The other day I had a church call me up asking about how the pastor should be submitting mileage for reimbursement. That got me thinking…why have I not shared my mileage log and expense voucher templates? Well, here they are as well as my thoughts on documenting expenses.
A difficult decision churches face is where to invest their money. Do they invest it in their local bank and deal with a crappy CD rate, or do they invest in the Foundation and risk being seen as anti-community? Not an easy decision.
For pastors that have federal student loans, they may now be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. This is new as of July 1st. Here’s what I’ve learned.
A few weeks ago, I posted about the fixed costs of disaffiliating. There was some good discussion since then that has made me think of all the other costs, as well as benefits, of disaffiliating to a new denomination. Here are my thoughts.
With the monthly Advance Child Tax Credit Payments, how do you opt out if you already adjusted your withholdings? Well…I couldn’t figure that out so you get to hear the story of my struggle.
Last night Sheri and I held a webinar on QuickBooks and your church. We went over why churches should consider QuickBooks, where to get it cheap, and how to set it up for a church. We also went over how to use it to manage donations and use it’s budget tool. We had great participation that really added to it.
One of the trickiest parts of QuickBooks is tracking donor-restricted gifts. I give you the standard GAAP answer, but I also give you an alternative method which I plan on using with my clients.
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