Thursday, June 17, 2010
GP 2010 - On the Way
We're upgrading to Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains) 2010 today. I'm pretty excited about it. Yes only an accountant can get excited about accounting software. This version is supposed to have some pretty cool collaboration tools, reporting tools, and workflow efficiencies built in. I'm looking forward to figuring out how to use them.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Struggling Cities Eye Taxes, Fees for Churches
That headline to this article caught my eye. What!? Tax churches! Tax money that was already taxed before the donors gave it? Charge fees per member? That'll never happen in America...Right?
From the article:
"As local governments desperately seek ways to cover budget deficits, the debate about taxing nonprofits and churches will only heat up"
“With federal, state, and local budgetary shortfalls in abundance, we should expect to see increasing pressure on churches and other charities to help bridge the funding gap,” Busby says. “For example, a proposal was recently made and defeated in New Jersey to tax charities $100 per employee per year. Encroachment on property tax exemptions will likely be an area where government will become the most aggressive.”
This doesn't surprise me. Common sense tells me that we can't possibly cover the federal, state, and local obligations that our governments have indebted us to (Can you say hundreds of trillions?). My guess is that, unless something drastically changes in our governments' spending habits, Struggling Cities, States, and United States will be eying taxes and fees on just about everything and everyone in the very near future.
Is your church ready to "help bridge the (government) funding gap"?
From the article:
"As local governments desperately seek ways to cover budget deficits, the debate about taxing nonprofits and churches will only heat up"
“With federal, state, and local budgetary shortfalls in abundance, we should expect to see increasing pressure on churches and other charities to help bridge the funding gap,” Busby says. “For example, a proposal was recently made and defeated in New Jersey to tax charities $100 per employee per year. Encroachment on property tax exemptions will likely be an area where government will become the most aggressive.”
This doesn't surprise me. Common sense tells me that we can't possibly cover the federal, state, and local obligations that our governments have indebted us to (Can you say hundreds of trillions?). My guess is that, unless something drastically changes in our governments' spending habits, Struggling Cities, States, and United States will be eying taxes and fees on just about everything and everyone in the very near future.
Is your church ready to "help bridge the (government) funding gap"?
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Eye Opening Meal Portion Sizes
I just read this post regarding Meal Portion Sizes. It was very eye opening. Made me realize that I probably eat 2 to 3 times the normal portion size at most meals. Wow.
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