Church Accounting Policy Manual (2 Samples)
The Church Accounting Policy Manual(s) are free to help you create your own...
Does your church have written accounting policies organized into a manual in your church office?
Every church and nonprofit should have a manual for accounting policies in their office available for staff members to access at any time. This manual will definitely be an asset and reference guide for your organization/church and will save you tremendous amounts of time in the future by solving problems before they arise.
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This accounting manuals below are samples of policies that you can use a guide to create one for your church. If you are a small church you still need to create a basic accounting policy and procedure manual, and you can always add to this manual as your church grows and has more complex needs.
When creating your accounting policy and procedures manual remember to include:
- Responsibilities & Duties of Staff Members - A brief description of each staff member's accounting responsibilities and duties should be included in your manual.
- Internal Controls - In this section you will list your policies for areas such as check writing, deposits, offering counting, bank reconciliations, account reimbursements, credit card usage, etc.
- Audits - Include a section on what kind of audits are performed and how often they are required.
- Budgets - Include a section to define procedures used to create budgets and could include timeline.
- Petty Cash - If applicable, include a section to define who has access to petty cash, etc.
- Financial Reporting and Statements - This section would define what financial reports and/or statements need to be created and how often.
- Records Retention - This section is absolutely necessary to define how long to keep supporting records and documents on file.
- Fixed Asset Management and Disposal - This section should include the recording, capitalization, and disposal of all fixed assets. This is very important.
There are many more items you can include depending on your church. It is better to have these policies in place before the problem or situation arises. Remember though, your accounting policy and procedures manual will be a work in progress and you can add policies as you go.
Church Accounting Policy Manual (Sample)#1
Church A.P. Manual (Sample) #2
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