Administrative Assistance has received it’s IRS 501(c)(3) “Determination Letter,” effective October 29, 2010. As a California non-profit Corporation, “AA” is now officially “Tax Exempt!” So what does this mean? We have simply fulfilled the IRS filing requirement of a para-church ministry. You see, the church is automatically “501(c)(3),” [For our On-line Article on this SEE [...]
This powerful manual contains sample Minutes, and more than 100 sample Resolutions, Ratification’s, and Church Policies that will help you with writing your corporate Minutes and to develop your Policies. Newly revised and expanded in 2006. Learn how to write proper legal Minutes Identify the essential issues needed in the Minutes A Disk is included [...]
Several additional sample Minutes [40 pages] showing; How to have a meeting today, and ratify the organizational activities of yesteryear; How to change the ‘nature,’ or ‘purpose’ of the corporation from a Church to a para-church, and visa versa. A Disk is included with the purchase of this Manual. Item #: B052 Price: [...]
The articles contained herein address many of the legal and IRS issues that church leaders face in the handling of every day church business. We have addressed many of these issues in our Church Administration ‘How To’ Manual, but we felt that there was a need to gather this information into one concise handbook. Item [...]
There is a fear of the IRS, and in may cases, rightfully so. But the IRS cannot just arbitrarily “Come in” and investigate a church, unless they have a very good reason to do so. EG – if the church withholds payroll taxes and then does not report and send those monies in – this [...]
The question often arises; can the church give gifts to the pastor, the church employees, or its staff members? How about gifts to faithful teachers, hard working volunteers, or to those attending our church for the first time? What should we keep in mind in giving gifts of “Benevolence to the homeless, or even our [...]
This is not a new subject, but I find that most churches are [for the most part] blissfully unaware of the HIPAA law, and it’s ramifications for the church. This law actually came into effect on April 14, 2003, so as I said this is not a new issue at all. Following is a bit [...]
Active Ministers of the Gospel, if they are properly credentialed, are privileged to receive a significant portion of their compensation as a ‘Housing Allowance,’ free of federal [and most states] income tax – IF – and that is what is explained in this article. The unwarranted perspective of the IRS is, that the heads of [...]
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