Origin: Massachusetts conforms to the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") provision allowing ministers to exclude from gross income a housing allowance or the rental value of a parsonage furnished as part of their compensation. As defined in IRS pronouncements and federal case law, the term minister includes people holding various titles in a variety of religious organizations.
Origin: M.G.L. c. 62, §§ 1(c), 1(d), and § 2(a); Code § 107
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Exemption of Rental Value of Parsonages
Massachusetts conforms to the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") provision allowing ministers to exclude from gross income a housing allowance or the rental value of a parsonage furnished as part of their compensation. As defined in IRS pronouncements and federal case law, the term minister includes people holding various titles in a variety of religious organizations.
M.G.L. c. 62, §§ <a href="https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter62/Section1" target="_blank">1(c), 1(d)</a>, and § <a href="https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter62/Section2" target="_blank">2(a)</a>; <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/107" target="_blank">Code § 107</a>
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