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Procedure Name:Working with Reliant as a Commissioned or Ordained Minister
Scope:All Staff
Revision Date:March 24January 26, 20222024
Last Review Date:May 5January 26, 20232024


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Please review the process of claiming your status as a commissioned or ordained minister in relation to your work with Reliant.

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. 

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title2. Notify Reliant of Your Commissioning/Ordination and Your Tax Decisions

By submitting your certificate to Reliant, you are choosing to apply your new tax status to your work with Reliant. 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.

Helpful Solomon page regarding certificate requirements - Commissioned, Licensed and/or Ordained Minister Certificate Requirements

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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Email a copy of your certificate and let us know your tax decisions to payroll@reliant.org. A Reliant director will review the certificate. Once approved, you will be notified, and your tax settings will be changed.

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titleStay in the Social Security System

If you inform us that you are staying in the Social Security system, you will receive a 7.65% FICA bonus to offset your tax obligation for Social Security that was previously paid by Reliant. This bonus increases your monthly salary and is included in your monthly paycheck.

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Remember, you must begin to pay your own Social Security/Medicare tax (now called SECA since you are considered self-employed) from the point in time that you are paid Reliant wages as a minister.

See Paying SECA Taxes for more information. Review Chapter 7 in Zondervan Minister's Tax and Financial Guide and research options for paying SECA to the IRS.

https://www.fcmmbenefits.org/ministers-tax-and-financial-guide-2024-2023-2022tax-returns



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titleOpt Out of the Social Security System

If you have an exemption from Social Security, email payroll@reliant.org stating, “I am exempt from the Social Security System because I am conscientiously opposed to receiving public insurance as a minister.”

This is the official statement employers are required to collect as an assurance that the minister is properly informing their employer, Reliant, of their tax decisions as a minister.  

In some cases, Reliant may also request an electronic copy of the Minister's IRS-approved Form 4361 for our records.  The collection of this form is a safeguard for the employee and Reliant as an employer, to ensure Reliant has an electronic copy saved to our records if ever needed as a part of interactions with the IRS regarding their minister's tax status.


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Once you receive our email that your Certificate and tax decision has been processed, please submit a new Support Goal in TOOLBOX https://toolbox.reliant.org/account/sign-in?return=%2Fsupport-goals. 

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titleStay in the Social Security System

You will see your minister status reflected on your support goal. Make sure to select "no" to having opted out of Social Security. 


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titleOpt Out of the Social Security System

You will see your minister status reflected on your support goal. Make sure to select "yes" to having opted out of Social Security. 


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Complete a Parsonage Request form if you wish to receive Minister's Housing Allowance (Parsonage). 

Once your parsonage amount is approved, it becomes effective on the next applicable pay period. To change your parsonage amount in the future, complete a new Parsonage Request form and share it with payroll@reliant.org for approval. Dave Meldrum-Green, our director of Organizational Affairs & treasurer, reviews and approves all parsonage requests.

Reference Chapter 4 in Zondervan Minister's Tax and Financial Guide for details on Ministerial Housing Allowance. 

https://www.fcmmbenefits.org/ministers-tax-and-financial-guide-2024-2023-2022tax-returns


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Contact your Program Team Liaison to submit a new job description reflecting your responsibilities as a commissioned or ordained minister. 



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