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		<title>Comment on Revenue Recognition – It Affects Non-Profits Too</title>
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		<id>tag:askjonpaul.com,2008-06-10:1109198</id>
		<author>
			<name>JonPaul</name>
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		<updated>2008-06-10T05:17:24Z</updated>
		<published>2008-06-10T05:17:24Z</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">I usually build these custom- it depends on your dues structure.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>A simple one is if you have annual dues.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The first column would be the month.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>The next column would be the amount of dues paid that month.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Then going across in columns would be the calendar months.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>In each month would be the monthly amortization.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>The last column would then be the unamortized balance.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The rows going down would be the calendar months as well.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">So if you had dues of 12,000 paid in January for annual dues, you would show in the first row of data, January, 12,000, then 1,000 in each month for the amortization.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>If you were looking at the end of January, you would then have an unamortized balance of 11,000 at the far right.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The sum of the columns each month would be the dues revenues that you would recognize.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Whether they cancel before or after a fiscal year does not matter then.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Since you are recognizing dues over time, if they cancel after a fiscal year ends, that is OK.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>You earned a portion of their dues during the fiscal year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>The cancellation took place afterwards and is recognized at that point.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">You could build a separate schedule for cancellations.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Say if some had paid dues in July and then cancelled in January so you gave them 300 back on their 600 dues.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>In January you would take out 300 from dues for that person.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>You would also reduce the amortization for January to June for the 50 per month that is being recognized for the person in January to July.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">This assumes you prorate dues and do not give someone a full cancellation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>If you give full cancellations that is a different matter.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Hopefully that is not the case.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Does this answer your question?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>What is your dues structure?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>]]></content>
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		<title>Comment on Revenue Recognition – It Affects Non-Profits Too</title>
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		<id>tag:askjonpaul.com,2008-06-09:1107222</id>
		<author>
			<name>Sandy</name>
		</author>
		<updated>2008-06-10T05:03:27Z</updated>
		<published>2008-06-09T10:52:38Z</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[Thank you for the article. Do you have a sample amortization schedule that can be used for membership dues revenue? Also, if a member cancels a subscription after a period (or fiscal) year has been closed, how do I recognize the cancellation?]]></content>
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		<title>Comment on Revenue Recognition – It Affects Non-Profits Too</title>
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		<id>tag:askjonpaul.com,2008-05-29:1082190</id>
		<author>
			<name>Melanie Jones</name>
		</author>
		<updated>2008-05-29T22:09:33Z</updated>
		<published>2008-05-29T22:09:33Z</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[Thanks for this valuable input and your blog - it seems this will be a valuable resource for me on issues relative to private industry practice.<br />Melanie Jones, CPA]]></content>
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		<title>Comment on Taking Care of Travel &amp; Entertainment</title>
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		<author>
			<name>Mary Schaeffer</name>
			<uri>http://www.ap-now.com</uri>
		</author>
		<updated>2008-05-11T16:50:58Z</updated>
		<published>2008-05-07T11:41:55Z</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[I especially like the first point about setting guidelines and sticking to them. Too often organizations have two sets of rules - one for the rank and file and a separate unwritten set for a few top level executives and perhaps a few sales people. This leads to discontent and poor morale - because, trust me, news of approved extravagant expenditures travels fast! <BR> <BR>Mary Schaeffer<BR>author Travel &amp; Entertainment Best Practices (John Wiley &amp; Sons 2007) and a dozen other business books.<BR>editorial director Accounts Payable Now &amp; Tomorrow (<A href="http://www.ap-now.com/">www.ap-now.com</A>)]]></content>
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		<title>Comment on Revenue Recognition – It Affects Non-Profits Too</title>
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		<id>tag:askjonpaul.com,2008-04-06:948881</id>
		<author>
			<name>Natalie Rinard</name>
		</author>
		<updated>2008-04-06T19:21:41Z</updated>
		<published>2008-04-06T11:38:41Z</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[Thank you, this is a concise article to help explain a change in dues recognition policy to our management and board.]]></content>
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		<title>Comment on Pre Money and Post Money</title>
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		<id>tag:askjonpaul.com,2008-03-19:905452</id>
		<author>
			<name>JonPaul</name>
		</author>
		<updated>2008-03-19T17:58:56Z</updated>
		<published>2008-03-19T17:58:56Z</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[The investor will probably work off the proforma, determine the cash flows, then discount those cash flows back to the present to determine the post-money valuation.&nbsp; The pre-money valuation would be the post-money valuation less the amount of new money being put in to generate the cash flows from the proforma.]]></content>
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		<title>Comment on Pre Money and Post Money</title>
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		<id>tag:askjonpaul.com,2008-03-17:899438</id>
		<author>
			<name>Larry Caplen</name>
		</author>
		<updated>2008-03-19T17:56:43Z</updated>
		<published>2008-03-17T13:20:16Z</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[Jon, great article. I have a question. If an investor is looking for a pre-money valuation amount, how is that caluculated in regard to a business doing a specific sales amount in a prior year but has Pro-forma P/L's that increase the sales, etc.]]></content>
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		<title>Comment on When the QuickBooks File Has Gotten Too Large</title>
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		<id>tag:askjonpaul.com,2008-03-11:885454</id>
		<author>
			<name>Rocky</name>
			<uri>http://www.WhoIsYourAdmin.com</uri>
		</author>
		<updated>2008-03-11T17:39:15Z</updated>
		<published>2008-03-11T06:48:54Z</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[Thanks Jon. I just never had seen a general guideline for database size. <BR> <BR>The network here at work is 100 Mbp and the Server just handles storage QuickBooks is the only database it is running other than a few Excel files and Word Docs. It runs fine, not fast but the bottle neck is coming from P 700 MHz clients.<BR> <BR>I used to work for a law firm who billed by 1/10 of an hour for everything imaginable and would kill the network when someone opened ten, 50 page PDFs that was stored on the server! I think it started an unintentional Denial of Service attack on the server/network and locked the network up for about 10 minutes. It was kind of funny when looking back at it. Now I am back in college and out of that mess. Last time I will ever work for a Lawyer!<BR> <BR>Thanks for your input!]]></content>
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		<title>Comment on Who is Jon Paul?</title>
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		<id>tag:askjonpaul.com,2008-03-09:882100</id>
		<author>
			<name>JonPaul</name>
		</author>
		<updated>2008-03-09T13:45:32Z</updated>
		<published>2008-03-09T13:45:32Z</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[Good luck. I love entrepreneurs.&nbsp; You might want to check out local angel groups in your area.&nbsp; I would suggest doing a Google on angel investors and narrow it down to your state or metro area.]]></content>
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	<entry>
		<title>Comment on Who is Jon Paul?</title>
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		<id>tag:askjonpaul.com,2008-03-09:882097</id>
		<author>
			<name>JonPaul</name>
		</author>
		<updated>2008-03-09T13:43:38Z</updated>
		<published>2008-03-09T13:43:38Z</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[Have not read it- just look at it on Amazon.&nbsp; I am sure there is lot behind the scenes we are not aware of.]]></content>
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