Our clients benefit from our in-depth knowledge of the unique challenges faced by religious organizations. Each year, we spend hours researching the latest tax laws and regulations that will impact our non-profit clients, including churches, synagogues and mosques, church schools and church daycares, and other religious-based organisations.
But you don't wish the youth director access to your payroll information. Atlanta Church Bookkeeping LLC will take care of all your needs.
Use our church bookkeeping solutions to ensure financial records and policies are properly set up. Additionally, you probably have a small staff so outsourcing your bookkeeping can help you focus on growing your church and not getting behind.
Even if a member of your congregation is a nonprofit accountant or bookkeeper, engaging a specialist to help with your church’s bookkeeping will likely be a sizable investment. We encourage you to make this investment a priority. Doing so can benefit your church in three ways:
Atlanta Church Bookkeeping LLC can help prevent fraud and lower other financial risks that can potentially impact your nonprofit or church. The news is filled with stories of misused funds from charities and other 501c3 groups. We will keep a keen set of eyes on your books to help protect your organization.
If you're unsure whether to label a worker an employee or an independent contractor, then go ahead and assign and pay your worker an employee classification!
You also need to be able to look at that bank balance and know at a glance how much of it is designated or restricted funds and how much is left to keep the lights on.
Churches call the traditional balance sheet a statement of financial position. It uses the accounting equation “Assets = Liabilities + Equity” to show a snapshot of your organization's financial health. It also shows the current balance of each of your funds if you've been implementing fund accounting for your church.
Churches And Transparency
The standards of the Evangelical Council on Financial Accountability require that member organizations provide audited financial statements on request.
Churches and religious nonprofits must maintain highly accurate accounting and bookkeeping records in order to maintain their nonprofit status, budget accurately, and provide reporting to government entities and their parishoners or members.