MUST HAVE REFERENCE GUIDE

Site Map or Site Search

CHURCH ACCOUNTING PACKAGE

Church Musician Keeps asking me to hold her pay as her tithes

by Kathy
(Oakland, Ca., USA)

Our church Musician who is an independent contractor has had the finance department not pay her a few times. She says this is how she pays her tithes.

How should we handle this as far as booking and having a record of this or should we just give her the check and let her endorse back over to the church?

We need some type of documentation stating that this has been done and have both the her and finance department sign it will this cover the church for the past times she took less or no pay?

Comments for Church Musician Keeps asking me to hold her pay as her tithes

Click here to add your own comments

Aug 26, 2017
 Substantiate everything!
by: Marcia

It is my understanding that all transactions must be substantiated.

If we operate by that rule and principle, then it becomes clear that in order for her 1099 to be correct at the end of the year you must pay her and then let her write a check to the church for that amount.

Not only for the 1099 but also that HER records of donations to you are substantiated as well.

I hope someone else has a better explanation, but I believe that in order for your records to substantiate her tithes to you she will need to write a check to you all each week/month.

Hope this helps!


Aug 28, 2017
 Good Answer
by: Vickey

Couldn't have stated it any better! I agree with Marcia.
Sep 23, 2017
 Thank You
by: Kathy

Thank you Marcia this is how I am handling it from here on out she was upset that we could not do this and obviously her past churches did not keep good records or she is not being honest about the situation.


Kathy
Mar 26, 2018
 Just accept the service and say "Thank you"
by: Anonymous

If someone volunteers their service i would say thank you. Its better to volunteer services because after taxes you are left with only about half. 1099 self employment is the worst.

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Church Accounting FAQs.

If you want to DIY your payroll, I highly recommend you look at using Gusto! It is very user friendly and their support is awesome! Plus they know how to set up and maintain payrolls for churches and nonprofit organizations.

Note: I am a "partner" of Gusto, but as I have told you before ... I never recommend anything that we or our clients have not tried and love =)



Share this page:
Enjoy this page? Please pay it forward. Here's how...

Would you prefer to share this page with others by linking to it?

  1. Click on the HTML link code below.
  2. Copy and paste it, adding a note of your own, into your blog, a Web page, forums, a blog comment, your Facebook account, or anywhere that someone would find this page valuable.