Youâd be forgiven for thinking that 350 on the dial means 350 in the oven. Youâd be wrong, though. When you set an oven to 350 degrees, there isnât a single spot inside of it that stays at 350 degrees for the duration of a bake session.
Employees of foreign governments are generally exempt from paying Social Security taxes on income paid to them as a result of their official responsibilities. As long as the foreign government employee is working in an official capacity on official business related to his employment, he does not have to pay Social Security on his pay.
The IRS does not require churches to pay a Social Security Allowance to its minister staff and provides no guidance on how to structure it. We suggest that the amount be set at whatever the church would be paying in âEmployer Social Security and Medicare Taxesâ to a non-pastor staff member with that same level of pay. This would be paid to all ministers regardless of whether the minister has opted out of Social Security, as explained below. For non-pastors this comes in the form of the government-required employer contribution to Social Security and Medicare.