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Housing Allowance

The pastor housing allowance from designation to reporting: the least-of-three rule, board resolutions, worksheets, and common mistakes.

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The pastor housing allowance rules, explained from the IRS sources

How the pastor housing allowance works under section 107: the least-of-three limit, the advance designation requirement, SECA treatment, W-2 reporting, and the mistakes that cost real money, sourced to IRS Topic 417 and Publication 517.

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