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If you have a properly designated housing allowance from your church, you can use up to the total of all your housing costs. You don't have to pro-rate it. But if you don't have a properly designated housing allowance (by the board, in advance and in writing) then you can't exclude your housing costs at all.
You may want to read this http://www.ecfa.org/PDF/2016-Preparing-Tax-Returns-For-Clergy.pdf
If you have a properly designated housing allowance from your church, you can use up to the total of all your housing costs. You don't have to pro-rate it. But if you don't have a properly designated housing allowance (by the board, in advance and in writing) then you can't exclude your housing costs at all.
You may want to read this http://www.ecfa.org/PDF/2016-Preparing-Tax-Returns-For-Clergy.pdf
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