Tithing from a corporation

[mmaasen]

Is it possible for a member to donate from a corporation instead of as an individual? I have a retired member couple who asked me this question. I'm assuming they want the tax advantage to go to their LLC instead of to them personally.

[eblood66]

Anybody can donate but if they want donation to be credited to the corporation they would need to give a check with a tithing slip (which lists the corporation as the donor) to the bishopric. Online donations will always be credited to the member associated with the Church Account. They also would not be able to see the donation history online.

[mmaasen]

As a Ward Clerk how do I add the Corporation as a Donor? As far as I can tell in MLS and online LCR it only lets me create a donor as a member or non member person.

[eblood66]

Use the non-member option and enter than name and address of the corporation. I don't have MLS in front of me and I don't remember if it has just a single name field or if it uses first and last names. If it uses first and last I'd put the corporation name in the last name field.

As a stake about the only 'donations' we get are from other units which we deposit using a non-member donor record. So donor records for organizations are not that uncommon.