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Clergy Compensation Report with a Parsonage
Northern Illinois Annual Conference Clergy Compensation Report for Clergy Provided a parsonage. Please complete this form for each clergy person under episcopal appointment.Please round up to the nearest dollar. NO decimals or lettersor symbols.

Download the clergy compensation explanation sheet.

*indicates a required field (if this field is not filled in, an error message will appear after hitting submit and required fields will appear in red)

District *

Church *

Email of person filling out form *

Clergy Person *

Effective Compensation Beginning Date *

Clergy Compensation

This section determines:

1. Total cash to be paid to clergy

2. Taxable and non-taxable elements of total cash.

3. Compensation used by Wespath to determine the benefit amount and cost of annual and monthly contributions to the Clergy Retirement Security Program Plan (CRSP) and Comprehensive Protection Plan (CPP).

4. Cash amount for payroll

1. Annual Base Cash Salary includes housing exclusion + deductions to UMPIP, FSA or HSA * *

2. Housing Exclusion: IRC Code 107 (Amount included in base cash salary identified as housing expense and not taxable to clergy. Clergy are responsible for reporting these non-taxable expenditures.) *

3. Accountable Reimbursement (Cash provided by church and accounted for by clergy for ministerial expenses such as travel, books, and continuing education. Accountable reimbursement money is not taxable to clergy) *

4. Other Cash: Dues, Additional Benefits, etc (Cash provided that is taxable to clergy.) *

5. Other Cash (Medical Allowance if medical insurance is not provided by the Conference)

6. Other Cash: SECA (Self-employment, Social Security, and Medicare tax.) Clergy are responsible to pay 15.3% of their compensation including parsonage or housing allowance. Sometimes, churches choose to pay one-half of that amount.) *

7. Other Cash Total *

8. Parsonage = Base Salary (1) + Other Cash (4) + Other Cash (6) x .25 Does not include cash for medical individual insurance (5) *

9. Personal Deductions, if any to UMPIP, FSA, HSA (This can be provided at a later date if the pastor has not made a decision concerning deferrals.) *

Taxable/Nontaxable Compensation

10. Clergy Taxable Compensation *

11. Clergy Non-Taxable Compensation *

12. Total Clergy Compensation *

13. Total cash payroll to clergy (Does not include amount allocated to accountable reimbursements) *

Wespath Compensation and Contributions

Total Compensation (12) - Reimbursement (3) - Medical Cash (5)

Refer to eligibility requirements

14a. Is this person eligible for pension and CPP? (If no, disregard Wespath Compensation and Contributions) *

14. Wespath Compensation *

CRSP Contribution (13% of Wespath Compensation) *

CRSP Contribution Monthly

CPP Contribution: 3% of Wespath Compensation *

CPP Contribution Monthly *

Signatures

This form is required to have at least three complete signatures. To secure all signatures, please select Save and Continue Later. You will be given a link to share with the other personnel needing to sign. The last person signing this form can then hit submit. The Staff Parish Relations Committee (SPRC) Chair should attempt to have all church signatures prior to or at the time of Charge Conference.
* If needed signatures can be added to a completed printed form.

E Signature of Clergy *

E Signature of District Superintendent *

E Signature of Staff Parish Relations Committee (SPRC) Chair *

Please remember to select 'Print' at the top of the form before submitting to retain for your records.

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Clergy Compensation

Taxable/Nontaxable Compensation

Wespath Compensation and Contributions

Signatures

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