As an accountant working with associations, one question I’ve been asked is, “What is the difference between management accounting and financial accounting?” These are two distinctly different areas of accounting, and if you didn’t study accounting, this is probably something you were not aware of. Up until 2016, these [...]
As the accounting manager of an association management company, one challenge that I have encountered is that most volunteer association board members do not have a diverse accounting knowledge or background. Most people have an idea of how to manage their personal finances, but this is likely being done [...]
Sixty to seventy-five percent of the revenue received by our association management clients is by way of credit card payment. If you can determine the total cost of credit card processing when comparing processors—which is very hard to do—you may find that the company offering the lowest processing rates [...]
Audits and Review Engagements are the typical year-end services offered by professional accountants to association and not-for-profit clients. For an association, the by-laws may dictate which type of service is required. If they do not, the type of service you require will depend on the degree of assurance you [...]
The purpose of this article is to help board members who do not have financial experience understand their organization’s financial reporting and their personal responsibilities associated with that. Responsibilities of Board Members A recent quote in Trustee Magazine did a nice job of explaining the connection between financial reporting [...]
