Church withheld SS, Medicare and Local Tax on Pastor

by Kevin
(Cochranille, PA)

I am a pastor and my church withheld Federal, SS, medicare, and Local taxes.

I believe they sent payments in for these areas. These withholdings are reported on my W-2 but a parsonage rental value is not.

I just started at this church in July and asked about it and it seems like this is how they always did it.

What do I do when filling out my taxes?

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Jun 16, 2020
Church withheld SS, Medicare and Local Tax on Pastor-any answer??
by: Anonymous

Did you get answer to this question? I'm having similar. The difference in my case is I have housing allowance, transportation allowance and medical allowance in box 1 of my w-2

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