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Feature Article
Ten Tax Developments Affecting Churches and Clergy in 2018
Articles
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Best Practices for Installing Security Cameras at Your Church
Liability for Calling Church Employees on Their Cell Phones
Recent Developments
Ministerial Exception Prevents Court from Resolving Discrimination Lawsuit
Tax Calendar
January 1, 2018
• Employees and employers each pay Social Security and Medicare taxes equal to 7.65 percent of an employee’s wages. The tax rate does not change ...
January 15, 2018
Ministers (who have not elected voluntary withholding) and self-employed workers must file their fourth quarterly estimated federal tax payment for 2017 ...
January 30, 2018
Churches hiring their first nonminister employee between October 1 and December 31, 2017, may exempt themselves from the employer’s share of Social ...
January 31, 2018
• Churches with nonminister employees (or ministers who report their federal income taxes as employees and who have elected voluntary withholding) ...
February 10, 2018
Churches with nonminister employees (or ministers who report their federal income taxes as employees and who have elected voluntary withholding) may file ...
February 28, 2018
• Churches file Copy A of Form 1098-C with the IRS by this date to report the sale or use of a donated vehicle. Generally, you must furnish Copies ...
Semiweekly requirements, January/February 2018
If your church reported withheld taxes of more than $50,000 during the most recent lookback period (for 2018, the lookback period is July 1, 2016, through ...
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