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Church Accounting Quiz

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Created on January 07, 2021 By Icon Systems

Church Accounting Quiz

This quiz will test a person's knowledge on church accounting.

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Category: General Accounting Questions

Question:

Fund Accounting is an accounting system used by nonprofit organizations and governments. It places an emphasis on ___________ rather than profitability.

The definition of fund accounting that is used in non profits is the following:
"Fund accounting is an accounting system for recording resources whose use has been limited by the donor, grant authority, governing agency, or other individuals or organizations or by law.[1][2] It emphasizes accountability rather than profitability, and is used by Nonprofit organizations and by governments. In this method, a fund consists of a self-balancing set of accounts and each are reported as either unrestricted, temporarily restricted or permanently restricted based on the provider-imposed restrictions."

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Category: General Accounting Questions

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What are the disadvantages of using revenue accounts to track funds?

To fully understand this question the user must understand the fund accounting principles. They would want to review the What is Fund Accounting article. Simply stated using revenue accounts has too many problems to figure out how much each church function (ie mission) has to spend or has spent.

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Category: General Accounting Questions

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What are the two accounting methodologies that organizations use? (select two)

There are two main accounting methods called cash accounting and accrual. See Investopedia.

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Category: General Accounting Questions

Question:

Who restricts the net assets for churches?

The only person that can restrict contributions are donors. While the church's council may say they are taking donations for a purpose, they can later change that purpose by another church's council vote or whatever procedure they have described in their by laws.

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Category: Balance Sheet Questions

Question:

In fund accounting, the Statement of Financial Position is equivalent to the...

According to FAS Topic 958 the Statement of Activities is equivalent to the income statement that for profit industries use.

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Category: General Accounting Questions

Question:

Are accounting funds and contribution funds different?

Donation funds and accounting funds are different. You will want to review this article. Donation funds are reported on differently than accounting funds for example. Donation funds start over each year. Accounting funds carry a balance forward each year. This is just one difference.

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Category: General Accounting Questions

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In what section of the statement of activities is contributions recorded under?

Contributions (donations) is revenue to the church.

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Category: General Accounting Questions

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Why shouldn't liability accounts be used for tracking fund balances in the chart of accounts?

As stated in the correct answer, liabilities are what is owed to someone else. Funds and their balances are what the church currently owns - ie money in the bank so to speak. It is not a debt! The chart of accounts has five distinct areas - assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and equity. Funds are considered equity accounts according to FASB. These five areas have specific account types that belong within each one. In other words you wouldn't list an expense in the revenue section. Likewise you would list an equity account in the liability area.

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Category: General Accounting Questions

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Should multiple checkbooks be used to track funds and their balances?

When multiple checkbooks (or worst sub accounts of checkbooks) are used, that means the system can't do proper fund accounting. It can't take the assets account (the checkbook) and break it up into various funds - or equity pieces. Using any type of accounts in the chart of accounts to define the funds is incorrect. They belong in the equity section. To read more, check this article out.

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Category: Accounting Entries

Question:

You have to record an entry to pay for the monthly church van loan. Which accounts are needed?

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Category: General Accounting Questions

Question:

The church can lose its tax exempt status if it doesn’t follow proper fund accounting guidelines?

What typically happens is the church does one of two things which would start an IRS audit. They messed up on payroll taxes or they don't report Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT). A lot of churches charge rental fees throughout the year and over a certain amount, they must file the right forms to declare that income. In other words not all revenue is tax exempt for churches. Once the IRS sees a mistake they can open the audit which means it can turn into an almost limitless scope. According to the IRS Pub 1828,

the types of required records frequently include organizing documents (charter, constitution, articles of incorporation) and bylaws, minute books, property records, general ledgers, receipts and disbursements journals, payroll records, banking records and invoices. The extent of the records necessary generally varies according to the type, size and complexity of the organization’s activities.

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Category: General Accounting Questions

Question:

Does QuickBooks follow the FASB (Financial Accounting Standard Board) standards for church accounting as outline in the FAS Topic 958?

The work around for Quickbooks and funds is to use classes. However, according to Quickbooks own site they say this about classes.

The Balance Sheet by Class report can’t classify some transactions in QuickBooks. Some of those transactions create unclassified amounts on the report.

By not classifying every single transaction's disbursements, your balance sheet will never be right. Some of the transactions that can't be classified are journal entries with unbalanced classes, a payroll liability check, and transfer of funds between two church funds.

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Category: General Accounting Questions

Question:

Which account is not included on a statement of financial position?

Donation revenue (or any revenue) accounts are not reported on the balance sheet.

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Category: General Accounting Questions

Question:

What is the fundamental equation for the balance sheet, commonly called the statement of financial position in church accounting?

This is an accounting 101 question. Please see Investopedia. This equation is not the same as Assets - Liabilities = Equity (or Fund's Balance). The equation has multiple formulations based on what is needed - ie balance sheet.

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Category: General Accounting Questions

Question:

At the end of accounting period the liabilities total $20,000, and equity totals $52,000, then what must be the total of the assets?

Liabilities plus equity will equal assets. This comes down to the balance sheet equation where Liabilities + equity equals assets.

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