part 1 in a 4-part series on church plant insurance issues: There are few things planters want to think about less than church plant insurance. But with all the lawyers and wacky lawsuits out there, your organization simply has to be covered as a cost of being a nonprofit organization here in the US. Don’t […]

Other nonprofits have to file an annual Form 990 tax return, but I sometimes get asked, “Are Churches Required to File Form 990?” Nonprofits spend hours and significant dollars preparing and filing some version of the IRS Form 990 every year. It’s important to know if your church is required to before you go committing […]

part 3 in a 4-part series about Church Tax Exemption An easily-overlooked bit of paperwork for new plants is the church sales tax exemption. If you’re still paying sales tax, you could be throwing away hundreds of dollars each year, money that could be used to further your mission. No state is going to require […]

2018 update below “Small” churches (fewer than 50 employees) across America are making a big difference. And as with other nonprofits, they do a lot with a little. One thing that many churches have done to make being a pastor a little less taxing is about to become illegal. Up to this point it’s been […]