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Churches are typically tax-exempt under IRS section 501(c)(3). http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/article/0,,id=96099,00.html In order to maintain this tax exempt status, the IRS has certain accounting and reporting rules: www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1771.pdfIRS Publication 1771, Charitable Contributions–Substantiation and Disclosure Requirements, explains the federal tax law for organizations such as charities and churches that receive tax-deductible charitable contributions and for taxpayers who make contributions.There are recordkeeping and substantiation rules imposed on donors of charitable contributions and disclosure rules imposed on charities that receive certain quid pro quo contributions.It is common for churches that fail to comply to lose their tax exempt status. In June of 2011, more than 3,000 Kansas non-profits lost their status due to failure to comply with IRS filing requirements. http://cjonline.com/news/2011-06-13/local-state-nonprofits-lose-tax-exempt-status#.Tp28Lr-Ch9kI was unable to find good information online about oversight of churches and their use of donations. Some churches apparently do not release any information on this to anyone. MinistryWatch.com http://ministrywatch.com/ reports on the statements made by various Christian churches regarding their finances, giving each church a letter grade.

The latest year for which the IRS has released figures is 2011. See SOI Tax Stats - Individual Income Tax Returns. The 2011 Preliminary Report shows that in 2011, approximately 145.6 million returns in the Form 1040 series were filed, of which 120.4 million were filed electronically. In 2010, 142.9 returns in the Form 1040 series were files, of which 101.7 million were filed electronically.

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