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Clergy exempt from Self-employment tax BUT WANTS to start paying SE tax

by BJR
(Georgia)

Searching for answers. Clergy already approved for exemption from social security tax. Wants to now be in the social security system.

Still has ONLY Ministerial income. Understand that no revocation form currently available.

What if Clergy simply notes income as SE income and starts paying the SE tax. Will he be covered under SE for the period he files the SE taxability form? I guess meaning he does not consider the income ministerial income any longer but SE income.

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Mar 25, 2016
 Revoking form 4361?
by: Lewis in NC

You need to keep constant check over the years with the Social Security Administration to learn if and when there will be a new window to revoke your decision to be exempt in the first place, as it was a permanent decision.

You may want to contact your government representatives to encourage another window of time for revoking the decision to be passed into law.

That is about all you as an individual can do at the moment. Check now with SS administration to see if there is a new window or if there is pending legislation to have one. Good luck.

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Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to IRS Form 4361.

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