What About Taxes - A Guide for Churches Starting to Generate Revenue

When a congregation begins to explore income generating activities through social enterprise or renting property, there often is anxiety around tax status. We have created this tool to help you ask the right questions related to the tax issues as it concerns income generating activities and congregations.

This tool is designed to increase your confidence as it relates to tax issues, build your capacity to understand the tax implications, and to help you as you align money and mission.

While there are important tax exempt and tax implications for congregations to consider, these issues generally do not prevent congregations from engaging in social enterprise or new activities that generate revenue. There is almost always a way to structure the activity that is legally and ethically sound while also allowing for new forms of ministry and new sources of income