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In the case of a Reliant commissioned/ordained minister or pastor who does not have sufficient funds in the account for which he or she is responsible to receive his or her approved parsonage, "back parsonage" is not available. Instead of issuing a shortcheck for the parsonage and creating "back parsonage," Reliant will reduce the parsonage amount to the maximum amount that is available to be paid. The difference in the reduced parsonage amount that was paid out and the approved parsonage amount will be converted to a pro-rated salary amount, which is then shortchecked (along with any other taxable earnings on the paystub, for which sufficient funds were not available to pay out). The shortchecked pro-rated amount becomes "backpay" just like any other backpay the employee may incur. This backpay will be eligible for payment based on the standard backpay payment procedure detailed above. If the commissioned minister/pastor is also a 401(k) participant (not including Roth participants) or has pre-tax benefits or deductions (for example Cafeteria Plan items - vision insurance, childcare deductions, HSA contributions) Reliant will also reclassify a portion of the employee's parsonage as "taxable" earnings which would then be converted to "nontaxable" earnings by the 401(k) contributions or other pre-tax benefits and deductions.
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Reliant hourly employees must have submitted a timecard time card by the deadline in order to be eligible to receive backpay the next month (this rule applies to both employees in the scenario of a dually employed couple). No backpay may be paid if a timecard time card was not received or if a timecard a time card was received late. For example, if the timecard time card with November hours was due by November 20th and was received November 28th, it is considered "late" and the hours contained on the timecard time card will not be paid until January. In this scanrio the employed missonary (and spouse in the scenario of a dually employed couple) will not be eligible to receive backpay in the month of December (this same rule applies to the payment of reimbursements). |
