Yes, we can meet regularly to discuss the reporting requirements. You can also access your online bookkeeping anytime you want to review the books and pull reports.
Our experienced not-for-profit tax advisers have many years of experience working with churches, synagogues, church schools and other faith-based organizations to help minimized their taxes and protect their tax exempt status.
Problem is, the Pastor and the volunteers may not know how to properly set up an accounting system. As a result, your church may have ineffective bookkeeping.
They don't prioritize hiring a "seasoned" bookkeeper. So either the Pastor does the bookkeeping, or he or she corrals a member with "financial", or "organizational" skills to turn it over.
Set up a church bookkeeping system that not only tracks expenses and income, but also tracks your assets and liabilities.
You must also be able see your bank balance in order to quickly determine how much is reserved or restricted and how much is still available to you to keep the lights on.
Many churches, nonprofits, and other organizations are struggling with limited resources. Nonprofits can save time, stress, valuable resources and money by outsourcing financial accounting. The time you spend on your books as the head for your nonprofit is time that could be spent expanding your donor base, helping those in crisis, and growing your donor list.
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.