TOPIC - ACCOUNTING/PAYROLL

Accounts Payable
Penalties for late payment, Dec 95, page 3
Club policy toward, Nov 95, page 1
Direct drafts, Jan 95, page 1
Do your members need a billing deadline, Nov 92, page 2
Is the flow too slow, Sept 92, page 2
When there are bills to be paid, Aug 90, page 2
Automation
Cost of Keeping Current, Sept 00, page 2
Chits: Mailing with Statements
Also see Charge Tickets
Feedback & follow-up, Aug 93, page 4
Do they really need the chits, Mar 90, page 3
Controller
Bookkeeper, Accountant, Controller? Nov 03, page 3
Country Club Dues, Competitive
New year considerations: some minor, some not, Jan 93, page 2
Credit Card Use
Making the most of credit card bonuses, July 94, page 3
Permitting guests to pick up the tab, May 92, page 2
Credit Cards
Curling, Anyone?, May 02, page 2
Apr 98, page 3
Mar 98, page 2
NCA survey results, Feb 98, page 1
Credits
Membership incentives, Oct 94, page 1
Credits as Member Incentives
Membership marketing, June 93, page 2
Delinquent Accounts
Contacting: Whose Job? Nov 02, page 2
A procedure that works, May 98, page 1
Mar 98, page 2
Posting, Feb 96, page 1
Depreciation
Funding Depreciation, Mar 00, page 2
Direct Bank Withdrawals

To Pay Member Statements, May 01, pg. 2, and Oct 01, pg. 2

Antidote for Postal Trauma? Dec 01, pg. 2
Economy
Iraq: the Other Shoe, Mar 03, page 2
Rethinking Cost Cuts, Feb 02, page 1
Preparing for the Slowdown, Apr 00, page 1

Gauging the Effect of Funk, Feb 01, pg. 2

Clubs and the Economy, Sept 01, pg. 1
Not Always the Economy, Oct 01, pg. 3
Dealing with September 11, Nov 01, pg. 1
Adjusting to Slower Times, Nov 01, pg. 1
Looking at 2002, Dec 01, pg. 1
A Wary Watch, March 01, pg. 1
Electronic Funds Transfer

To Pay Member Statements, May 01, pg. 2, and Oct 01, pg. 2

Antidote for Postal Trauma? Dec 01, pg. 2
Federal Tax Change Strategies
Taxable vs. tax-exempt, Mar 94, page 2
Putting the lost dues deduction in perspective, Jan 94, page 2
Finances: Manipulation
Toying with financial figures, July 93, page 3
Financial Improvements
Financing improvements, Oct 92, page 1
Avoiding the �A� word, June 90, page 1
Financial Management
Minimum Spending or Higher Dues? Jan 04, pg. 2
Tired of Snowbirds Complaining? March 04, pg. 1
Some Clubs Eye Outside Business, March 04, pg. 2
You Bank Cash, Not Percentages, March 04, pg. 3
Outside Business: Beware Downside, April 04, pg. 3
Reducing Risk of Embezzlement, August 04, pg. 1
Paperless Payments: How Prevalent? Sept 04, pg. 1
Avoiding the Capital Gain, Sept 04, pg. 3
Bonding Employees, Oct 04, pg. 3
Borrowing No Longer Rare, Nov 04, pg. 2
Revenue from the Waiting List, Nov 04, pg. 2
Minimums: the More the Better, Nov 04, pg. 2
Better Yet, the Fixed Service Charge, Nov 04, pg. 3
Adding an Option to the Minimum, Dec 04, pg. 3
Financial Debt in Clubs, Dec 04, pg. 4
Coping with Prices Gone Bonkers, Dec 03, page 2
Bookkeeper,  Accountant,  Controller? Nov 03, page 3
Pay and Overtime Exemption? Oct 03, page 1
Doing the Food-Cost Dance, Sep 03, page 4
Selling the Dreaded Dues Increase, Sep 03, page 1
How Many Details Reported? Jul 03, page 3
Funding Capital Improvements, Jun 03, page 2
A Further Look at Subsidies, May 03, page 3
Telling It Like It Is, Apr 03, page 2
Subsidized Activities? Apr 03, page 1
Financial Statement on CD (Ideas), Dec 02, page 4
Uniform System of Accounts, Sept 02, page 2
Business Fraud And Private Clubs, Sept 02, page 2
Minimum And Banquet Spending, May 02, page 3
Temporary Dues, May 02, page 2
Billing Taxes, Insurance, May 02, page 2
Golf Greens Depreciation, Jan 02, page 4
Taxes And A One-Time Revenue Surge, Jan 02, page 2
Tax Bites, Sept 98, page 2
Improving the bottom line, July 97, page 2
Raising dues annually, Jun 97, page 3
Improvement funding trends, Jun 97, page 3
Why use that supplier?, Jun 97, page 3
SFAS 116 & SFAS 117, Jan 95, page 3
SFAS 116 & SFAS 117, Sept 94, page 4
SFAS 116 & SFAS 117, Aug 94, page 3
Speaking personally, Nov 92, page 4
Short-term survival tactics, Apr 92, page 1
Adjusting to the wage increase, Apr 91, page 1
New year challenge�s, Jan 91, page 1
Reviewing the �fantastic� year, Nov 90, page 1
When there are bills to be paid, Aug 90, page 2
Touting the master budget, Mar 90, page 3
Club financial team, Mar 99, page 1

