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the process of claiming your status as a commissioned or ordained minister in relation to your work with Reliant. |
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You are not required to claim your work as a commissioned/ordained minister to your work with Reliant. When you submit your certificate, your tax status is immediately changed and cannot be reverted unless your job role changes where you are no longer performing ministerial services. |
Understand the tax implications
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- Ministers are granted the ability to seek an exemption from Social Security if they meet certain requirements.
- An exemption results in ceasing contributions to and eligibility for both Social Security (retirement protection as well as other assistance programs) and Medicare (medical insurance for those over 65 and disabled).
- By default, ministers remain in the Social Security system and are required to continue making payments directly to the IRS for their Social Security/Medicare coverage (see details below).
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Resource: Chapter 6 in Zondervan Minister's Tax and Financial Guide
Make a well-informed decision about Social Security
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By submitting your certificate to Reliant, you are choosing to apply your new tax status to your work with Reliant. This is not a required step. Once you submit your certificate, we must immediately change your tax status to no longer withhold FICA taxes. Once this change is made, we can not revert the tax settings unless the Minister has a job role change in which they are no longer performing ministerial services.
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By submitting your certificate to Reliant, you are choosing to apply your new tax status to your work with Reliant. |
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Notify Reliant of your Commissioning/Ordination and your Tax Decisions
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Once you submit your certificate, we must immediately change your tax status to no longer withhold FICA taxes. Once this change is made, we can not revert the tax settings unless the Minister has a job role change in which they are no longer performing ministerial services. If you would like to claim your work with Reliant as that of a Commissioned/Ordained Minister, proceed to the next section. Otherwise, no further action is necessary. |
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Ministers who communicate their decision to Reliant to remain in the social security system within 3 months of communicating their ordination/commissioning to Reliant will be eligible for the 7.65% FICA Bonus retroactively to the time period they began receiving Reliant wages as a minister.
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Whom to email: payroll@reliant.org
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Research options for paying SECA to the IRS
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Whom to email: payroll@reliant.org
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Whom to email: payroll@reliant.org
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4. Submit a new Support Goal
Details: Make sure to wait to submit a new Support Goal until you have received confirmation that your bonus request has been processed.
Submitting a new Support Goal accepts and activates the FICA bonus.
Resource: Support Goal on Staffnet
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5. Submit an updated job description
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Resource: Job Description
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Additional Resources
- Claiming Exemption from Social Security Taxes
- Paying SECA Taxes
- Parsonage
- Ministers' Tax Guide by Guidestone
- Worth's Income Tax Guide for Ministers. You can contact them at 574-269-2121. They are located in Warsaw, Indiana.
- IRS Publication 517, “Social Security and Other Information for Members of the Clergy and Religious Workers”
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