Church & Nonprofit

The Arizona Constitution permits taxation of all real estate, improvements to real estate, and, for that matter, all personal property—with certain exemptions determined both within…

Conflicts of interest arise almost organically in the course of organizational operations. They’re quite normal, and are not, in and of themselves, illegal. But it…

It’s not uncommon for the board of a nonprofit to empower an executive committee to act on the board’s behalf during times when the board…

It is important for religious institutions to properly classify workers as either employees or independent contractor.  Classifying a worker as an employee triggers tax withholding,…

Members of religious congregations often rely on their clergypeople in times of uncertainty and distress, and the offering of penitence is even a core practice…

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the government from either the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise of religion. The…

The tension caused by the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution is fairly well known. This tension…