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For a son or daughter of a Reliant missionary who is participating in/attending a international event/trip (ex. mission trip, international LT, etc.) there are three types of payment for the event feesprogram costs.

1. If the child wants to be full participant in the event and wants to fund raise for their event feesprogram costs.
   
   
   • The child would need to register and apply for the event online, fill out all the forms, pay the online application fee and be responsible to pay be held accountable for the same event fees fundraising requirements as the other event participants. 
   • The child is eligible to send out support letters and fund raise through the event fund (this is optional, see #2 & #3 below for  other options of paying for children's event fees) . 

   • 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/ministry 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/ministry 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."

     
     

2. If the Reliant missionary wants to raise support for the child's event fees program costs through the MTD account for which they are responsible with Reliant.

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• • The Reliant employed missionary must pay for the child's event feesprogram costs. 
  • The Reliant employed missionary may then reimburse the child's event fees program costs if MTD funds are available (and there's no back-pay). 

  • 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."

    
    

3. If the Reliant missionary wants to  pay for the child's event fees program costs through a Reliant Event Fund or Department Fund.

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"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."

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