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Feature Article
Requirements for Hiring Foreign Nationals at Your Church
From eligibility to site visits to records, recent headlines reiterate the need for compliance
Recent Developments
Issues that affect ministers and churches, with Richard R. Hammar
Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
Pastor’s Multiple Acts of Sexual Misconduct Not Necessarily Protected by First Amendment
Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
Court affirmed Youth Pastor’s 40-year Sentence for predatory sexual assault
Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
Six-Year Sentence for Youth Pastor Who Engaged in Sexting
Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
A Church Could Be Liable for Negligent Hiring and Supervision
Employment Practices
Fired Employee Can Sue for Pregnancy Discrimination
Employment Practices
Fired Transgender Employee Could Sue for Employment Discrimination
Embezzlement
Pastor Who Embezzled Must Make Restitution
Confidential and Privileged Communications
Clergy-Penitent Privilege Not Applicable to a Conversation with a Church Elder
Confidential and Privileged Communications
Compelling Priest to Disclose Confidential Information Violated Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Church Business Meetings
“Church Autonomy” Applies in Church Name Dispute
Child Abuse Reporting
What Can Happen When Childcare Facilities Fail to Report Abuse?
Tax Calendar
Important deadlines for churches and ministers
April 30, 2019
Churches having nonminister employees (or one or more ministers who report their federal income taxes as employees and who have elected voluntary withholding) ...
April 29, 2019
Churches hiring their first nonminister employee between January 1 and March 31, 2019, may exempt themselves from the employer’s share of Social ...
April 15, 2019
- Federal income tax and self-employment tax returns by individuals for calendar year 2018 are due by this date.
- Last day for most taxpayers to file an amended federal income tax return (Form 1040X) for calendar year 2015 (unless you received an extension of time to file your 2015 return).
Monthly Requirements, March/April 2019
If your church reported withheld taxes of $50,000 or less during the most recent lookback period (for 2019 the lookback period is July 1, 2017, through ...
Semiweekly Requirements, January/February 2019
If your church reported withheld taxes of more than $50,000 during the most recent lookback period (for 2019 the lookback period is July 1, 2017, through ...
