Contributions vs. Deposits

[showtyme]

I'm still working hard on getting the books set up and now I've gotten into my first month's transactions. What I don't understand, and can't find anywhere in the manual, is how to account for deposits.

My church has not completely switched over to Powerchurch, therefore, there is no contributions entered in Powerchurch. We are doing this manually for this year, with the hope of using the program next year (I'm not the one who deals with the contribution information). How can I enter the deposits so that it make sense throughout the rest of the features on the Accounting....with the expectation, that I'll properly set it up for 2007?

Please advise ASAP, as I've got a presentation due to the congregation in the next couple of weeks. Thanks for you time.

[tborgal]

You need to enter a manual transaction in Fund Accounting. To do this click on "Accounting>Fund Accounting>Enter Transactions". You can fill in discriptions as you like. I would use "Contribution" in the "Ref/check no." fileld, and the date of the contribution in the "Transaction desc." field, but you can use whatever you are comfortable with. You then debit your checking account for the amount of the contribution (deposit) and credit your Fund Income account - 4000 range of accounts. You can divide the deposit as needed if there are contributions to more than one fund.

Hope this helps and your presentaion goes well.