Church Benefits Board partners with the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) to share these free downloadable tax guides to assist ministers and churches with taxes.
ECFA 2026 Minister’s Tax and Financial Guide
For years, ministers have trusted the Minister’s Tax & Financial Guide to save them time and money. This easy-to-understand workbook simplifies the tax code and offers dozens of tips to reduce your tax bill. For 2026, the guide includes a line-by-line explanation of the Form 1040 as well as information on recent changes in the tax code. The guide also explains the easy steps you can take now to minimize next year’s tax bill.
This publication is also useful to church treasurers and business administrators and to tax preparers who assist ministers.
ECFA 2026 Church and Nonprofit Tax and Financial Guide
This guide continues to be one of the few resources offering tax and financial guidance to churches and nonprofit organizations. Issues of financial accountability, receiving and maintaining tax-exempt status, accounting for charitable gifts, and other crucial topics receive careful and full discussion. The 2026 edition also contains a thorough description of tax laws affecting churches and other nonprofit organizations to aid in compliance with regulations. The book includes legislative updates, expert advice on handling charitable gifts, sample policies and procedures, easy techniques for simplifying financial policies and procedures, insights on expense reimbursements, key steps in sound compensation planning, and examples of required IRS filings.