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.
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, either the pastor or the volunteer may not be familiar with how to set-up and maintain an effective accounting system. So you end up with a poor church bookkeeping system.
Events Income We are currently trying to correct our chart of account. Our tithes & offerings are also non-profit revenue.
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.
Our passion is church bookkeeping! We really enjoy keeping books for small non-profits and churches. There are many mistakes in bookkeeping that could have been avoided if a bookkeeper had learned how to do it properly.
Do you want your youth director to be able add her expenses directly into your accounting software but not have access to her payroll information? FT Walton Church Bookkeeping LLC is here for you.
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.”
All organizations should follow generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), using an accrual basis to record income and expenses when they are earned and incurred. However, many churches use a cash basis—recording income and expenses when they are received and paid—or a combination of both approaches.
Common Church Budget Categories
Personnel (salaries, benefits, etc.)
Administration (operating expenses)
Facilities and Equipment (utilities, insurance on property, maintenance)
Outreach (missions, evangelism, social events, etc.)
In a non-profit organization, such as a church, the board is the bearer of this fiduciary responsibility and therefore should properly oversee all operations, including finances, to protect the members of the church.