Ep 04 ~ Church Internal Controls: Trust but Verify your finance individuals

In today’s episode we will be talking about Internal Controls and specifically about choosing the right staff and/or volunteers who will have financial responsibilities. And also about choosing the right firm to outsource your church bookkeeping/payroll services to.

1. Background check for ALL finance related staff and volunteer positions.
2. Qualified and capable of becoming qualified.

Resources mentioned to help with educating financial staff and volunteers:

www.ChurchLawandTax.com is the ultimate online resource.

www.freechurchaccounting.com is another great online resource.

www.quickbooksmadeeasy.com offers great courses for Houses of Worship if you use QuickBooks software.

 

Questions to ask potential outsourced bookkeeping and payroll firms:

1. What % of their clients are churches?
2. How long have you worked in the industry?
3. What type of credentials do you have?
4. Do you understand clergy payroll and housing allowance?
5. Any other questions you want to ask

 

Want to connect with me? See my contact information below:

Learn:

www.churchfinances.org

Connect:

info@churchfinances.org

Want to Work with me?

www.hallmarktax.com

 

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