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The top 5 most requested features in Financials Release 9.4 follows: New option in Accounts Payable to print checks in the order that invoices are entered Accounts payable and Payroll has a new workflow to keep users from forgetting to Read More
This just in from ECFA, Religion News Service, Baptist Press, and other sources. The U. S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously reversed a 2007 lower court’s ruling that clergy housing allowance is unconstitutional. This is excellent news for Read More
The IRS has released Form W-4 2020 which went into effect January 1, 2020. The new form must be used by those employees hired on and after January 1, 2020. Existing employees are not required to fill out the new Read More
The largest challenge in setting up the Statement of Functional Expense report just might be coming up with a good natural classifications list. I consulted with several accountants, auditors, and accounting firms asking what they might be advising their church Read More
Shelby Financials Release 9.2 adds the Statement of Functional Expense report to the list of General Ledger reports. If you are not familiar with this report, then you should take a few minutes to watch the 2018 GAAP Reporting Standards Read More
I suspect that most readers of this blog already know that tax-free income is rare. And, a tax court in Minnesota has ruled that love offerings to pastors must be treated as taxable income. Check the ECFA post for all Read More
In this 43 minute webinar, Rodney Smith, an auditor with PSK, covers new reporting standards for churches and other nonprofits. Alfred Johnson, Shelby Financials Product Owner, provides a quick look at the new Statement of Functional Expense Report. The new Read More
New General Ledger report for Release 9.2.Here is a quick snapshot of one report view. I plan to post a set of instructions for setting up and using this new report in a future post. Questions? Leave a comment.
The European Union, as well as other governing authorities, have laws that are designed to protect an individual’s personally identifiable information (PII). In Shelby Financials’ database, vendor, customer, volunteer, and employee records all contain personally identifiable information and in certain Read More
The Financials Release 9.2, which is scheduled for the last week of November, will contain over 20 year-end tax updates. At the state level, Oregon added a new Transit tax starting July 1 and now the state legislature has decided it should Read More