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The tax-exclusion for clergy housing allowance also applies to retired clergy. A retired minister or rabbi who receives compensation for past services, such as withdrawals from an employer-sponsored retirement plan , may designate a portion of the compensation as a clergy housing allowance, and this amount is excluded from taxable income to the ...
The FFRF filed suit against the IRS over the parish exemption that allows "ministers of the gospel" to claim part of their salary as an income-tax-free housing allowance. This was originally filed in 2009, in California, [75] [76] then subsequently dropped and re-filed in 2011, in Wisconsin, [77] [78] because of standing. In August 2012, a ...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sued in the 1970s, arguing the ULC was not considered a religious group. The IRS denied the Church's application for tax exempt status in 1969 and again in 1970 on the ground that the Church had engaged in activities outside the religious activities contemplated by the Internal Revenue Code provisions for ...
Since 1997, some ministers living in same-sex relationships have come out without their ordination (or ministry) being challenged. In 2011, the church approved the blessing of same-sex unions. [171] Seven years later it allowed local congregations and ministers to decide whether to perform same-sex marriages, and ministers may now do so. [172]
Furtick is a New York Times best selling author. [2] He has also participated in various philanthropic campaigns, donating clothes and furniture to families in need. [4]In 2013, Furtick has declined to answer questions regarding his salary, his tax-free housing allowance, and how much he makes from books and speaking fees, and how the church is governed. [17]
The tax status of the Church of Scientology in the United States has been the subject of decades of controversy and litigation. Although the Church of Scientology was initially partially exempted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from paying federal income tax, its two principal entities in the United States lost this exemption in 1957 and ...
The weekend meeting, usually held on Sunday, comprises a 30-minute public talk by a congregation elder or ministerial servant [16] and a one-hour question-and-answer study of a Bible-based article from The Watchtower magazine, [9] with questions prepared by the Watch Tower Society and the answers provided in the magazine. [17]
J.D. Vance’s “cat lady” comments are continuing to dog him, with political figures, celebrities and ordinary Americans slamming his remarks.