Recording Donations and having documentation
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:42 am
We have a few members who use their bank's "Bill Pay" feature and send their tithing checks to the Bishop.
The bishop brings them in and we have usually fill out a donation slip for each of the members and record the donation.
However (you may noticed I used the word usually), this hasn't always happened. In November I found two instances where there was a deposit listed in MLS but no handwritten donation slip in our files. I was surprised to find this and felt that we should always have a donation slip for every donation that gets entered into MLS. (Since there are a few of us that do the donations and we change who is doing it, it seems that not everyone is under the same understanding).
However, I couldn't find that specific rule anywhere (yet). I went through the online training at http://www.lds.org/pa/e-learn/mp/donati ... /index.htm to see if I could find it and I also searched the wiki.
I can't seem to find anything to back up my assumption (which I'm guessing is correct).
Question: Is there any documentation anywhere that directly says we have to have a donation slip for every donation that gets entered into MLS? I know the training indirectly infers that it is required (slide 25 and slide 38 of above referenced online training)... but I was looking for something more concrete.
Thanks~!
The bishop brings them in and we have usually fill out a donation slip for each of the members and record the donation.
However (you may noticed I used the word usually), this hasn't always happened. In November I found two instances where there was a deposit listed in MLS but no handwritten donation slip in our files. I was surprised to find this and felt that we should always have a donation slip for every donation that gets entered into MLS. (Since there are a few of us that do the donations and we change who is doing it, it seems that not everyone is under the same understanding).
However, I couldn't find that specific rule anywhere (yet). I went through the online training at http://www.lds.org/pa/e-learn/mp/donati ... /index.htm to see if I could find it and I also searched the wiki.
I can't seem to find anything to back up my assumption (which I'm guessing is correct).
Question: Is there any documentation anywhere that directly says we have to have a donation slip for every donation that gets entered into MLS? I know the training indirectly infers that it is required (slide 25 and slide 38 of above referenced online training)... but I was looking for something more concrete.
Thanks~!