Ministers’ Housing Allowances: What’s Ahead and What Should You Do?

Tuesday, Jan 21, 2014     

2 p.m. E.T. (11 a.m. P.T.)

The recent court ruling that ministers’ housing allowances are unconstitutional has stunned ministers, priests, church treasurers and session/vestry/board members.  While it's not clear whether that ruling will hold up under appeal or be implemented in more than one geographic area, the ruling has provoked plenty of  concern about the potential tax impact  for ministers and cost implications for congregations if housing allowances for ministers were to be disallowed. What do clergy and congregations need to be doing now as we await the next steps from the courts?