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1. If the child wants to be full participant in the event and wants to fund raise for their event fees.
   
   
   • 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 the same event fees 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."

     
     

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