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Nonprofit Accounting Basics for Founders, Board Members & Executives

The Charity CFO

And then, there are a series of reports and financial statements you’ll use to communicate the financial reality of your organization to potential donors, the IRS, watchdog agencies, and other stakeholders. The basic accounting principles for nonprofit organizations are the same as accounting for for-profit companies. .

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Statement of Activities: Reading a Nonprofit Income Statement

The Charity CFO

You may also know it as a profit and loss statement or income and expense report. Simply, it reports your organization’s revenue and expenses during a specific period and the difference between them. . In the for-profit world, they call the difference between revenues and expenses net income. Or profit. .

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How Do I Forecast with Tax Code 280E?

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In simple terms, that means the cannabis industry taxable income is closer to its revenue rather than profit. Losses under section 165 (fire, storm, theft, etc.). Depreciation and amortization reported for tax purposes in excess of that reported in financial reports. Interest expense. R&D expenses.

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Understanding Unrelated Business Income in Nonprofits

The Charity CFO

As a result, Congress implemented the UBIT in 1950 to eliminate the unfair advantage tax exemption gave to nonprofits competing against for-profit entities in the same sector. For example, the UBIT prevents an entity such as a church from using its exempt status to open a store purely for profit with no charitable purpose.

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What does a Forensic Accountant Do?

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Is your small business not making as much profit as you expect? Are you earning profits but always falling short on cash? But recently, business has not been as profitable as normal despite steady sales. Or maybe the P&L shows a profit, but cash keeps dwindling. Filing an insurance claim for fraud losses.

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How Do I Recover from Business Financial Fraud?

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Increasing vendor expenses as a % of sales. Continuously shrinking cash despite profitable financial reporting. Negotiations do not always recover 100% of the losses, so you will need to write off a portion of the fraud as losses. No internal audit of credit card spending.

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Reporting unearned revenue: what you need to know

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It is important to accurately track and report unearned revenue, so you can properly manage profit margins. An income statement, also called a Profit and Loss statement (or P&L) records revenue and expenses over time. It’s essentially a summary of the business’s financial performance.

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