{"id":9598,"date":"2015-01-14T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T00:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=9598"},"modified":"2018-11-06T21:18:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T21:18:08","slug":"clergy-tax-seminar-is-offered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2015\/clergy-tax-seminar-is-offered\/","title":{"rendered":"Clergy Tax Seminar Is Offered Onsite at Bethany Seminary and Online, Other Upcoming Webinars Address Family Matters and Ministry \u2018After Christendom\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership will host a Clergy Tax Seminar on Feb. 23. The seminar is recommended for all pastors and seminary students as well as other church leaders who wish to understand clergy taxes including church treasurers, steward commission chairs, and church board chairs. Attend in person at Bethany Theological Seminary in Richmond, Ind., or online. The schedule includes a morning session from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (eastern) and an afternoon session from 2-4 p.m. (eastern).<\/p>\n

Sessions will cover tax law for clergy, changes for 2014, and detailed assistance to correctly file the various forms and schedules that pertain to clergy including housing allowances, self-employment, W-2s, clergy reductions, and others. Participants will learn how to file clergy taxes correctly and legally and how to comply with regulations while maximizing tax deductions. Those who attend onsite or who attend the live webinar may earn 0.3 continuing education units.<\/p>\n

This event is sponsored by the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership, the Church of the Brethren Office of Ministry, and Bethany Theological Seminary.<\/p>\n

Registration costs $20 per person. Registration fees for current students at Bethany Seminary or Earlham School of Religion, or students in the TRIM\/EFSM\/SeBAH ministry training programs are fully subsidized, although registration is still required to reserve a seat and materials. Registrations are not complete until payment is received. For space and quality reasons, registrations may be capped at 25 people onsite and 85 online.<\/p>\n

Leading the seminar is Deb Oskin, EA, NTPI Fellow, and a minister in the Church of the Brethren, who has been doing clergy tax returns since 1989. She has learned the problems and pitfalls associated with the IRS identification of clergy as \u201chybrid employees\u201d from both personal experience and professional experience as an H&R Block agent. During her 12 years with H&R Block (2000-2011), she achieved the highest level of expertise certification as a master tax adviser, and teaching certification as a certified advanced instructor, and has earned the status of enrolled agent with the IRS who is qualified to represent clients to the IRS. She currently operates her own independent tax service specializing in clergy taxes.<\/p>\n

To register for the seminar go to www.bethanyseminary.edu\/webcasts\/clergytax2015<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Other upcoming webinars<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Family and How the Scriptures Are Passed to the Next Generation\u201d<\/strong> is the next webinar in the \u201cFamily Matters\u201d series co-sponsored by the Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren. It is scheduled for Jan. 15, from 2:30-3:30 p.m. (eastern time). Presenter Howard Worsley is a professor and researcher with a deep interest in children’s spirituality and their early perceptions, and author of the book, \u201cA Child Sees God.\u201d Ministers may receive 0.1 continuing education credit for attending the live event. Register at www.brethren.org\/webcasts<\/a> . For more information contact Stan Dueck at sdueck@brethren.org<\/a> or 800-323-8039 ext.343.<\/p>\n

\u201cHospitality and Community after Christendom\u201d<\/strong> is the next webinar in a series focused on issues facing the church \u201cafter Christendom\u201d which is co-sponsored by the Congregational Life Ministries. It is scheduled for Jan. 29, at 2:30-3:30 p.m. (eastern). Leader Andrew Francis is author of the book by the same name and the book \u201cWhat in God’s Name Are You Eating.\u201d He has been the UK Anabaptist Network\u2019s first development worker and executive vice-chair of the UK Mennonite Trust. Ministers may receive 0.1 continuing education credit for attending the live event. Register at www.brethren.org\/webcasts<\/a> . For more information contact Stan Dueck at sdueck@brethren.org<\/a> or 800-323-8039 ext.343.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership will host a Clergy Tax Seminar on Feb. 23. The seminar is recommended for all pastors and seminary students as well as other church leaders who wish to understand clergy taxes including church treasurers, steward commission chairs, and church board chairs. Attend in person at Bethany Theological Seminary in Richmond, Ind., or online. The schedule includes a morning session from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (eastern) and an afternoon session from 2-4 p.m. (eastern).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1268,1269,1267,1304],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-9598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bethany-seminary","tag-brethren-academy","tag-ministry-office","tag-training"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9598"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12531,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9598\/revisions\/12531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9598"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=9598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}