Splashtop Remote Printing

If your remote printing from Splashtop isn’t working, please see this 9/14/23 post from Splashtop. For the temporary fix, on your home computer, open Adobe Acrobat Reader, choose the menu in the upper left corner, and Disable new Acrobat. Splashtop is working with Adobe to resolve the software conflict.

Deposit Insurance

How does the news about two recent bank collapses affect you, a church leader?  It doesn’t…at least not directly, unless your church accounts are held at one of those banks.  But it does provide an opportunity to think about how to keep your church’s financial accounts protected. The first step is to determine the type[…]

Year-end Contributions 2022

As the end of the year approaches, it is important to document contributions properly, so that donors may deduct the charitable contribution on their income tax return. The proper dating of year-end contributions involves dates, bookkeeping, and documentation. DATES  For the IRS, it is the date of the check and the date that the congregation[…]

Year-end Contributions 2021

As the end of the year approaches, it is important to document contributions properly, so that donors may deduct the charitable contribution on their income tax return.  This is especially important for 2021, since the CARES Act temporarily allows those who do not itemize their deductions to reduce their taxable income by up to $300[…]

Employee Retention Credit Updates

As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued into 2021, the COVID-19 Relief that was signed on December 27, 2020 has changed the Employee Retention Credit, expanding it and making it more available to small employers. The ERC is available if an employer has either: 1) a full or partial suspension of their operations because of governmental[…]

Annual Massachusetts Health Insurance Reporting Requirement — due by December 15

Health Insurance reform has changed from year to year, at both the federal and state levels.  Effective November 2018, any Massachusetts employer with six or more employees is required to complete a new Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure (HIRD) form to determine eligibility for premium assistance for employees who receive group insurance.  The form is filed[…]