Today we’re taking a break from tax season technicalities to discuss something a little bit more fun but often more stressful: children. Actually, children and money. That doesn’t sound very relaxing, now does it? Today’s post was inspired by my…
I recently received an email from a pastor’s wife of 15 years asking for clarification on how their taxes were paid. She was too embarrassed to ask their tax preparer after all this time, so I was a safe place…
We usually think of taxation as just a way for the government to raise funds for their many activities. But did you know that one of the stated purposes of taxation is to try to influence people’s behaviors? There are…
From time to time I read Thom Rainer’s blog to stay up to date on the issues that pastors are facing today. The most enlightening part is the comments that pastors leave on his articles. When I read the comments…
When you think of investing, you probably think of trying to grow your money as much as possible without doing anything too risky. That is what investing has traditionally focused on; growing money. However, things are changing. Our culture has…
Today is the big day! The IRS has officially opened the 2020 tax filing season for individual filers. We should throw a party! Better yet, let’s talk about how to go about filing those tax returns that they are now…
Tax season is just around the corner and that means I’m about to be inundated with tax-related questions. Today, I’m going to try to get ahead of the game and start answering the questions before you ask them. Up first,…
It’s a new year, a new calendar, and many are hoping, a new beginning, too. The sense of a fresh start with the new year leads a lot of people to make new year’s resolutions. How about you? Since 51%…
Back in 2017, the president timed things just right so that I spent the first day of my family’s Christmas vacation researching the tax reform bill and how it affects pastors. Now, almost two years to the day, he signed…
Here we are again, wrapping up another year. I’ve made a tradition of using the last post of the year to look back and see which articles were the most popular so that you can go back and read them…