by Suzanne Bakker | Jan 26, 2020 | budgeting, expenses, project expenses, travel expenses | Getting Started, Project Design
Previously, we looked at domestic travel costs and how to properly account for them. Now I want to look at international travel. In general, the same principles apply as for domestic travel. But there are four aspects I want to highlight. Class Most international...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jan 19, 2020 | budgeting, expenses | Finance Management
In another post, we looked at the costs of food and drinks while traveling. And we saw how Per diems may make it easier to handle the corresponding paperwork. Usually more strict requirements apply for travel costs and it is not as easy to avoid the nitty-gritty. In...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jan 12, 2020 | annual accounts report, expenses, finance management, income, project finance, year-end accounts report | Annual Reporting
Sure, we are mid-January now, but if you are working in finance it is very likely that you are focused on the year end of the past year. Checking your expenses, your revenues, your balance accounts, your bank statements and so forth. And together with your project...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jan 5, 2020 | budgeting, expenses, finance management, human resource management, planning, project design, team management | Nonprofit management
For many not-for-profits, staff is one of the key expenses for their work. While many funders do not like to feel they are subsidizing salaries, and prefer to contribute to real, tangible activities and products. That makes staff salaries a sensitive part of any...
by Suzanne Bakker | Dec 29, 2019 | accountability, reporting | Nonprofit management
In my previous posts I have looked in detail at some finance matters, whether on the level of bookkeeping, finance management or policy development or something in between. But this week, on the threshold to a new decade and living in a spirit of looking back as well...
