand the consequences they face if they don’t meet them. The 2025 Federal Reporting Requirements for Churches, a downloadable resource by attorney and CPA Richard R. Hammar, walks church leaders through many of the most important responsibilities a church must complete, including: Federal payroll tax reporting obligations for employees and ministers; The tax benefits available to ministers, including housing and parsonage allowances; Business expense reimbursements; Section 403(b) plans; Form I-9s; and Affordable Care Act reporting. This practical guide, which complements Hammar’s comprehensive, year-round reference, the 2025 Church & Clergy Tax Guide, will take you step-by-step through these important responsibilities. Set your church up for success with federal tax compliance!

HR is hard enough. Being a ministry makes it tougher. Let us help you keep the important HR tasks organized and top of mind. The HR Annual Calendar includes monthly, quarterly, and annual tasks that revolve around compliance and best practices specific to ministry HR. Plus, tips and tricks to make it even simpler!

“It all starts with mission and purpose.” These opening words by author Mike Batts sum up the proper role of financial administration in the church. Financial administration is a critically important and unique calling. Church Finance: The Church Leader’s Guide to Financial Operations provides you with the information and resources to successfully lead your church’s financial operations in keeping with your church’s unique mission and purpose. Whether you’re new to the role or experienced, you’ll appreciate Mike’s come-alongside style blended with proven expertise. Whether you serve as treasurer, accountant, controller, CFO, business administrator, executive pastor, finance committee member, or in any other role responsible for church financial operations, Mike will help you: Evaluate and adapt your budget in keeping with your church’s mission and purpose Reduce and manage expenses wisely Create practical and effective financial reports for decision-makers Use key metrics for financial health that work for almost any church Manage the liquidity and financial position of your church Understand and properly administer nontraditional gifts including restricted, planned, deferred, noncash, and other types of gifts Understand the ins and outs of alternative revenue sources Properly establish compensation for your leaders and staff Use and manage debt, plus negotiate debt terms with a lender Maintain sound internal controls Understand the fundamentals of federal tax law for churches Determine what tools and practices (audits, accreditation, etc.) are available to enhance accountability Employ ministry-wide risk management Understand and evaluate insurance coverage And much more What's new and why you should update to the 2nd edition of Church Finance: Tax information is updated to reflect the major changes arising from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Accounting and financial reporting information is updated to reflect recent changes in generally accepted accounting standards (GAAP) New sample GAAP financial statements and notes All-new chapter on financial policies for churches with multiple sample policies Sample conflicts-of-interest policy Sample giver privacy policy Sample gift acceptance policy Sample budget administration policy Sample record retention guidelines for churches Sample executive compensation-setting policy Sample fraud, dishonesty, and whistle-blower policy And more Updated content on alternative revenue sources All-new chapter on compensation and benefits for churches All-new chapter on tax compliance for churches All-new chapter on risk management for churches

Churches are struggling to keep their heads above water. Not only has the cost of living increased due to inflation, but many church salaries and benefits are lagging behind the market. To make matters worse, changes to the minimum salary exemption requirement by the US Department of Labor—this past July and again in January—are forcing churches to make hard decisions about classifying workers as exempt or non-exempt and compensating workers for overtime. In this free recorded webinar, Church Law & Tax's Matthew Branaugh and ChurchSalary's Aaron Hill are joined by Matt Steen from Chemistry Staffing and Dustin Gaines from My Church Law Firm to discuss the trends and the pressures churches face with compensation heading toward 2025. Additionally, they'll expand on these questions and the articles answering them: 1) How can your church be proactive and stay ahead of rising costs? The Rising Cost of Replacing Pastors Article 2) How much are other churches increasing their budget? What COLA are they using? 2025 Budget and COLA Changes Article 3) Are you classifying workers correctly and also correctly paying them, in light of the Labor Department’s changes? Fed Raises Minimum Salary Requirements For Exempt Status Article Add this item to the cart and checkout to access this free webinar!

Whether it's one staff member or hundreds, churches usually must negotiate wages and benefits. With tight budgets, it is sometimes a struggle to set competitive pay rates and provide benefits to employees. Learn about key aspects of compensation planning for church employees, including consideration of non-monetary rewards for your staff's hard work.

50 Fully Editable Church Email TemplatesIs your church in communication with your church members and attendees? Especially in this digital age, you need to be connecting to your members through email.With these 50 Church Email Templates, you'll have all the emails you need, pre-written for you to edit and send!Use this resource to plan ahead, allow others to be involved, and save yourself an unbelievable amount of time!Use these email templates so you can develop better communication with your church family.

Everything you need to hire, onboard, and develop a church staff member! Includes: 50 Church Job Descriptions New Staff Onboarding Plan & Schedule Church Staff Interview Guide Staff Development Plan

Systems may sound scary, but they're really just the "how" of what we do around the church to help it operate most effectively.This package is sure to save you time, and help you be more efficient in your "everyday" ministry!With the Checklist Bundle, you will be able to instantly develop systems in your church that normally would have taken days to get set up!

25 insanely practical documents, spreadsheets, and templates! Churches need passion, vision, mission, values, and leaders. But they also need systems, strategies, processes, and documents. In fact, getting organized might be one of the keys to actually accomplishing that mission. This digital download comes with 25 professionally created documents, spreadsheets, flowcharts & templates to help you organize and streamline church operations. PLUS 3 BONUS GUIDES for Pastors!