Fiscal or Calendar Year? Jan 00, page 3

Pricing Products, Services, Jan 00, page 3
Funding Depreciation, Mar 00, page 2
Preparing for the Slowdown, Apr 00, page 1
Annual Budgeting Enough, May 00, page 2
Membership Facts of Life, June 00, page 4
Weathering the Weather, Sept 00, page 1
Capital Expenditure Policy, Nov 00, page 2
When Food Loses Money, Dec 00, page 2
Time Needed for Reports, Dec 00, page 2

Club Investment Policy, Feb 01, pg. 2

Services versus Profitability, July 01, pg. 2
Trouble with Operations Statistics, Aug 01, pg. 3
Financial Strategies, Oct 01, pg. 2
Would Anyone Dare? Oct 01, pg. 3
Fiscal Year: Changing
New year considerations: some minor, some not, Jan 93, page 2
Form 990
Jan 97, page 2
Complying with regulations, June 99, page 2
Private versus public, Jul 99, page 3
Harassment unacceptable, Sept 99, page 2
Form 1099
For credits, waived charges, Dec 99, page 3
Form 5500
Good time to verify form 5500 filings, Nov 92, page 3
For-Profit Clubs
When assessment is out of the question, Oct 92, page 2
Equity perception in a for-profit club, Sept 92, page 3
Fraud
Billing scam, Feb 97, page 3
See Scams
Function Sheet for IRS
Complying with federal requirements, Aug 93, page 2
Imprest Account
Emergency expenditures, Oct 90, page 3
Mailing Charge Tickets
Feedback and follow-up, Aug 93, page 3
Membership Billing
Addendum to past-due accounts, May 90, page 2
Past due accounts: when do they become a problem, Apr 90, page 1
Touting the master budget, Mar 90, page 3
Minimum Wage Increase
More than a wage bill, Sept 96, page 1
A higher minimum wage, Aug 96, page 1
Overtime Pay
Wage/hour compliance, Aug 98, page 2
Past-Due Accounts
Contacting: Whose Job? Nov 02, page 2
A procedure that works, May 98, page 1
Mar 98, page 2
Check out the prospects, Dec 95, page 2
Club charges, Nov 95, page 1
Beating the deadbeat to the punch, Aug 95, page 1
Addendum to past-due accounts, May 90, page 2
Past-due accounts: when do they become a problem, Apr 90, page 1
Payroll
Avoiding Incentive Pitfalls, Aug 02, page 3
Wage/hour compliance, Aug 98, page 2

