1. To enter your housing allowance you have to answer all of the questions with the w2. Follow these steps:
- Return to the W-2, edit
- Continue
- Marking the w2 as religious employment
- continue
- select Clergy on the next screen
- continue
- Enter parsonage or housing allowances and expenses
- continue
- Screen Now tell us about your clergy self-employment taxes, select the correct answer
- continue
Once you have fully finished entering the w2 information above, the correct forms will be created for you to finish your return.
2. Mileage related to church trash, plumbing, etc are all due to the management position at the church. You may be able to get reimbursed by the church or be able to delegate those duties to someone else. Those are job related expenses and not deductible at the federal level.
3. Driving to work is not a deduction. Live streaming is not related to driving.
Be sure to select the clergy option when entering the W2 and TurboTax will do all the calculations.
- Click here for clergy income and expense information.
- Click here for clergy information from the IRS.
You fall under the clergy rules.
- The salary from the W2 is reported on the form 1040.
- Money received from weddings, offerings, special events outside their church would be reported on Schedule C for self employment.
- Housing allowance is not reported as income for personal income tax but is included for self employment tax.
- Expenses related to the salary are deducted as miscellaneous job related expenses on itemized deductions - not between 2018-2025 for the federal, they may be allowed on your state.
- Expenses relating to other income reported on Schedule C would be entered on that schedule.
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