The Risks of Renting Out Your Church Parsonage in California
Renting out your church parsonage can risk your property tax exemption and trigger UBIT. Here’s when that happens — and how to protect your exemption.
Tag Archives: Property tax
Qualified Commercial Tenants
California’s SB 1103 gives small nonprofit and business tenants new protections on rent increases, lease translation, and operating cost disclosures. Here’s what churches leasing commercial space need to know.
California California Proposition 19: Critical Property Tax Rules
California Proposition 19 lets seniors carry a low tax base to a new home, but sharply limits the parent-child inheritance exclusion and caps it at a set dollar amount. Here’s what families and property owners need to know.
Homeowner’s Exemption in California
The current 2026 California homestead exemption amounts, how automatic and declared protection differ, and why it isn’t the same as the homeowners’ tax exemption.
Property Tax Assessment Appeals
Think your property’s assessed value is too high? Property tax assessment appeals in California follow strict deadlines and evidence rules — miss either one and you lose the right to challenge the value entirely. Here’s how the process actually works.
Churches and For-Profit Tenants: How Leasing Affects Your Exemption
When a church leases space to a for-profit tenant, its property tax exemption is suddenly at risk. Here’s how California’s Church, Religious, and Welfare exemptions differ, and what leasing to the wrong tenant can cost your congregation.