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Official COMPLIANCE TO-DO list in a Treasurer hand over
When there is a change over of treasurer in the church or part of a committee board, do you know who you need to inform? Do you know how to officially notify the right people? Churches are notoriously lax in updating their compliance details: government agencies...
“Out of the ordinary” RISKS – Part 5
Thank you for joining us for yet another instalment on the Risk Series! This is part 5, if you have missed the previous posts you can find links at the bottom of this post. If you read this post and feel there there is more that you can be doing to reduce risk in your...
Reduce Risk! Internal Controls that are essential for churches – Part 4
Welcome to the 4th part of the Risk series! We hope that you have found this series helpful for you and the life of your church. If you haven't read the first few parts of the risk series, you can do so via our News and Blogs link: https://www.benkorp.com/news-blogs/...
Risk of the Future – Part 3
Welcome to Part 3 in series on Risk. In this entry we are going to focus on not being ready for the future. Don't forget to read Part 1- The Risk Series Introduction & Part 2- Red Flags of Risk in the church. Being too conservative or too aggressive in our...
Lodge your BAS directly from Xero!!
Did you know you can lodge your organisation BAS directly to ATO from your Xero organisation account? It is so easy!! No ATO Portal access. No paper. No Auskeys! So Good!! There are a few steps to set up and then you can lodge your BAS with the ATO from within Xero!...
Red Flags of Risk in the church – Part 2
Here is the second article in our series on “Risk in the church and organisations”. In this article we discuss Red Flags of Risk in the church for Fraud and Embezzlement Red Flags are indicators that something may be wrong. They can be character traits, situations, or...
Introducing – The RISK series!
These are the days and times of a heightened sense of Risk. Sometimes it seems that there are many more dangers than in past years and past eras. This is despite the apparent progress, development and prosperity of our times. These are also the days of liability...
Getting Xero’s support and training instructions has just got a whole lot easier.
Support and training are now together in Xero. The training options are now much easier to find. When you search support on a particular topic, you can also easily search for some more training on that overall topic – from the same page. For example, if you want to...
Here’s a great Checklist to help you prepare and gather information for your Audit or Assurance Review.
It might sound strange but the preparation for Audit or Assurance Review must be centred around the Balance Sheet. The procedure here Is to have a systematic review of the Balance Sheet.Therefore, to prepare for your audit or assurance review, the main tasks are to:...