Register now to attend the Financial Planning Seminar on Friday, October 8th at the new Conference building in Garner.  This event is open to all clergy who are more than 10 years away from retirement.  For more details and to register see the Pension Page.

The 2011 apportionment reports have been printed and were mailed from the Conference Treasurer’s Office today, July 16, 2010. These were sent to the pastor’s preferred mailing address. Keep an eye out for these envelopes next week, and let our office know if you do not receive your packet within a week or two. Please take the [...]

Pledge forms relating to the Central Conference Pension Initiative (CCPI) have been added to our Downloads page. The CCPI Commitment Form is for pastors wishing to make a pledge to the fund-raising efforts. Pastors can turn these forms into their District Office, or mail them directly to the Treasurer’s Office. Payments on pledges should be [...]

Serving as a financial officer or in a financially related position within a local church requires that we serve with fiduciary responsibility over the financial matters of the church. This fiduciary responsibility means that we stand in service to perform our duties with the trust and confidence that we act for the benefit of [...]

Questions have been posed frequently from certified public accountants in North Carolina who have been asked by local churches to assist with annual audits or evaluations on church financial records and internal control policies. Since evaluations done according to the procedures in the Local Church Audit Guide are not in accordance with generally accepted [...]

The 2010 remittance reports are now available on the District Remittances page of the Treasurer’s Office website. Churches can also view their individual statements by logging on to the Online Data Collection System and clicking on the Statements menu. These reports will be updated weekly throughout the year.

People who give to charities providing earthquake relief in Haiti can claim these donations on the tax return they are completing this season, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Taxpayers who itemize deductions on their 2009 return qualify for this special tax relief provision, enacted Jan. 22. Only cash contributions made to these charities after [...]

A video of the Local Church Treasurer and Finance Committee training event that was held on December 5, 2009 is available on the Conference website in the Video Room. The handouts to follow the presentation are available in the Training Materials section of the Treasurer’s Office website. The training event covered fraud survey [...]

Local churches and pastors are reminded that clergy compensation should be reported by the local church to the pastor on a W-2 form on or before January 31. In general, non-employees providing miscellaneous services to the church should receive a 1099-MISC reporting payments if payments are equal to or exceed $600 for 2009 by [...]

Local church pastors and trustees are reminded to consider Worker’s Compensation coverage as local church property and liability insurance needs are evaluated. Churches are required by NC law to have coverage if there are three or more regular employees (full or part-time). The NC Conference recommends coverage for all churches regardless of the [...]

Effective January 1, 2010, the business mileage rate will be reduced to 50 cents per mile. The new rate for computing deductible medical or moving expenses will be reduced to 16.5 cents per mile. The rate for providing services for charitable organizations is set by statute, not the IRS, and remains at 14 cents per [...]

Effective January 1, 2010, all congregations with pastors living in church-owned parsonages are asked to begin paying utilities for the parsonage directly to the utility company instead of through cash allowances to the pastor.  Guidance on the details of doing this, including who this applies to, amounts, utility categories, etc., can be found on the [...]