Difference between revisions of "Closing out the month"

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# Catch up books as much as possible
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This is a checklist of things that need to be done before the month is closed out for bookkeeping. By completing all the items on this list, we ensure a more accurate picture of actual income and expenditures -- useful when setting the budget.
#* record credit card and other receipts
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#* catch up on daily income reports
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# pay bills
#* catch up on deposits
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#* record bills that have been paid automatically
#* catch up online accounts
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#* write and mail checks for bills that need manual payment
#** eBay for Sept (as soon as Serge is ready)
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#** (get authorization from appropriate committee if bill is at all questionable)
#** donations for Sept (if any)
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# record payroll transactions
#* check A/R accounts
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#* regular payroll
#** recycling vendors (i.e. Calbag)
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#* substitute payroll
#** tenant sublets
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#* tax withholding
#* check A/P accounts
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#* payroll accounting fees
#** recycling vendors (i.e. Total Reclaim)
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# record receipts
#* reconcile bank accounts
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#* credit card
#** August
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#* reimbursements (from cash box)
#** September
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# record daily income reports
#* reconcile cash box
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# record deposits
#* pay bills
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# record online account transactions
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#* eBay (Serge creates a spreadsheet)
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#* online paypal donations (if any)
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#* initiate a transfer to appropriate bank accounts and have michael finish it by transferring money into savings
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# check A/R accounts
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#* recycling vendors (i.e. Calbag)
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#* tenant sublets
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# check A/P accounts
 +
#* recycling vendors (i.e. Total Reclaim)
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# reconcile bank accounts
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#* ebay transfer
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#* donations transfer
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#* savings (operating reserve)
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#* main checking
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# reconcile cash box
  
 
[[Category: Bookkeeping]]
 
[[Category: Bookkeeping]]

Revision as of 10:13, 27 September 2007

This is a checklist of things that need to be done before the month is closed out for bookkeeping. By completing all the items on this list, we ensure a more accurate picture of actual income and expenditures -- useful when setting the budget.

  1. pay bills
    • record bills that have been paid automatically
    • write and mail checks for bills that need manual payment
      • (get authorization from appropriate committee if bill is at all questionable)
  2. record payroll transactions
    • regular payroll
    • substitute payroll
    • tax withholding
    • payroll accounting fees
  3. record receipts
    • credit card
    • reimbursements (from cash box)
  4. record daily income reports
  5. record deposits
  6. record online account transactions
    • eBay (Serge creates a spreadsheet)
    • online paypal donations (if any)
    • initiate a transfer to appropriate bank accounts and have michael finish it by transferring money into savings
  7. check A/R accounts
    • recycling vendors (i.e. Calbag)
    • tenant sublets
  8. check A/P accounts
    • recycling vendors (i.e. Total Reclaim)
  9. reconcile bank accounts
    • ebay transfer
    • donations transfer
    • savings (operating reserve)
    • main checking
  10. reconcile cash box