Newsletters
2016
December: Taking pride in being a Not-For-Profit; CCA Workload Update; Unbalancing Xero; Taking stock of your fixed assets
November: Admin Woes – Good administration is becoming a survival skill for NFPS; CCA Workload; GST and Accounting Software – Accounting software needs your ongoing input to handle GST correctly; ACC – How Does it Work
August: Strategy Development; Workload and Fees; Income Tax – If you don’t have an IRD number you may still be liable; Charity Reporting – What’s the problem? Here’s our Top 4.
June: XRB out of control?; Dealing with refunds and Re-payments; Non Charity financials and how to present them; DARE to Tier .. for Charities
May: Do you really need an audit?; Reminder Charity Audit requirements; Cash controls
April: Social Enterprise; Workshops in your Area; Grant Tracking; Reporting – More on Outputs & Outcomes
February & March: Making Committee work exciting; Interns at CCA; Office 365; New standards: Outputs & Outcomes
January: More on Capacity Building; 10 Alarm bells for financial systems; Cash Reporting may become the new headache.
2015
December: Capacity Building; PAYPAL – Accepting cards without an expensive bank facility; Are you controlling another entity?
October & November: Qualified Accountants; related party; tax exemptions
September: What Funders Want; Sports Uniforms and Toys
August: Audits – are they actually useful for NFPs?; Accounting Software; Road to 2016: Language; CAs breach Fair Trading Act
July: Funders and Financial Statements; Privacy concerns in Accounting Standards; Road to 2016: Outputs and Outcomes
June: Clients happy with CCA (Survey); Small Business Centre winding up; Road to 2016: Donations and Fees
May: Five Years CCA; GST and Charity Auctions; Too many bank accounts? Road to 2016: Confidentiality
April: Green Accounting; Tax Refunds; CCA Savings; Road to 2016: Mandatory categories.
March: Social Dimensions of Taxation; Paying back grant money; Road to 2016: Should you change from accrual to cash?
February: Investing your Reserves; The ‘Minimalist’, Fee changes at CCA; Road to 2016: Rethinking Depreciation.
January: Tax exemption not a privilege; Launching Accounting 4.0; GST on sale of donated assets; Road to 2016: Reverting to Cash?
2014
November/December: Change the Language of Money!; Road to 2016: Don’t panic; Reconciling your bank account.
October: Accumulating Reserves; Floats and Bonds; Standards Update.
September: Accounting Standards Update; NFP Admin course at Hagley; Credit Cards
August: Accounting Standards Update; GST; Grant accounting in Xero
June/July: Forgotten administrators; Balanced Scorecards
May: Our Statements are handcrafted; Auditing; New Tier system
April: Council funding cuts; PAYE; Unpresented Cheques
March: New Reporting Standards: End of a Golden Age?; Grant Accounting
February: 2014 Workshops; Cost accounting
January: Training Needs Survey results; Paying Board members;
2012
March: Changes to Kiwisaver; Changes to Non-Profit Accounting Framework; Accounting Spreadsheets (pdf)
April: Kiwisaver Update; Cloud Computing (pdf)
May: Contractors; Audits/Reviews (pdf)
June: Kiwisaver: Doing it right?; Tax Refunds; Earthquake Grants for Businesses.
July: Mileage Reimbursements; Ministry Proposals to Tighten Non-Profit Audits
August: Fringe Benefit Tax; Non-Profit Accounting; MYOB
September: Selling Stuff; Accrual Accounting; Earthquake Accounting Help
October: Training Needs; Accounting Software Review; Collaboration Costs.
November :Accounting Workshops; CCA Accounting Workbooks; GST “Code of Conduct”
December :Payroll Woes; Workshop and Spreadsheet Updates
2013
January: Proposed Accounting Standards; Withholding Tax on Presenters.
February: Refunds; Capital Expenses.
March: Payroll Changes; Fraud
May: Account to Survive; Changes to Audit Proposal; Depreciation and Assets; Who Are XRB?
June: Audits: What Are They? ; Acrual Accounting Threshold Changed; Fraud Risks in Payroll
July: CCA as a money saver; Reserves; Umbrella Issues
August: Workshops for Funders; CCA Training; NFPs and Income Tax; GST on childcare subsidies.
September: New audit bill; Capital Grants; Using your Financial Statements.
October: Views on Public Accountability; Tax Code ME; Fruit and Vege Co-Ops