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Clergy Tax 2001

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I have had my taxes done by a CPA for the last few years and she just retired. I've had a tough time finding someone else who could do minister's taxes so I decided to try it myself by buying two books; this one, and Zondervan's "Minister's Taxes & Financial Guide."

"Clergy Tax" is far superior in my opinion because it really does literally walk you through step-by-step on the all tax forms in a very simple yet thorough way.

Zondervan's book, on the other hand, is why I never did my taxes before -- it gives you theory, and answers some questions in the "Dummies" style, but doesn't ever touch down in the nitty-gritty world of tax forms and what goes where on which form.

my husband and i are a clergy couple. the first year of our ordination we hired a professional cpa to file our taxes. after coming across this book in the bookstore, we purchased it, studied it, and soon we were answering the accountant's questions about clergy salaries and taxes. j david epstein has made it so simple to understand our tax return. the work sheets are easy to use and the instructions simple to follow. every question we have had, we have easily found the answer in this book. if you can balance your checkbook, you can fill out your tax return with this book!