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Parsonage Eligibility Requirements 

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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 Zondervan Minister's Tax GuideGuide https://www.fcmmbenefits.org/ministers-tax-and-financial-guide-2023-2022-returns for additional details of this process). 

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