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  • CreativePastors is where you'll find Ed Young resources. Ed is the founding and senior pastor of Fellowship Church, with four locations in the Dallas area and one in Miami, Florida.

    Doing church should be an adventure—tossing aside the tame and tired to pursue God-sized dreams with boldness and creativity. We want to supply you with the best of what we've learned and created in our 17 years of ministry. Think of us as part of your creative team.

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Attention all Texas Customers!

September 28, 2010

If you are a qualifying organization and wish to receive tax exemption, we will need you to scan and upload a copy of your tax exempt certificate during the checkout process when you place an order. We also need you to enter your eleven digit Texas State Sales Tax Exempt I.D. number. Once you have uploaded your certificate and provided the valid I.D. number, this will immediately start the approval process and will not delay checkout or shipping. However, your order will not ship if your exempt status is not valid. 

If you do not know your eleven digit tax I.D. number, it should be available through the following link provided by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts:  http://aixtcp.cpa.state.tx.us/exemptorgs/address.php?tp_id=

While churches are not automatically sales tax exempt (according to the State Comptroller’s office, only government agencies are tax exempt by statute), most churches are eligible for exemption but must apply to the Comptroller.

In 2000, when their web site was set up, the State Comptroller's Office required all Tax Exempt Organizations to submit proper documentation to the State Comptroller’s Office. We have discovered that many churches did not, and therefore are not reflecting the proper tax exempt status in their records. This is a very simple issue to clear up. Please contact the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts via email at tax.help@cpa.state.tx.us or call them at 1-800-252-5555 (463-4600 in Austin). Additional information about applying for sales tax exempt status can be found at http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/exempt/

December already?

December 02, 2009

Deskcalendar-crop I don't know about you, but it is hard to fathom that it is December already. This year has really gone by fast. When I walked into the office this morning, the first thing I saw was the beautiful tree one of our devoted team members put up on her own time. I stopped to enjoy it for about 30 seconds before launching into a mind frenzy about all that has to be done before Christmas. 

If you are of the same mind-set, we have some resources that could prove to be useful.