The House Ways & Means Committee unanimously advanced bipartisan legislation to allow pastors who previously elected an exemption from the Social Security system a time-limited opportunity to opt back in.

The IRS announced tax year 2025 penalty relief for employers who are now required to report overtime pay and tips amounts separately on W-2 and 1099 forms.

First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, an ECFA member, is seeking federal relief from a state subpoena that “chills First Choice’s associational and speech rights, causing its donors to think twice before supporting the faith-based nonprofit.”

A federal appeals court ruled for World Vision on constitutional grounds in a religious hiring case. Left unaddressed was ECFA’s argument in the ministry’s favor using a straightforward reading of civil rights law.  

A White House executive order is a taking aim at discriminatory debanking. A recent ECFA webinar explored the seriousness of this problem and practical steps churches and ministries can take to reduce the risk of becoming victims.

Managing the complexities of nonprofit accounting and financial reporting while upholding biblical standards of stewardship and transparency can be a significant challenge. The new Accounting and Financial Reporting Guide for Churches and Ministries is a vital resource designed to help you meet these unique challenges. 

The IRS told a federal court that houses of worship do not run afoul of the Johnson Amendment when discussing electoral politics through their usual religious service communications channels.

ECFA welcomes two major improvements to the recently enacted “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” – an enhanced charitable deduction for non-itemizing taxpayers and the deletion of the infamous “nonprofit parking tax.”

The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) sent a letter this week to Capitol Hill signed by more than 650 leaders in faith-based organizations. The group urged U.S. Senate leaders to ensure the elimination of the failed “nonprofit parking tax” from any tax legislation that advances in their chamber.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Wisconsin’s denial of a tax exemption for Catholic Charities was “textbook” discrimination that violated the First Amendment. The state had contended Catholic Charities did not prioritize “typical” religious activities, and ECFA had submitted a brief warning against the constitutional dangers of such subjective state religiosity tests.