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When suggesting to the finance commitee that we begin seperatly depositing contribution income and other income I was shocked to hear that our bank only allows one deposit per day. Is this common? The alternative that was suggested was to give these income sources envelope numbers (such as Mr. Tape ...

Thank-you sooooooooooooooo much. I mean that from the bottom of my heart. I don't know where I would be with all of this with out this forum. As for version 9 my request has been unformally approved so now I'm just waiting for the final appoval and I will be one step further on my way :D I'm actuall...

Thank you for the tip. I checked it out and it sounds like it is much more user friendly. I have printed out the upgrade features listed on the site and will take it to the board for approval.
Thanks again!

I assume you mean under Transfers in the sample Chart of Accounts. The transfers accounts are set up like income accounts in that they have a normal credit balance. However, when you do a transfer from one fund to another you will debit the transfer account in the one fund and credit it in the othe...

sorry I forgot to mention I was using version 8 Sorry ... but its a good reason to upgrade to version 9, along with the other added benefits. Could you or anyone else for that matter please give me some examples of the added benefits of upgrading. Do others here agree it is worth the upgrade? I ask...

sorry I forgot to mention I was using version 8

In the sample chart of accounts under Income there is a level 2 catagory called "Transfer to other funds" I'm a bit confused. Why would this be considered income if it is being transered to another fund? My thinking would be that it would be classified as an expence in the fund it is coming out of a...

I touched on this subject in another post about a month ago but I'm about to take the plunge and really do this and I wan to get it right. As of now I am using the default chart of accounts and in my general fund I want to add a bit more detail to the salaries expense As it stand right now it looks ...

Thank you both so much. You just don't know how helpful you have been during this perpetually learning period!!!

And Matt thanks for the tip with the deposit entry I beieve that will be a much better way.

We have been using the contribution side for some years now but we are just now settting up the accounting side to begin using it. I have a question about the deposits transferring from the contribution side to the accounting side. 99% of our income comes from contributions but on occation there may...

I understand.
Thank-you

Thanks for your reply. Could you please give me some pointers as to how to be careful, as you suggest. What steps would I need to consider?

I'm not sure if I should post this in contributions or accounting so i'll try both. Can I add accounting info (credit & debit account 3's) to contribution funds mid year? We currently only use the contribution side of PowerChurch Plus 8 but we are working on incorporating the accounting side as well...

I'm not sure if I should post this in contributions or accounting so i'll try both. Can I add accounting info (credit & debit account 3's) to contribution funds mid year? We currently only use the contribution side of PowerChurch Plus 8 but we are working on incorporating the accounting side as well...

I am trying to sort out how to determine wether or not contribution will deductable for members so I will know how to input it. Periodically we have guest speakers. We have a line on our church contribution envelope that we use for other offerings such as this (this line just say "other" offering.) ...