Alpha topical list - 2007 forward

                        TO: Interested Onliners and Ministries                                                                                      FROM: Jim Bramer, Retired CPA-Auditor
                                                                                                                                                                                     FILE: jrnl/recent.html

                        RE: Alpha Index of recent JIMs JRNL topics                                                                         Originated in April 2007

  The contents of this file was last updated on:   January 01, 2009

- A -

Accounting Systems & Essentials-Fundamentals --
Accounting Systems - Internet Friendly
Affiliated type of Membership at ECFA
Assistance - Remote - for Small Ministries
Assurors - Not Auditors per se --
Adult Groups (Church) and their Finances
Alternative to the usual Bank or Plastic Acctg Process -
A.L.I.C.E. -- Honor and Respect
Auditor - External and Internal
Auto (Vehicle) expenses at a Ministry

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Bank - Pooling of Bank Accounts
Bank or Plastic Acctg Process - Alternative to the usual
Bookkeeper -Money Record Keeper- "No" Onliner "Yes"
Bookkeeper - Replace one who is retiring
Board and Committee Meetings - be productive
Budget, Annual "Ten + Two" Method
Business Administration Tasks dialog

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- C -

Cash (Green Stuff and Coins) Handling - Non Donations Receipts
Check Signing at a Ministry
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at a Ministry and Fellow CPA
Computerized Finance Matters at a Mission Agency
Contemporary Boards and Committees
Chairperson -- Suggestions to Meetings,
Committee and Board Meetings - be productive
Church Adult Groups and their Finances
Church - Most Important Financial Issues at a
Church - help as to "Righteous Personal Finance" via the Local Church
Constituent/Donor Info in more than one Place
Credit Card Purchases at a Ministry
Credit Card Protocol at a Church
Credit Card - re Personal Finance --- Goofed and did not pay off Credit Card Balance

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  D -

Dates and Accounting Transactions
Designated Donations - for General Fund
Dollar (Whole) Bookkeeping
Donation via the Stock Market
Donor/Constituent Info in more than one Place
Double Tax Benefit N0n-Cash Donations -

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- E -

ECFA - And Small Ministries
ECFA and their new "Affiliated" type of Membership
Email Protocol
Email Management via Pastor X
Embezzlement - Recommendations to a Church
Exam "Phiscal" - Annually
Exams Self
External Auditor - and Internal

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- F -

Fellow CPA who is Ministry CFO
Financial Vital Signs at a Ministry
Financial Issues - Most Important at a Church
Financial records -- how long to keep
Finance Applications - Online Ministry
Finance - Personal Issues
Finance Policies at a Church
Finance Reporting Issues
FINFAX Accounting System
Fiscal Fuel Matters

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- G -

General Fund and Designated Donations
General Fund - Operating at a Loss

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- H -

His and Her Monies

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- I -

Internal Auditor - and External
Internet FINFAX Accounting System
Internet Friendly Accounting Systems
Internet and Online Ministry Finance issues - entire JIMs JRNL edition
IRS - Internal Revenue Service and Tax Exempt Ministries

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- K -

          Keeping Financial records -- how long to keep

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- L -

Lists To Do - Mgt of
Loss - General Fund - Operating at a Loss

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- M -

Method of Annual Budget -- "Ten + Two" Method
Meetings -- Suggestions to Chairperson,
Meetings - Board and Committee - be productive
Metric Measurements at a Church
Ministries - not Payors in charge of Receipt timing
Ministry Finance Tasks - Coverage of
Ministry Finance Unique Accounting Issues
Mission Agency - Computerized Finance Matters
Mission Trips via a Church - QuickBooks (QBs) Accounting System/Issues
Money - "why" spent, not "how"
Most Important Financial Issues - MIFI;
Most Important Financial Issues - MIFI -- Again;
Most Important Financial Issues at a Church

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- N -

Non-Cash Donations - Double Tax Benefit
Non-Cash Donations via the Stock Market
Non Donations Receipts for Cash (Green Stuff and Coins) Handling -

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- O -

Online Ministry Finance Applications
Online and Internet Ministry Finance issues - entire JIMs JRNL edition
Onliner "Yes" - Money Record Keeper-Bookkeeper "No"

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- P -

Pastor X and his Email Management
Personal Finance Issues
Personal Finance --- Goofed and did not pay off Credit Card Balance
Personal Finance (Righteous) - Help via the Local Church
"Phiscal" Exam - Annually
Plastic (Credit Card) Purchases at a Ministry
Plastic and Bank Acctg Process - Alternative to the usual
Policies, Church Finance
Pooling of Bank Accounts
Pray Daily for your Ministry Finance Team members

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- Q -

QuickBooks Online Edition-QBOE
QuickBooks (QBs) as referenced within JIMs JRNL editions before August 2007
QuickBooks (QBs) - Accounting for Mission Trips at a Church via

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- R -

Receipt timing - Ministries - not Payors in charge thereof
Receipts for Cash (Green Stuff and Coins) Handling - Non Donations
Replacing a Retiring Bookkeeper
Revenue from Special Purpose Funds - Analysis of
Restricted or Designated Donations - for General Fund
Replicating Ministries
Reporting of Finance Issues
Righteous Personal Finance - Help via the Local Church

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- S -

Scrip Fund Raising;
Scrip Store Endeavor
Self Exams
Signing of Checks at a Ministry
Small Ministries and ECFA
Small Ministries and Remote Assistance
Special Purpose Funds - Analysis of revenue from
Spending Money - "why" spent, not "how"
Stock Market Donations

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- T -

Tasks - Ministry Finance Tasks - Coverage of
Tasks re Business Administration dialog
Tax Exempt Ministries and the IRS - Internal Revenue Service
Todo Lists - Management of
Transaction Dates and Accounting
Treasurer at a Church Volunteer - If Jim B were

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- U -

Unique Ministry Finance Accounting Issues

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- V -

Vehicle expenses at a Ministry
Vital Financial Signs at a Ministry - and GAAP
Volunteer Church Treasurer - If Jim B were

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- W -

Web Based Systems -- QuickBooks Online Edition-QBOE
Whole Dollar Bookkeeping

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