Ministering to Clergy: Special tax rules create financial planning challenges and opportunities for these unique clients.

Financial Planning | December 1, 2005| | Copyright

If you have a minister, priest or other member of the clergy as a client, you face some interesting challenges. Special tax laws apply to clergy, and even the tax courts and the Internal Revenue Service have interpreted them differently over the years. In addition, it seems that nearly every congregation has its own take on applying the rules, is adamant that its interpretation is correct and is unwilling to change.

Clergy's tax status offers unique planning opportunities for savvy clients and potentially costly pitfalls for unwary ones. Financial planners who have ...

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