Where to go for more information:

The Financial Manual - page 1-4

Things to be aware of:

  • You can use an electronic spreadsheet to maintain records
  • You must be able to produce complete hard copies of the record

Financial Training

 

Electronic Accounting

  • Excel spreadsheet for GGC Financial Reporting


  • Things to note on the attached spreadsheet: (the following is summarized on the notes page of the spread sheet
    • When you open the workbook save it to a directory on your computer (File Save As) and name it so that you can find it again. You must do this in order to control the printing of the spreadsheet.
    • The workbook contains 11 worksheets - one with notes and the others are in sets of Revenue and Expenses - you must use them in the sets (i.e Expense with Revenue, Expense2 with Revenue2, etc.). The names of the worksheets are on the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet
    • The green cells contain formulas and are protected - you will not be allowed to type in them.
    • The protected cells formulas will allow the following to happen:
      • automatically total under the Bank Cheques column as you make entries in expense columns
      • automatically total entries made on Revenue sheet under Bank Deposits column on the Expense sheet
      • automatically calculate the Running Balance and put it in all cells to the bottom of the page with each entry on the Expense and Revenue pages
      • all cells will automatically format with 2 decimal points and will show negatives with the negative (-) sign
    • When entering revenue you must be on the same line number on the Revenue Page as the first empty line number on the Expense sheet.
    • If you remove the opening balance you must do it with a 0 or by typing over - do not use delete
    • The total of all the pages will total at the bottom of the fifth spread sheet set. If you use more than 5 pages you will have to manually total the two sets.
    • Running Balance should equal your reconciled bank balance.
    • If you require more than 5 pages open a new workbook and start again with Expense and Revenue pages
    • All electronic records must be backed up in case you have a system failure
    • You must be able to print the files for your annual review
    • The spreadsheets are set up to print on legal paper at 65% of original size - 2 pages for expenses and 1 page for revenue and all pages will be required for your review