A similar question came up in this thread. lajackson indicated that the ward would pay the expense. That really is the only thing that makes sense. Spliting an expense up just makes the accounting and auditing more obscure.russellhltn wrote:The way the Handbook is written, it sounds like it's still done by the one unit, but I don't know how the approval process is handled. Is it just a pop-up reminder, or does it refuse until something else is done?
I haven't done an large medical expense myself but I seem to remember that it just does a popup reminding you of the limit. I think the approval should be written and included with the documentation. It seems like there may be a related audit question as well but I'm not sure about that.
The thing is that there is no 'burden' on individual units. FO does not come out of local unit funds, it comes from the general church FO fund. Local FO go to the same place. And the limit is not per-unit, it's per recipient. So spreading the expense over multiple units just makes it difficult to make sure the actual expense is within limits for the district and has appropriate approval.rchomskis wrote:never heard of the policy restricting units to share the burden
If the branch with the recipient can't actually cut the necessary check then I'd check with local unit support on how to proceed.