Atlanta Church Bookkeeping LLC will help to protect your church and prevent fraud. Many stories have been reported about misappropriation of funds from charities and other non-501c3 groups. To protect your organization, we'll keep an eye on it.
Atlanta Church Bookkeeping LLC serves as a resource for clients to help analyze the complexity of clergy tax law, church payroll & HR issues. Our professionals are committed to helping clients stay informed about tax news, developments and trends in various specialty areas.
While you focus on getting to know your community and growing your organization, we'll work to make the accounting function easy and ensure that your financial records are maintained correctly and accurately.
Security Procedures I am the Bookkeeper. I enter the accounting data, write checks and reconcile monthly bank statements for a thrift store in a church that is a start up. ...
For a long time, church bookkeepers were confused with accountants. However, they have very different responsibilities. The church's financial records, including income and expense records, are maintained by bookkeepers. They keep track of all transactions and the amounts. They are also responsible for keeping track of all accounts. Accounting professionals, on the other side, do all the work of bookkeepers but also offer auditing, tax planning and financial planning, payroll processing and consulting services.
Congregations sometimes find themselves in a bind when it comes to bookkeeping. Atlanta Church Bookkeeping LLC's bookkeeping services are designed to save you time and money.
Your church's leadership and administrative team will be able focus on the mission of the church, not its bookkeeping.
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.