Finances and budgeting

Envelop3 Church Budgeting Tool
Audits - the value of doing a financial audit and 17 questions to ask, from the ECFA
Cash Reserves - why, how, and how much? A video from the ECFA
Church Excel (free resources on finances and other helpful guides)
The Employee Retention Credit webinar recording
"3 Essentials of Transformational Church Growth Capital", by Dennis Wiens
The Generosity Project - from Axis, a Bible study series on generosity
Year-end giving sample letter from the ECFA
Outsourcing payroll to MinistryWorks
Employee Retention Credit – The ERC is a fully refundable payroll tax credit for eligible employers, initially created by the 2020 CARES Act
"New Infrastructure Law Has Many Implications for Nonprofits", from the ECFA

Salaries, Benefits, and Taxes

"Charitable Gift Annuity" - how to turn part your required minimum distribution (RMD) in retirement to tax-exempt donations
Christianity Today's 2023 Church & Clergy Tax Guide, by Richard R. Hammar
Designating a Housing Allowance, from Church Law & Tax
Guidestone benefits: 844.467.4843
ECFA 2024 Tax Guides (note: ECFA, not EFCA)
ECFA’s e-books for churches (note: ECFA, not EFCA; requires an account)
FCMM health insurance solutions
FCMM New Health Plan
Free tax guide from ECFA
Group Health Insurance
Pastor Retirement: Why Too Few Plan or Prepare, by Dennis Wiens (may require a LinkedIn account)
Payroll and the Church: Answers to 5 Common Questions, by MinistryWorks
Taxable Income - you might be overlooking some forms of compensation that are taxable
Worker Classification Risk: Employee vs. Independent Contractor, by American Church Group

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