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Create a bank account, get debit cards.  \n( ) Bookkeeping/Accounting Manual: Make a operations manual so you can easily refer to processes and procedures for your bookkeeping.  \n( ) Tracking Platform: Decide on a platform for tracking your expenses/income (Quickbooks, GnuCash, Xero, Quickbooks Online, spreadsheets)  \n( ) Skilled Professional(s) : Have someone qualified (ideally, a professional bookkeeper/accountant) set up your systems and be able to consult throughout the year.  \n( ) Training: Get trained in the basics of financials. Invest in a more advanced training for 1-2 people more so they can do monthly financial reporting, data entry, and tax/budget planning.  \n( ) Filing/Tracking System: Keep everything! Create a filing system. This could be electronic, or paper, whatever works for your style.  \n( ) Reimbursements/Petty Cash: Develop a system for tracking your petty cash and tracking reimbursements to other coop members.  \n( ) Wages/Patronage/Pay: How do you want to to allocate your profits? Patronage, wages, or as owners?  \n( ) Budget: Make a budget-for a year, 2 years, or more. Track income/expense to actuals  \n[www.bookkeeping.coop](www.bookkeeping.coop)  \nMonthly Bookkeeping Tasks  \n+Enter Expenses and Income Monthly and Reconcile your Banks/Credit Cards +Collect Receipts and enter them into your tracking system  \n+Reporting to the coop (and potentially fiscal sponsors, investors)+Check budgets against actuals and report to your fellow owners  \n+Reconciling Banks/Credit Cards +Balancing Petty Cash/Reimbursements +Paying Bills (A/P)  \n+Sending Invoices (A/R)  \nQuarterly Bookkeeping Tasks  \n+Sales Tax filing (accountants can assist)+Adjusting budgets to meet actuals  \n+Audits-suggested that an outside person comes in and checks your books for any fraud  \nYear-End Bookkeeping Tasks  \n+Meet with your accountant in December to clarify your books and make any adjustmentsthey are much less busy then and will thank you!  \n+Send 1099s to contractors by Jan 31st +File LLC/Corporation Taxes  \n+File State/City/Country/Federal Taxes  \n+Figure out how much patronage / wages / draws you want to allocate +Send thank you’s to the people who have helped you with your finances :)  \n[www.bookkeeping.coop](www.bookkeeping.coop)  \nFinancial Jeopardy Terms  \nBookkeeper: a person who records the day-to-day financial transactions of an organization Accountant: a practitioner of the measurement of financial information & taxes that helps people make decisions about allocating resources  \nDouble Entry System: transactions are entered twice with one side of the transaction being called a debit and the other a credit. System developed in the 15th century.  \nA/P: money owed by a business to its suppliers shown as a liability on a company's balance sheet  \nA/R: money owed to a business by its clients (customers or debtors) and shown on its balance sheet as an asset  \nCosts of Goods Sold: the inventory costs of those goods a business has sold during a particular period  \nDepreciation: the decrease in value of assets (fair value depreciation) , and the allocation of the cost of assets to periods in which the assets are used  \nNet Income: bottom line , net profit, or net earnings- is an entity's income minus expenses  \nGross Income: receipts and gains from all sources less cost of goods sold  \nLiabilities: obligation of an entity arising from past transactions or events  \nEquity: the value of an ownership interest in a business, property. Investment.  \nAssets: a resource controlled by the entity as a result of past events or transactions  \n(Accounting Equation: Assets=Liabilities+Equity. )  \nOwner Guarantee: in an LLC, the amount taken from the business by an owner, usually in the  \nform of a salary. Tax form: K-1  \nPatronage: A dividend a coop pays to its members or investors given based on a proportion of p","cbCaiea1vAxdYlaZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiea1vAxdYlaZ","pdf",170020,6,"English","# Bookkeeping checklist for co-op startups\n## Monthly bookkeeping tasks\n## Quarterly bookkeeping tasks\n## Year-end bookkeeping tasks\n# Financial Jeopardy terms\n# Financial facilitation activities","[{\"question\":\"What foundational bookkeeping setup steps are recommended for co-op startups?\",\"answer\":\"Create a separate bank account, set up a bookkeeping/accounting manual, choose a platform to track expenses and income, and establish a filing/tracking system. 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