Payroll and HR Services Designed for Churches
Since 1994, AccuPay and our owner, a former CPA, have been working with churches and their pastors to ensure proper set up of clergy taxes, housing allowances and benefits for payroll. After seeing churches and pastors being treated incorrectly as “regular” businesses/employees by other payroll providers, ChurchPay Pros was established to ensure accurate payroll and tax treatment for churches so they could focus on ministry and not fixing payroll mistakes! Our client base includes churches of all sizes and denominations and all receive a 10% discount on payroll processing fees! Our team includes experts in payroll, HR, ACA, Quickbooks, timekeeping, and accounting who are ready to work with you to build a customized experience in our isolved PeopleCloud system.
In addition, every church will have direct access to a dedicated ChurchPay Pros specialist – no call centers or AI – but a real person who knows your account and unique payroll requirements.
Our team understands that while churches need the same dependable payroll processes and HR support as other employers, they also face rules that are unique to religious organizations and members of the clergy. Churches may employ ministers, administrative staff, childcare workers, musicians, maintenance employees and other workers—but the same payroll rules do not necessarily apply to everyone. Applying standard payroll rules to a church can result in incorrect tax withholding, inaccurate W-2’s and unexpected tax consequences for both the church and its ministers.
ChurchPay Pros helps churches properly manage important issues such as:
- Clergy dual tax status
- Ministerial wages and Form W-2 reporting
- Voluntary federal income-tax withholding for ministers
- SECA Allowances
- Housing-allowance designations and payroll reporting
- Taxable and nontaxable allowances
- Accountable reimbursement plans
- Employee and independent-contractor classification
- Year-end reporting for ministers and other church employees
In addition, ChurchPay Pros clients enjoy AccuPay’s personalized payroll and HR support and full-service payroll services including direct deposit; tax reporting, filing, and payment; new hire reporting; employee self-service; and custom reporting.
Depending on your church’s needs, AccuPay can also assist with:
- Time and attendance
- Employee onboarding
- Human Resources and Benefits Support
- Retirement-plan payroll integration
- Labor and payroll reporting
- Affordable Care Act Reporting
- General Ledger Mapping
Support for the Church and Its Ministers
Our role goes beyond producing paychecks. We help church leaders understand how payroll decisions affect the organization and its employees.
With ChurchPay Pros, your church receives knowledgeable assistance from a team that recognizes the difference between clergy and non-clergy compensation. We help establish payroll correctly, identify information that may require special handling and make complicated rules easier for church leaders to understand.
ChurchPay Pros churches and their pastors receive free consultation with our experts to help establish housing allowances according to IRS rules as well as estimating voluntary federal withholding to avoid tax time surprises!
Helpful Church Payroll Resources
ChurchPay Pros also provides practical tools to help churches document important compensation decisions, including:
- Minister’s Housing Allowance Kit
- Minister’s Housing Allowance FAQ’s
- SE Opt Out Information
Peace of Mind to Focus on What Really Matters
Your church has a mission to fulfill. Partnering with AccuPay provides you with peace of mind that your payroll and HR needs are in the capable hands of experts allowing you to focus on what really matters.
When a question arises, you will have a dedicated Payroll Specialist you can call directly – someone who is familiar not only with church payroll, but YOUR church’s payroll!
Contact us today and let ChurchPay Pros provide the specialized payroll knowledge, responsive service and dependable support your church and ministerial staff deserves.