The IRS is the most feared institution on earth. Even churches, which have minimal interaction with the IRS, are usually very afraid of getting on the IRS’s bad side and losing their 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. Should they be afraid?
Does your church need a new Tax ID? The IRS makes this super easy. I give you a walkthrough in the video.
Maybe your church has found out that they aren’t using the correct Tax ID. What do you do? There are three things you can try before you need to get a new EIN.
For many former United Methodist churches, this season of setting the budget and clergy compensation will be different than usual. There won’t be any guidance from the Conference and very few policies to guide them. Here’s some thoughts on the subject.
This is the very first year that there will be churches planning their budgets and related compensation plans as Global Methodist churches. Last week I looked into pension benefits. This week I’m looking into health insurance benefits to hopefully help future Global Methodist churches and their pastors.
This is the very first year that there will be churches planning their budgets and related compensation plans as Global Methodist churches. This is my effort to help these churches with this process as well as let future Global Methodist churches see what it will be like.
I wasn’t sure this blog was going to survive my transition to the world of Higher Ed. This was a major life change for me, and I didn’t know how much else was going to change. Would I have time to blog? Would I have content? Here’s what I’ve been learning about that might be valuable to you.
Churches put a lot of energy and time into preparing for their charge conference vote on whether or not to leave the UMC. But it’s way too early to think the work is done. There is a boatload of legal and administrative work that needs to happen. I’ll go you an overview with plenty of links and resources in this post.