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Clergy Housing Allowance

Guide to Amending a Pastor’s Housing Allowance

By Filings on Tue, 07/08/25
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“Ministers living in church-owned parsonages may also incur housing expenses beyond their designated allowance. Churches should consider amending the allowance to cover these additional expenses for the remainder of the year.” - C.Leaders

Churches Still Depend on Clergy Housing Allowance

By Filings on Thu, 04/14/22
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“Despite recent legal cases and reports of greedy abuses, experts say the longstanding benefit remains safe.” - C.Today

10 Housing Allowance Tips for Ministers: What Ministers and Churches Need to Know

By Filings on Wed, 02/17/21
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“When understood and implemented fully, this can be a lifelong tax advantage for all ministers. Unfortunately, there’s still a lot of misunderstanding about how it works. Here are the basics of what you need to know” - C. Leaders

Your housing allowance is safe for the forseeable future

By Filings on Tue, 06/18/19
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“The group that brought the federal lawsuit against the cash version of the clergy housing allowance has decided not to appeal the unanimous Federal Appeals Court ruling that upheld the thing. They have a clever title to this news: Appeals Court Blesses Housing Allowance.” - SBC Voices

Why do pastors receive a tax exemption for housing?

By Filings on Thu, 03/21/19
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“To answer the question we must first consider how taxation of church property, including clergy housing, has historically been considered.” - Acton Institute

Seventh Circuit rules Clergy Housing Allowance is constitutional, despite challenge by Freedom from Religion Foundation.

By Filings on Mon, 03/18/19
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“For the second time, a popular tax break for pastors has been judged permissible under the US Constitution, despite efforts by an atheist legal group to prove otherwise.” - Christianity Today

Update on the Minister’s Housing Allowance

By Filings on Thu, 11/01/18
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“This time, the trial court … declared the housing allowance unconstitutional. This ruling has been appealed, and arguments are currently being made before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.” - GARBC.org

Circuit Court 'Highly Receptive' to Saving IRS Clergy Housing Allowance, Becket Counsel Says

By Jim on Fri, 10/26/18
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Circuit Court ‘Highly Receptive’ to Saving IRS Clergy Housing Allowance, Becket Counsel Says

Help Defend the Ministerial Housing Allowance

By Jim on Mon, 04/23/18
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is fighting to have the ministerial housing allowance removed from the tax code and declared unconstitutional. A federal judge has already ruled in their favor. It’s time to stand up and protect our churches—and ministers like you who rely on the housing allowance. In October 2017, U.S.

Clergy Housing Allowance Ruled Unconstitutional in US District Court - What You Need to Know

By Filings on Mon, 10/16/17
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“[T]he clergy housing allowance was, once again, ruled to be unconstitutional by Judge Barbara Crabb of the United States District Court For the Western District of Wisconsin… This case will almost certainly be appealed.” Brokepastor

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