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<DIV>When I was a main street manager, we also used Quickbooks. I did the entry, but had 2 signatures for the checks (important!). I went over the books monthly with our treasurer who gave the report at the board meeting. Also had a local accountant review our books each year and complete our annual 990. The important thing is to have a good process in place and adopted policies and procedures. Attached is a sample fiscal management checklist.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>>>> Lorraine Williams <lorraine@hillsborodowntown.org> 5/21/2012 11:39 AM >>><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Morning Kelly!</DIV>Here in Hillsboro we use the latest version of Quickbooks and chose it because of its easy reporting capabilities.
<DIV>Most of the input is done by me since our Treasurer works full time. I am a signer on our account to make it easier, although I never sign a reimbursement check to myself--just good practice. We also have a bookkeeper that has a lot </DIV>
<DIV>of knowledge about non-profits that we rely on to do our 990's and CT-12's (which are reviewed by our Treasurer</DIV>
<DIV>who luckily is a CPA).</DIV>
<DIV>Hope this helps,</DIV>
<DIV>Lorraine<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Kelly Haverkate <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:kellyjhaverkate@gmail.com" target=_blank>kellyjhaverkate@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>Any other small programs out there, like ours, that could share how you handle writing checks, keeping books etc.
<DIV>Specifically, does the Treasurer do all of it, or does the Program manager do it, or is it a shared process???</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks very much!!</DIV><SPAN class=HOEnZb><FONT color=#888888>
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