Tax statements

Scout generates IRS-compliant year-end giving statements for every giver in your church. You don't have to assemble them.

Generate statements

In January, go to Giving → Statements → Generate. Pick the year, confirm the church's legal name and address, and click Generate. Scout creates a statement per giver as a PDF.

The statements include every gift logged that year — Stripe-processed and offline both — and use IRS-compliant language including the "no goods or services were received in exchange" clause.

Send statements

You have three options:

• Email — Scout emails each giver their PDF directly. The fastest path. Givers without an email on file are skipped and surfaced in a list.
• Download all — get a zip of every PDF to mail or hand out at church.
• Download one — for the giver who calls and asks.

Most churches mix: email everyone with an email, then print the rest.

Re-issue a statement

If a giver lost their copy, go to their profile, click Giving → Statements, and re-send. The statement regenerates from current data, so if you logged a gift after the original send, it'll be included.

What's not included

Pledges, designated funds the giver didn't actually give to, and any gift logged with Tax-deductible: No. (You can mark a gift non-deductible from the gift detail screen — useful for raffles, dinners, and merch sales.)