W-2 Pastor

by Faye
(Georgia)

I live in Georgia and was told by a person that does church payroll, that if a pastor has a housing allowance that a W-2 is not necessary but to write a statement with the pastors salary amount and housing allowance. Is this common? Also, the pastors HA is only a little less than the pastor's salary.

Thanks for the input,
Faye, GA