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1. Notify Missionary Resources you are ordained/commissioned; include copy of your certificate
Whom to email: HR@Relianthr@reliant.org
2. Read Zondervan Minister's Tax and Financial Guide
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- Chapter 4 in Zondervan Minister's Tax and Financial Guide
- Parsonage Request form (Excel)
- Parsonage Request form (PDF version)
Whom to email: HR@Relianthr@reliant.org
5. Understand your new employment status
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Details: If you are opting out, your email must explicitly state, “I am opting out of the Social Security System because I am conscientiously opposed to public insurance as a minister.”
Whom to email: HR@Relianthr@reliant.org
Additional steps if you stay in the Social Security system
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Ministers who communicate their decision to Reliant to remain in the social security system within 3 months of communicating their ordination/commissioning to Reliant will be eligible for the 7.65% FICA Bonus retroactively to the time period they began receiving Reliant wages as a minister.
Ministers who communicate this decision to Reliant anytime after 3 months will be eligible for the 7.65% FICA bonus beginning with the next available pay date. (You will only be eligible for up to 3 months of retroactive FICA bonus and must request that in your email.)
Whom to email: HR@Relianthr@reliant.org
3. Submit a new Support Goal
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- Notify HR@Relianthr@reliant.org that you are ordained/commissioned. Include a copy of your ordination/commissioning certificate.
- Email HR@Relianthr@reliant.org a new job description (Word version)
- Read Zondervan Minister's Tax and Financial Guide, which Reliant had mailed to you
- For further questions, consider talking with a professional who is up-to-date on current practices in this field. Reliant strongly encourages this.
- Complete a Parsonage Request form and submit to HR@Reliant hr@reliant.org (Word version)(PDF version)
- Understand your new "self-employed" status with Reliant
- Make a well-informed decision on whether to remain in the Social Security system or to opt out
- Notify HR@Relianthr@reliant.org of your decision regarding Social Security
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- Decide whether to take the FICA Bonus
- Notify HR@Relianthr@reliant.org if you would like to take the bonus
- Submit a new Support Goal to accept and activate the bonus (after you've received confirmation that your bonus request has been processed)
- Find out your options for paying your tax to the IRS
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