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I am the Treasurer at our church.  We have a weekly attendance at two services of about 140 members and we have a preschool with 100+ kids.  Currently I work with a local outside CPA firm to provide financial reports and services on a monthly basis for our church.   1st question:  How do other churches handle their financial reporting?  Who does it?  2nd question:  Is a CPA necessary?  3rd question:  Has anyone tried using a service where the accounting is being done remotely rather than locally?  Does it work?   

I am aware of Concordia Technology Solutions Church 360 Ledger and have looked at it as an alternative, but we don't have the personnel available in our church to implement it and keep it going.  

Thank you in advance for any and all comments.  

I am the president and treasurer of our small congregation (we have 20-40 worshipers on a Sunday).  I create a monthly report in excel that shows all expenditures by budget line item and a monthly check ledger report that shows all checks written and drafts from our checking account.  We don't have the finances to hire any outside help.

I am the Treasurer at our church.  We have a weekly attendance at two services of about 140 members and we have a preschool with 100+ kids.  Currently I work with a local outside CPA firm to provide financial reports and services on a monthly basis for our church.   1st question:  How do other churches handle their financial reporting?  Who does it?  2nd question:  Is a CPA necessary?  3rd question:  Has anyone tried using a service where the accounting is being done remotely rather than locally?  Does it work?   

I am aware of Concordia Technology Solutions Church 360 Ledger and have looked at it as an alternative, but we don't have the personnel available in our church to implement it and keep it going.  

Thank you in advance for any and all comments.  

I am the Treasurer at our church.  We have a weekly attendance at two services of about 140 members and we have a preschool with 100+ kids.  Currently I work with a local outside CPA firm to provide financial reports and services on a monthly basis for our church.   1st question:  How do other churches handle their financial reporting?  Who does it?  2nd question:  Is a CPA necessary?  3rd question:  Has anyone tried using a service where the accounting is being done remotely rather than locally?  Does it work?   

I am aware of Concordia Technology Solutions Church 360 Ledger and have looked at it as an alternative, but we don't have the personnel available in our church to implement it and keep it going.  

Thank you in advance for any and all comments.  

I am the Treasurer at our church.  We have a weekly attendance at two services of about 140 members and we have a preschool with 100+ kids.  Currently I work with a local outside CPA firm to provide financial reports and services on a monthly basis for our church.   1st question:  How do other churches handle their financial reporting?  Who does it?  2nd question:  Is a CPA necessary?  3rd question:  Has anyone tried using a service where the accounting is being done remotely rather than locally?  Does it work?   

I am aware of Concordia Technology Solutions Church 360 Ledger and have looked at it as an alternative, but we don't have the personnel available in our church to implement it and keep it going.  

Thank you in advance for any and all comments.  

Hi Tony:

I'm the elected (volunteer) Treasurer at our church which is only slightly larger than yours based on the numbers you noted. I do all of the accounting for our congregation including paying bills, managing various financial accounts, and all financial reports for boards, voter assemblies, etc. The only function I don't perform is processing our payroll. We have a local CPA firm that takes a payroll file that our church secretary submits and they draw from a designated payroll account at our bank the amount needed to fund payroll twice each month. I then do the accounting of those transactions and ensure the payroll account is sufficiently funded for the next payroll period. They handle all of the payroll tax submissions and end-of-year state and federal tax reports. We use 360Ledger for managing our finances.

I am the Treasurer at our church.  We have a weekly attendance at two services of about 140 members and we have a preschool with 100+ kids.  Currently I work with a local outside CPA firm to provide financial reports and services on a monthly basis for our church.   1st question:  How do other churches handle their financial reporting?  Who does it?  2nd question:  Is a CPA necessary?  3rd question:  Has anyone tried using a service where the accounting is being done remotely rather than locally?  Does it work?   

I am aware of Concordia Technology Solutions Church 360 Ledger and have looked at it as an alternative, but we don't have the personnel available in our church to implement it and keep it going.  

Thank you in advance for any and all comments.