Accounting Archives - Shelby Systems

Understanding Church Accounting

Could you list the four supporting qualifications that officially classify clergy for payroll purposes? Depending on your individual experience with church accounting, you might easily blurt out the answer or perhaps you are at the other end of the spectrum and didn’t even know there was a clergy tax classification. One church’s accountant may come […]

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Church Tax Filing Requirements for 2023

Tax time is almost here. If you’re like most people, you have lots of questions about taxes: What forms does my church need to file and when? Will we meet all the church tax filing requirements? Do we use paper forms, use the e-file service, or create a file upload? We’re here to help you […]

4 Distinctives of Church Accounting

3 min read Churches and businesses have different financial goals. Profitability is a business’ bottom line. On the other hand, a church’s main goal is to accomplish its mission. Of course, both need resources to reach their goals, but how they use and account for these resources is different. To better understand the importance […]

Crunching the Numbers: Six Ways Accounting Software Can Strengthen Your Church

Let’s talk accounting! It’s probably not the most exciting topic when it comes to church ministries. But it is one of the most important. Great churches need a great accounting platform to keep ministries on track and on budget. In this case, a “great” platform is one that’s created for the church and integrated with […]

5 Quick Tips for Shelby Financials

Here are a few quick tips and tricks for Shelby Financials to make your entry and navigation more effective by saving clicks and by reducing wasted steps. Perhaps one or two of these might be new to you and can shorten your entry process a little each session which can add up to saved minutes […]

(New) 201 Virtual Training Workshops

Do any of these sound like you or someone on your team? You are beyond the basics in Financials or Membership, but you need some deeper skills… You have the basics down, but you need to work smarter and more efficiently…. You know there are some tips and tricks that could make your work go […]

Shelby Online Financials and ChMS Courses on Your Schedule

About two years ago, Shelby began offering online courses, first in Financials and last year we added Non-Financials. These have been well received, but we were somewhat limited by the platform offered by our Learning Management System used to host the MPower University. This year, we have a new look in a whole new Learning Management System […]

3 Accounting Benefits of Complete Church Management

Do you want to increase the productivity and organization of your church? Or simplify the operational aspects to free up more time for ministry? A complete church management system is designed to assist churches with structuring and managing all aspects of daily operations. Everything works together—member and donation management, church accounting, websites, and communication. This means fewer logins and passwords to remember, […]

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