I go through a lot of books in a year. It’s kind of like a literary smorgasbord. On one end you have the stuff that I’m almost embarrassed to admit I consumed. At the other end is the prime rib of reading that I gladly recommend. Here’s what I’ve bee reading and my top 5 recommendations:
From time to time, donors will want to funnel a gift through the church to help a specific individual. There is a right and wrong way to do this if you want to avoid the wrath of the IRS. This post will guide you.
If you’re normal, you’re afraid of the IRS. But fear of the IRS is not a good reason to ignore the math and turning down a taxable benefit. In this post, I share a quick way for pastors to gauge the taxes of a benefit.
The other day I had a church call me up asking about how the pastor should be submitting mileage for reimbursement. That got me thinking…why have I not shared my mileage log and expense voucher templates? Well, here they are as well as my thoughts on documenting expenses.
A difficult decision churches face is where to invest their money. Do they invest it in their local bank and deal with a crappy CD rate, or do they invest in the Foundation and risk being seen as anti-community? Not an easy decision.
For pastors that have federal student loans, they may now be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. This is new as of July 1st. Here’s what I’ve learned.
A few weeks ago, I posted about the fixed costs of disaffiliating. There was some good discussion since then that has made me think of all the other costs, as well as benefits, of disaffiliating to a new denomination. Here are my thoughts.