Looking at Hourly Wages, May 00, page 1

Privileged Information, Nov 00, page 1
Payroll Strategies
Looking at labor, Apr 93, page 3
Posting Delinquents
Posting delinquents, Feb 96, page 1
Rabbi Trusts
Tax Liability, June 01, pg. 4
Records Retention: IRS Role
Beware the IRS record retention agreement, July 93, page 2
Storing on CD (Idea), Nov 01, pg. 3
Sales Tax
Is it required? Nov 98, page 2
Challenging the tax man, Jul 99, page 2
Sales Taxes (State)
When the state demands dues increase, Oct 91, page 2
SFAS 116 & SFAS 117
Feedback & follow-up, Sept 94, page 4
Don�t overreact to the new accounting rules, Aug 94, page 3
Tax Credits for Employees
Employee pay raises courtesy of Uncle Sam, Apr 94, page 3
Tax-Exempt Status
Tax Status, Private Status Different, Nov 03, page 1
Sitters No Threat to Exemption, Dec 04, pg. 4
Tax Issues
More Time to Reinvest Sale Income? Dec 03, page 2
Beware Those Long-Term Rentals, Nov 03, page 2
More nonmember Business? Jul 03, page 2
State Sales Tax Follow-Up, Jun 03, page 4
Rising concern About State Taxes, May 03, page 4
For-Profit Subsidary? Mar 03, page 2
IRS Alert (Function Form), Jul 02, page 3
Member and Nonmember Income, Jun 02, page 1
Clarifying Tax Issues, Apr 02, page 2
Advertising For Members, Business, Feb 02, page 2
Taxes and A One-Time Revenue Surge, Jan 02, page 2
Business meal deduction, Dec 98, page 3
Sale tax required? Nov 98, page 2
For-profit satellite, Oct 98, page 2
Tax bites, Sept 98, page 2
Challenging state taxes, May 98 page 2
IRS withdraws Westchester claim, Dec 97, page 3
Tobacco tax warning, Oct 97, page 2
Going tax-exempt, Jun 97, page 2
Sale of club property, Apr 97, page 2
Business meal deductions, Feb 97, page 1
Investment income warning, Nov 96, page 2
Maintaining club charter, Oct 96, page 3
Payments by corporate check, June 96, page 2
Sale of club property, Jan 99, page 1
Disclosure regulations, June 99, page 2
Challenging the tax man, Jul 99, page 2
Member credits as income, Dec 99, page 3
Victory for Missouri Clubs, Mar 00, page 4
Honorary Membership and Taxes, June 00, page 4
IRS Visiting Your Web Page? Oct 00, page 2

Rabbi Trusts and Tax Liability, June 01, pg. 4      

IRS Plans Club Visits, Dec 01, pg. 2

Spare Property?  Use It! August 04, pg. 1

Avoiding the Capital Gain, Sept 04, pg. 3
Dissolution: Does IRS Expect Share? Dec 04, pg. 1
Sitters No Threat to Exemption, Dec 04, pg. 4
Tax Law Strategies
More about the tax increase, Nov 93, page 1
Life after the tax increase, Oct 93, page 3
Now what�?, Sept 93, page 1
Tax Strategies
Taxable vs. tax-exempt, Mar 94, page 2
Matters of discretion, Mar 92, page 3
Taxes on Property Sales
Greenbelt versus Greenbacks, Dec 02, page 1
Washington update, Mar 93, page 1
Tax-exempt Status
�Going Public� Temporarily, Mar 02, page 3
This Matter of Status, Mar 02, page 1
Advertising For Members, Business, Feb 02, page 2
A Vote For Generic Meeting Minutes, Jan 02, page 2
Taxes and A One-Time Revenue Surge, Jan 02, page 2
For-profit satellite, Oct 98, page 2
Jun 97, page 2
Could you operate without a tax exemption, Feb 96, page 2
Don�t worry about it, July 94, page 1
Taxable or tax-exempt, Aug 92, page 2
Tread carefully, Apr 91, page 3
Other issues and objectives, Mar 90, page 2
Establishing, Feb 99, page 3
Advertising, Jul 99, page 1
Tax-exempt vs. Taxable
Taxable vs. tax-exempt, Mar 94, page 2
Taxable or tax-exempt, Aug 92, page 2
To be or not to be, July 92, page 1
Variable Service Charge
May 99, page 2

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