It is the duty of the treasurer to be a watchdog over all aspects of financial management, working closely with other members of Council to safeguard the organization’s finances.
Our church treasurer is diligent about recovering GST (50%) and now the Ontario provincial portion of the HST (82%). The first cheque arrived this week for the last half of 2010 and it totalled $3300. Our usual GST recovery alone is about $1500 every six months, so the increase was great to see. we do PST recovery every three years, but we pay a commission to an accountant for that, so our return is reduced. This is a great systrem. It's the equivalent, for us, of an extra Sunday offering every six months!
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This is the Congregational Finance News page: it's updated periodically with important information for treasurers and office/payroll administrators working in ministry units and pastoral charges.
Check it out! This has just been updated for the 2011 new year!
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