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This is semi-kinda-but-not-really related to https://tech.lds.org/forum/showthread.p ... mbursement which is about how to actually reimburse for missionary housing. That part has been working well all year from the reimbursed expenses category, missionary housing subcategory, as stated in the wiki.
Where life gets interesting is that the person providing these services is now being told, by their accountant, that other clients of that accountant also get a receipt showing service in-kind. For example, the person providing housing gets a certain dollar amount per month for increased utilities and expenses which is the norm, but above that amount apparently the accountant says a receipt stating how much "service" was given beyond those increased expenses should be provided, basically for the foregone rent revenue. The member in this case resides in the home which also houses the missionaries so this is not a case of a separate dwelling. I have already called LUS and they do not know what I'm talking about, so I'm going where I should have gone first and asking my question:
Is there any policy or accepted practice stating that those providing "service" in the form of missionary housing should receive a receipt showing the amount of that service besides receive the monthly monetary checks for increased utilities and expenses? This, I am told by the person providing the housing, is supposed to be a form/receipt similar to what one would receive if donating a car or other asset to the Church.
My next step is to go and ask the accountant what this looks like and where it came from, and then ask the people providing those receipts where they found those forms and authorization to do as much, but if this is a standard practice of which I am simply not aware please share the knowledge.
Where life gets interesting is that the person providing these services is now being told, by their accountant, that other clients of that accountant also get a receipt showing service in-kind. For example, the person providing housing gets a certain dollar amount per month for increased utilities and expenses which is the norm, but above that amount apparently the accountant says a receipt stating how much "service" was given beyond those increased expenses should be provided, basically for the foregone rent revenue. The member in this case resides in the home which also houses the missionaries so this is not a case of a separate dwelling. I have already called LUS and they do not know what I'm talking about, so I'm going where I should have gone first and asking my question:
Is there any policy or accepted practice stating that those providing "service" in the form of missionary housing should receive a receipt showing the amount of that service besides receive the monthly monetary checks for increased utilities and expenses? This, I am told by the person providing the housing, is supposed to be a form/receipt similar to what one would receive if donating a car or other asset to the Church.
My next step is to go and ask the accountant what this looks like and where it came from, and then ask the people providing those receipts where they found those forms and authorization to do as much, but if this is a standard practice of which I am simply not aware please share the knowledge.
