In a message dated 2/14/2005 10:11:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, inflight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > One of the best benefits will be that there will be no need for many labor > intensive hours to be sent by the accounting firm. All you will have to do > is send them a disk with the accountants copy on it... and they will be able > to view everything and be able to make their analysis from that. > > I must admit, I'm not an accountant and so I'm not familiar with these programs, etc. However, I do wonder how an accounting firm can do a real accounting of the money when it just reviews what is sent to them by the treasurer. Not implying anything but can't the treasurer just send them what he wants them to see? I remember when I first took over the job of futurity chairman (1986) and I was handling the futurity accounts myself so someone from one of the big firms (I forget which one the club was using then) came to the house. He spent the whole day there going over receipts, money taken in, given out, etc. That happened every year until the futurity funds were taken over by the treasurer and all money went through him. Doesn't there need to be some sort of independent review of the accounts as a good business practice? Tish ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================