Who is a minister for tax purposes?

An individual who is licensed, commissioned or ordained and performing the services of a minister.  These services include:

  • Performing sacerdotal functions (communion, baptizing, marrying, burying, etc.),
  • Conducting religious worship, and
  • Controlling, conducting and maintaining religious organizations that are under the authority of a religious body that is a church or denomination. (You are considered to control, conduct, and maintain a religious organization if you direct, manage or promote the organization’s activities.)
 
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