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DESCRIPTION:Make your non-profit the best it can be!\n\nDo we have a deficit problem, a 
 cash flow problem, neither, or both? Unless the bookkeeping system can 
 produce reliable data, it is impossible for the readers of financial 
 statements to answer this important fiscal management question. The goal of 
 good bookkeeping is to provide that reliable data. This workshop is to help 
 bookkeepers and their “friends” clear up matters that have created 
 problems in providing accurate data in the past or seem to be unsolvable 
 system control issues. We will also spend some time discussing software 
 decisions and other important issues that involved bookkeepers and the 
 accounting system. Topics include:\n\nHow does our size impact how our 
 books need to be kept?\nWhat is accrual basis and do we need to be using 
 it?\nWho should keep the books and have access to them?\nShould we hire an 
 outside bookkeeping or payroll service?\nWhat accounting software should we 
 use?\nHow the books are kept: A little about debits and credits.\nHow do 
 you create and update the chart of accounts?\nHow do you separate duties in 
 a small organization?\nWhy is communication so important between 
 bookkeepers and executive directors and how do you do it well?\nWhat will 
 the auditor will look at and want to know?\nHow do you back up, set 
 passwords and maintain other software controls?\nWhat are cost centers and 
 how does Quickbooks create them?\nHow should you record and account for 
 donor-restricted and board-restricted money?\nWhat is a joint cost and how 
 is it allocated?\nWhat is indirect cost/overhead and where is it in the 
 books?\nHow do you record in-kind contributions?\nHow do you record 
 depreciation and track fixed assets?\nHow does the statement of financial 
 position (balance sheet) impact the statement of activities (income 
 statement)?\nHow should the reduction of long-term debt be recorded?\nWhat 
 is the difference between contractors and employees?\nHow should payroll be 
 recorded in the books?\nHow does UBI impact the accounting system?\nWhat 
 are lobbying rules and how do they impact on the accounting system?\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/10/18587506.php
SUMMARY:Non-profit Bookeeping Issues: Systems, Software and Special Problems
LOCATION:These workshops will be four blocks from the North Berkeley BART at 1316 
 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA  94702.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/10/18587506.php
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