Q&A: What Basic Guidelines Can We Follow to Audit Our Own Record keeping? A checklist of items to cover when reviewing your church's financial books. Vonna Laue
Your Finance Questions, October 2008 Q: A member of our church is being audited by the IRS. The IRS auditor
Q&A: Effectively Unraveling Disorganized Financial Records What to do when records appear in disarray. Vonna Laue
Uncollected Taxes Soar Despite Increase in IRS Audits Most of the audit increase comes from computer-generated letters. Richard R. Hammar
Simple Tips for Handling Your Church’s Money Church financial audits provide you the opportunity to take a close look at how your church handles its money.
Surviving a Church Financial Audit Preparation and good documentation can make the process less stressful for church leaders. Marian V. Liautaud
Avoiding an IRS Audit Tips to accurately file a claim and reduce the risk of an audit. Richard R. Hammar
Recommendations of the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector Church Law and Tax 2005-09-01 Recommendations of the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector Richard R. Richard R. Hammar
Is Your CPA Firm Liable If Embezzlement Occurs? Recent Ohio case addresses this issue. Richard R. Hammar
IRS Audit Rate More Than Advertised Commissioner says IRS checks returns of nearly every American. Richard R. Hammar
Court Rules Assignments of Income to Third Parties are Taxable Employees must pay tax on income, even if they assigned it elsewhere. Richard R. Hammar
Audits—Churches A federal appeals court ruled that the revocation of a church's tax-exempt status by the IRS could not be challenged. Richard R. Hammar
Value of Donated Assets IRS rules that donated computer is worth $800, not $53,000. Richard R. Hammar
Determining the Value of Donations The Tax Court was recently asked to determine the value of ancient Biblical fragments. Richard R. Hammar
Performance-Based Employee Bonuses Can this type of bonus jeopardize an organization's tax-exempt status? Richard R. Hammar