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Feature Article
Liability for Ignoring Donors' Designations
Churches must honor designated contributions—or else risk refunding them.
Articles
Six Questions about the Supreme Court’s Upcoming Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Richard Hammar explains what clergy and church leaders should know ahead of the June decision.
Roundtable: The State of Abuse Prevention in Churches
Experts address the challenges of handling a suspected case.
Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
Sexual Misconduct and Church Liability
Privacy
Privacy on Church Devices
Freedom of Religion
Vaccines over Religious Exercise
Employment Practices
Churches and Revoking Pension
Clergy - Removal
Churches' Right to Remove Clergy
Charitable Contributions
Substantiating Charitable Contributions
In Brief
Key news recaps
Church Investigations Prompt Lawsuit Against IRS
Plus, new child protection laws adopted in Pennsylvania.
July 30, 2015
• Churches hiring their first nonminister employee between April 1 and June 30 may exempt themselves from the employer's share of Social Security ...
July 31, 2015
• Churches having nonminister employees (or one or more ministers who report their federal income taxes as employees and who have elected voluntary ...
August 10, 2015
• Churches having nonminister employees (or one or more ministers who report their federal income taxes as employees and who have elected voluntary ...
Semiweekly requirements, July/August 2015
• If your church or organization reported withheld taxes of more than $50,000 during the most recent lookback period (for 2015 the lookback period ...
Monthly requirements, July/August 2015
• If your church or organization reported withheld taxes of $50,000 or less during the most recent lookback period (for 2015 the lookback period ...
Do Lapsed Credentials Affect a Minister’s Housing Allowance?
No precedent exists, so here’s what to look at.
