No free housing for church employees

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Judge rules against tax-free housing for clergy

Under a law passed by Congress in 1954, ministers don’t pay income taxes on compensation that is designated part of a housing allowance.





MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge has struck down a law that gives clergy tax-free housing allowances, a decision that could have far-reaching financial ramifications for pastors across the United States.

In her decision Friday, U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb in Wisconsin wrote that the exemption “provides a benefit to religious persons and no one else, even though doing so is not necessary to alleviate a special burden on religious exercise,” the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
 
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Obama will swoop in and save them, he cannot afford to have all those black ministers pissed off at him if they have to pay the tax. Especially before election time, democrats are already on the ropes over Obamacare.
 
Poor desh thought only the white clergy got tax-free housing allowances.....

Anyway...

For income tax purposes, a licensed, commissioned, or ordained minister is generally treated as a common law employee of his or her church, denomination, or sect. There are, however, some exceptions such as traveling evangelists who may be treated as independent contractors. If you are a minister performing ministerial services, you are taxed on wages, offerings, and fees you receive for performing marriages, baptisms, funerals, etc.
For employment tax (social security and Medicare taxes) purposes, the services you perform in the exercise of your ministry are generally subject to self-employment tax. See Publication 517, Social Security and Other Information for Members of the Clergy and Religious Workers, for limited exceptions from self-employment tax.
Depending on all the facts and circumstances, under common-law rules you are considered either an employee or a self employed-person. Generally, you are an employee if the church or organization has the legal right to control both what you do and how you do it, even if you have considerable discretion and freedom of action. For more information about the common-law rules, see Publication 15-A (PDF), Employer's Supplemental Tax Guide. If you are employed by a congregation for a salary, you are generally a common-law employee and income from the exercise of your ministry is considered wages for income tax purposes. However, the salary you receive from the congregation for services as an employee is subject to self-employment tax. Moreover, amounts received directly from members of the congregation, such as fees for performing marriages, baptisms, or other personal services, are considered self-employment income.
Theres more.....
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc417.html

The IRS makes follows the laws, not some judge.
 
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StormX said:
:rofl2:

Obama will swoop in and save them, he cannot afford to have all those black ministers pissed off at him if they have to pay the tax. Especially before election time, democrats are already on the ropes over Obamacare.
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Race card AGAIN, Stormfront?

Why not talk about all those white ministers, especially the TV preachers fleecing a gullible public with crap like "prosperity theology."
 
christiefan915 said:
Race card AGAIN, Stormfront? Why not talk about all those white ministers, especially the TV preachers fleecing a gullible public with crap like "prosperity theology."
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Like this guy, Christiekins?


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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/megachurch-pastor-creflo-dollar_n_1581292.html
 
Big Money said:
Oral Roberts has been dead since 2009, Christiekins.

I sense a certain reluctance on your part to apply your broad tar brush to Black televangelists...
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It was your pal Stormy who diverted the topic from clergy housing in general to black ministers. Wonder why?


(No, I don't really wonder at all.)
 
Big Money said:
Still none of your vitriol for the Black televangelists?

Isn't Al Sharpton a preacher?
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Sure, the prosperity theology evangelists have my detestation, every one of them whether black, white or in-between, because they pervert the gospel. Also included is Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, the white "bishop of bling." So no "gotcha" for you there.

Rev. Sharpton's not a prosperity theologist that I know of.
 
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