Learn how to file clergy taxes correctly and legally
Comply with regulations while maximizing tax deductions
Earn 0.3 CEUs
Attend the seminar either on campus or online!

The annual tax seminar for clergy will be held on Monday, February 11, 2013. Students, pastors, and other church leaders are invited to attend this seminar. Participants may attend either in person at Bethany Theological Seminary or online.

The sessions will cover tax law for clergy, changes for 2012 (the most current tax year), and detailed assistance as to how to correctly file the various forms and schedules that pertain to clergy (including housing allowances, self-employment, W-2s clergy reductions, and so forth).

Greatly appreciated by Bethany Seminary students, this seminar is now open to clergy and others across the denomination. It is highly recommended for all pastors and other church leaders who wish to understand clergy taxes, including treasurers, steward commission chairs, and church board chairs.

Seminar Schedule: Monday, February 11, 2013
* Morning session: 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Eastern -- 0.3 CEUs available for live (in person or online) attendance
* (Lunch on your own)
* Afternoon session: 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Eastern

Sponsors: This event is sponsored by the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership, the Church of the Brethren Office of Ministry, and Bethany Seminary's Office of Electronic Communication.

Registration and Cost: Registration is $20 per person (generally nonrefundable to keep your fees and our overhead low). Registration fees for current Bethany, TRIM/EFSM/SeBAH, or Earlham School of Religion students are fully subsidized (free), although registration is still required to reserve your seat and so that we may prepare sufficient materials for your attendance. If you will be attending online, your registration will allow us to provide you with proper access to the online seminar; instructions and handouts will be sent a few days prior to the event. Registrations are not complete until payment is received. For space and quality reasons, registrations may be capped at twenty-five persons locally and eighty-five persons online. Prompt registration is advised!

Leadership: Rev. Deb Oskin, EA, NTPI Fellow, has been doing clergy tax returns since 1989, when her husband became pastor of a small Church of the Brethren congregation. She has learned the problems and pitfalls associated with the IRS's identification of clergy as "hybrid employees," both from a personal (pastor's wife) and professional (H&R Block agent) perspective. During her twelve years with H&R Block (2000-2011), she achieved their highest level of expertise certification (master tax adviser) and teaching certification (certified advanced instructor) and has earned the status of enrolled agent with the IRS (qualified to represent clients to the IRS). Deb was called by the Living Peace Church of the Brethren (Columbus, Ohio) to be their peace minister to the wider community in 2004 and served as Southern Ohio District's board chair from 2007-2011. She also works closely with several interfaith peace organizations in central Ohio and currently operates her own independent tax service specializing in clergy taxes.

Please join us for this informational and instructive seminar!

(If you have already registered and simply need to complete your payment,
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Clergy Tax Seminar 2013

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