Nonprofit QuickBooks® Offer

My first choice for church accounting software continues to be Alpos. It is the most user-friendly software I have found so far for churches and nonprofits with limited accounting skills.

However, realizing that some churches prefer desktop accounting software, here is a very special offer from Intuit and Techsoup... (Note: TechSoup now offers the online version of QuickBooks too)

I have set up several churches in the online version of QuickBooks® and like the extensive reporting capabilities among other things with the software.

However, I do NOT recommend setting it up yourself without at least one of the resources below...

Resource Books for Setting QuickBooks®

Save yourself frustration and incorrectly setting up QuickBooks® for your organization by purchasing Lisa London's QuickBooks® for Churches and Nonprofits! I have these books and they sit right by my computer. They are marked up and full of sticky notes =) Don't attempt to use QuickBooks® without having one of the following books in your own library!

QuickBooks Online® for Churches and Not-for-Profit Organizations 

This book contains hundreds of screenshots that helps you set up and use QuickBooks Online (QBO) effectively.  

Topics include:

• Procedures to guard against theft and errors
• Designing a chart of accounts (with examples for different types of nonprofits in the appendix)
• Converting a desktop QuickBooks organization into QBO
• Tracking donor gifts and grants
• Importing donor and vendor contact information
• Receiving money, paying bills, and tracking credit card charges
• Reconciling accounts
• Budgeting
• Designing management reports
• Month-end and Year-end procedures
• Tracking fundraisers, in-kind donations, volunteer hours
• Manage member dues, fundraisers, and trips
• Allocate overhead to programs & grants
• Sample charts of accounts for associations, PTAs, private schools, scouting troops, and civic groups
• And so much more!

Click to read more on this great resource book!

QuickBooks® for Churches

Lisa will walk you through QuickBooks® DESKTOP from setup to finish, complete with examples, terminology, and everything a busy church administrator or bookkeeper needs to know.

The book is written for beginner and advanced church bookkeepers alike, in a friendly and easy-to-understand style. It includes:

• Step-by-step instructions on how to set up QuickBooks® and utilize it efficiently
  
• Valuable tips on how to make QuickBooks® work better for churches
  
• Numerous illustrative screenshots and time-saving shortcuts
  

Click here to read more.