Justice Department to Appeal Clergy Housing Allowance Ruling

Written by Don Byrd
Associated Baptist Press reports the Justice Department has filed a notice of appeal with the 7th Circuit to challenge last year’s trial court ruling that the tax code’s housing allowance for ministers unconstitutional.

District court rules against clergy tax break

By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press, with BJC Staff Reports
A federal judge said that an IRS rule allowing clergy to avoid paying taxes on a part of their income designated as a housing allowance violates the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state.

From the January 2014 Report from the Capital