Shepherd's Wallet · Clergy Payroll Inspection
Is your pastor's pay up to code?
Eight questions. About five minutes. A plain-language report on where your church's clergy payroll may not match the rules.
Clergy pay follows rules that apply to almost no other employee in your building. Experienced bookkeepers are rarely taught them, because they come up so seldom. Nothing here implies anyone was careless — these are among the most commonly missed details in church administration, and most churches find at least one.
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Inspection report
Items flagged
Items that look right
What happens next
A closer look at what this inspection surfaced
The Church Payroll Health Check is a full review of how your church pays its pastoral staff — payroll treatment, housing allowance designation and documentation, W-2 structure, and reimbursement handling — with a written report your board can act on and a call to walk through it.