Pastor Planes Archives - MinistryWatch
The IRS’s recent tax changes impact personal flights on aircraft owned by churches and ministries, including those of televangelists
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued an updated bulletin governing “fringe benefits” under the income tax code, which values non-commercial flights on employer-owned aircraft.
MinistryWatch and Trinity Foundation Release “Pastors and Planes” Data for March
March was a busy month for pastors and their planes. Pastors and ministry leaders made 371.5 flights, significantly exceeding February’s total of 323.5 flights.
February is the shortest month of the year, but pastors and ministry leaders still managed to get in 323.5 flights during the month – down from January’s total of 387 flights.
The following 10 stories received the most page views during the month of July. The first few sentences of each story is reprinted below.
Televangelists’ astronomical travel expenses are receiving a fresh dose of scrutiny through Pastor Planes, a new aircraft-tracking project from the Trinity Foundation.
