Benefit and Payroll Support
One-year subscription
Year-round answers to your church’s benefit plan and payroll questions from a dedicated team of advisors.
- Unlimited phone and electronic support
- Dedicated, experienced professional advisors
- Correct answers without hours of research
- Designed for churches
QuickBooks for Nonprofits & Churches: A Step-By-Step Guide to the Pro, Premier, and Nonprofit Versions
Printed book · ships to you
Step-by-step QuickBooks instructions written in nonprofit language, for treasurers and bookkeepers who aren’t accountants.
- Design a chart of accounts that gives you the reports you need
- Track grants, programs and donations, and send acknowledgments
- Pay bills, handle payroll and use bank feeds to save time
- Run month-end and year-end reports
Church Accounting: The How-To Guide for Small & Growing Churches
Printed book · ships to you
The nuts and bolts of church accounting, explained for church administrators and volunteers.
- Track contributions and acknowledge donations per IRS guidelines
- Handle payroll and a minister’s compensation package, including housing allowance
- Set up internal controls to guard against fraud or error
- Budget, forecast and prepare for an annual audit
Premium Church Support
Annual Support – Unlimited Support
Researching clergy issues on your own takes time and can leave you wondering if you’ve got the right answer. Turn to Clergy Financial Resources to save time while getting the correct answers. When you need an answer, our support staff is ready to find the right answers quickly with our annual support service. This support service includes tax, payroll, and HR Support. You’ll have access to unlimited phone and electronic support provided by a dedicated team of professional advisors with years of experience.
HR keeps getting more complex, and frankly, overwhelming. But ignoring HR can lead to costly penalties. Our certified HR Advisors give straightforward answers and guidance on questions from basic compliance to complex workplace issues.
Stop searching online for HR answers and sample HR documents. Our HR Support Center is loaded with actionable, easy-to-use custom templates, tools, a laws library, training, a custom handbook builder, and more.
We can help you with any compliance challenges that arise. We’ll free up the time needed for you to focus on your ministry.
Premium Church Support does not provide legal advice. For legal advice, please consult with your legal counsel regarding any federal, state or local jurisdictional issues.
Church Compensation: From Strategic Plan to Compliance
Printed book · ships to you
Fit together the pieces of church compensation so you stay compliant and your ministry staff is cared for.
- Create policies that govern compensation
- Clear guidance on pastors’ unique rules, such as the housing allowance
- Evaluate benefit plans for all staff
- Deposits, reporting and withholding, explained
File W-2 and 1099 Forms For Churches
$69 per form · tax year 2026 or 2025
Year-end filing done for you. We e-file W-2s with the Social Security Administration and 1099-NECs with the IRS, then mail each recipient’s copy.
- E-file of the federal copy
- Print and mail of recipient copies
- PDF payer copy for your records
- Filing confirmation by email
- No separate W-3 or 1096 needed
Church Business Preparations for Year’s End
Church Business Preparations for Year’s End Like other corporate entities, churches encounter business activities that must be completed just before, or soon after, the end of the calendar year. Now is the time to make plans for these various tasks. The questions that follow can be used as a checklist for church leaders. Have clergy…
4 Reasons to Donate Stock to Church
If you’ve ever donated to a nonprofit, you’re probably familiar with cash giving — you write a check or make a credit card payment, and your money is put to work supporting the causes you love. But did you know that cash isn’t the only thing you can donate to charity? Many donors are choosing…
Are Church Musicians Employees?
Are Church Musicians Employees? If your church pays musicians to perform during services or other events, you’ll need to determine if they are employees or independent contractors. The biggest distinction between W-2 employees and 1099 workers is the amount of control you have over them. With a W-2 employee, you have the right to direct the…
Church Benevolence Payments
Church Benevolence Payments Churches often designate certain funds to give to those in their community experiencing financial needs. The needs may arise from issues such as unemployment, disability, natural disasters, or illness. These funds can be given to those outside the local congregation, within the local congregation, and even to those employed by the local…