Financial Technologies & Management- E-Newsletter for December

Upcoming Live Webinars

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We hope you find our monthly E-Newsletter useful for your nonprofit organization. We are pleased to provide you with access to our newsletter articles, tips and tricks and live webinars!!  We have added our weekly tips and tricks to our social media platforms including
Facebook and Linked In in so follow up there as well

These live webinars will help Nonprofit Leaders, Treasurers, Finance Directors, Finance Staff, Executive Directors and other Nonprofit Staff.

Our upcoming live webinars for financial management training are broken into the following areas: Nonprofit Financial Forum and MIP Fund Accounting.

We are pleased to announce our 2026 Nonprofit Financial Forum and MIP User Group with the Forum during the first hour and the MIP user group for the last 30 minutes. 

Here is the monthly schedule for 2026:  Please click on link for more information and to register.

Dec 17, 2025    Effective Nonprofit Financial Governance and Leadership

Jan 21, 2026    1099 Tax Preparation

Feb 25, 2026    Tips for Smooth Audit and Common Audit Pitfalls

Mar 25, 2026    Building a Better Budget

Apr 29, 2026    Presenting Financial Reports

May 27, 2026   Effective Grants Management and Cost Allocation

Jun 24, 2026    Effective Nonprofit Financial Governance and Leadership

Aug 26, 2026   Tips for Smooth Audit and Common Audit Pitfalls

Sep 30, 2026   Building a Better Budget

Oct 28, 2026    Presenting Financial Reports

Nov 18, 2026   Effective Grants Management and Cost Allocation

Dec 15, 2026   Effective Nonprofit Financial Governance and Leadership

Please contact us via phone, email, or directly book a consultation on my calendar for all current and prospective clients.   Also, you can use the contact us page to subscribe to our newsletter for you, your staff, or your colleagues.  We are pleased to offer client care plan for our QuickBooks Online, MIP Fund Accounting, and Microix Clients.

Please click here for the current and previous monthly newsletters back to 2020.

Best Regards,

James Simpson, CPA

Year End Accounting Checklist

Our firm can provide you with a financial assessment tailored towards the people, processes and technology that will help your organization make improvements to strengthen its internal processes and controls, improve segregation of duties, evaluate accounting staff and software, and determine where risks exists and how to mitigate them.  We can help you implement this year end accounting checklist to ensure you are ready for your annual audit or review.

The year end accounting checklist includes:

• Bank and Credit Card Accounts
• Prepaid Expenses
• Accounts and Pledge Receivable
• Investment Accounts
• Fixed Asset Accounts
• Prepaid Accounts
• Accounts Payable Accounts
• Deferred Revenue and Refundable Advance
• Other Liability Accounts
• Net Asset With and Without Restrictions
• Revenue Accounts
• Expenses Accounts
• W2 and 1099 Reporting
• Grant Compliance
• Audit Preparation

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Making Great Financial Decisions

Making great financial decisions for nonprofits involves a strategic blend of robust internal controls, long-term planning, and transparency, all aligned with the organization's core mission. 

Key strategies and best practices in the following financial areas include:

• Budget
• Grants Management
• Audit
• Governance and Leadership
• Financial Reporting

The full article will provide detailed best practices in these areas.

In order to implement great financial decisions, you need to focus your efforts in the following areas:

• Establish Strong Financial Policies and Internal Controls
• Develop a Comprehensive Financial Plan and Budget
• Ensure Financial Stabiity and Sustainability
• Prioritize Transparency and Accountability

Please contact us to have us help you improve your organization and help you make great financial decisions.

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1099 Preparation Guide

Employers must file wage statements and independent contractor forms by Jan. 31st.

Certain Forms 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation, filed with the IRS to report non-employee compensation to independent contractors are also due at this time. Such payments are reported in box 1 of this form.

The early filing date means that the IRS can more easily detect refund fraud by verifying income that individuals report on their tax returns. Employers can avoid penalties by filing the forms on time and without errors. The IRS recommends e-file as the quickest, most accurate and convenient way to file these forms.

Hopefully, you collected your W-9 forms from independent contractors to whom you paid $600 or more this year.  The information on W-9’s can help you compile the information you need to send 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC to recipients and file them with IRS.  Here is a link to the Form W-9 that you would need to request your contractors and vendors to complete which should be part of your new vendor onboarding process.

Please contact us for our 1099 tax preparation services which includes at least two meetings for the planning and the actual tax form production prior to the deadline. 

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Our Staff-Your Team

Our firm has grown because of strong client relationships with referrals from our clients and other referral partners.  Our staff is very experienced at performing the accounting function for our clients.   Our nonprofit accounting services includes bookkeeping, accounting, controller, and CFO services.  Our nonprofit software accounting software expertise be composed of QuickBooks Online, MIP Fund Accounting, Microix, and Sage Intacct.  Our nonprofit software services comprise software assessments, sales, data conversions, implementations, training, support, and project management services.  Our financial management training consists of our monthly news letter, nonprofit financial forum, MIP user group, and other training.

Our approach is to work with you to determine how your organization can best benefit from our professional services.  We realize that organizations don't have the resources to have a full accounting staff, so we focus on filling the accounting staffing gaps. We deliver quality accounting, bookkeeping, advisory, and tax services to ensure you have everything you need to make a significant impact for your cause.  Our firm provides the most experienced staff at affordable rates.  Please click on the find out more for the full article & staff links

Addtional FTM resources to help your organization:

Is now time for financial assessment?

FTM offers client care plan for QBO and MIP users?

Why you should consider an Outsourced Controller or CFO?

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Eight Reasons to Outsource Your Nonprofit Accounting

When to Consider a Move to Fund Accounting?

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Our firm provides all the levels of accounting your nonprofit needs including bookkeeping, accounting, controller, CFO, and software advisory services for nonprofit accounting software including MIP, Microix, QuickBooks, Sage Intacct and AccuFund

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