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• • • The Event Fund or Department Fund must have sufficient funds to cover the event fee for the child and the Event Fund/Dept Fund signer must approve the charges

    • For the child to be a "full participant" and for their costs to not be taxable to the accompanying Reliant missionary parent, 1) the child must be age 13 or older and 2) the Reliant missionary parent must provide a written statement to Reliant for the child, stating the "bona fide business purpose" of the child's participation in the event. These business purposes will be reviewed by the Finance Manager to determine if the "bona fide business purpose" is sufficient based on the IRS guidelines to allow the child's event costs to be non-taxable to the Reliant missionary parent.

      Excerpt from IRS Publication on Travel Expenses: Definition of a bona fide business purpose:

      "A bona fide business purpose exists if you can prove a real business purpose for the individual's presence. Incidental services, such as typing notes or assisting in entertaining customers, aren't enough to make the expenses deductible."

       

       

• • • Warning
      title Children under the age of 13
      If the child is under age 13 (and therefore cannot be considered a "full participant" by Reliant) and/or is attending the event because the Reliant employed missionary wants to bring their family on the trip with them (the child is not going to be an official participant in the event) any fees associated for the child to attend will be taxable expenses.

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