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An area of high risk for churches is the lack of internal controls. External auditors can reconcile bank accounts and track deposits and check them. This increases the safety of your congregation's finances.
A Certified Public Accountant with experience in religious and faith-based organizations is more important than ever.
Your church has an important mission. Bookkeeping should not be a hindrance to that mission. The best church accounting software allows you to quickly and accurately complete your church bookkeeping, so that you and the administrative staff can return to what matters most.
An area of high risk for churches is the lack of internal controls. External auditors can reconcile bank accounts and track deposits and check them. This increases the safety of your congregation's finances.
Listening is key to a long-lasting client relationship built on trust, respect and cooperation. We want to be able to offer financial guidance, advice and leadership that will help you grow your religious organisation and make it more successful.
Atlanta Church Bookkeeping LLC offers clients the ability to analyze complex clergy tax laws, church payroll, and other HR issues. Our specialists will help clients keep up to date with tax news, developments, trends and other specialties.
Many nonprofits and churches are getting by with limited resources. Outsourcing your financials saves nonprofits significant time, stress, and valuable resources. As the head of your nonprofit, time spent working on the books is time that could be better spent growing your donor base, expanding your organization, and helping those in need.
Our clients receive a deep understanding of the unique challenges that religious organizations face today. We invest many hours each year learning about the current tax laws and new regulations that will affect non-profit clients such as churches, synagogues or mosques, school for religious studies, daycares for children, and other religious-based groups.
Diocesan Canons state that treasurers and other officers of a church parish, mission or other institution be “bonded” according to Episcopal Church Canons. Episcopal Church Canons require that treasurers be “adequately bonded.”
seven years
Financial Records are traditionally kept for seven years. This relates to the laws of tax audits and the number of years back the IRS is allowed to look when determining an organization's tax liability.
The IRS may begin a church tax inquiry only if an appropriate high-level Treasury official reasonably believes, based on a written statement of the facts and circumstances, that the organization: (a) may not qualify for the exemption; or (b) may not be paying tax on unrelated business or other taxable activity.