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Please use the Form below to calculate and request a parsonage allowance based on the above restrictions. Parsonage amounts are reviewed and approved Reliant's Director of Organizational Affairs and Treasurer, and shall continue at that amount until a new Parsonage Request Form is submitted and approved. Should the minister's actual housing expenses change during an interim period, the minister may request that Reliant designate a new amount that more accurately reflects the minister's actual housing expenses. Requests for re-designation of parsonage allowance must also be made using Parsonage Request Form. 

Parsonage Request Form

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• The minister should keep records and receipts of allowable housing expenses they incur throughout the year.
• The minister should track how much parsonage allowance they have received compared to the actual allowable housing expenses they have incurred.
• The minister should update their Parsonage Request Form to increase or decrease the amount of parsonage they're receiving when their year-to-date allowable housing costs are significantly different than the parsonage amount they have been receiving.
• When filing their taxes, any excess parsonage allowance paid to the employee, should be shown as income on Form 1040 (see the resources below for additional details on this process)
• Resources:
  • 2025 Ministers Tax & Financial Guide - ECFA.pdf
  • Minister's Tax Guide provided by our ministry partner Guidestone: https://www.guidestone.org/updates/ministers-tax-guide
  for additional details of this process).
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Important Implications and Restrictions of Parsonage when Buying/Refinancing a Home

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