The new appointments have been updated on the Online Data Collection System. Pastors, please be sure to log-in and update your contact information for the directory as soon as possible. If you have forgotten or misplaced your user ID or password, you can email Jennifer Walls in the Conference Treasurer’s Office for a reminder. Log-in information cannot be given over the phone. According to our security policy, IDs and passwords will be emailed to your Conference email account.

The 2010 church apportionments are being calculated and will be mailed from the Treasurer’s Office on July 17, 2009. For general information on the calculation of apportionments, please visit our Training Materials page.

The 2008 Tables I, II, and III are no longer available for data entry. Please contact George Speake, our Conference Statistician, if you have questions or concerns about your 2008 statistical information. You can find his contact information by going to our Pastor Lookup page.

We’ve updated the District Remittances page to show the 2009 reports for each district. This page will be updated weekly with 2009 apportionment receipts. You can also view your church’s 2009 remittance statement by logging in to the Online Data Collection System and clicking on the Statements Menu.

We are excited to report that our conference paid 93.02% of apportioned amounts for 2008. We are keenly aware of the uncertain economic conditions facing all of our members and celebrate the dedication and perseverance that has led us to this faithful response to apportionment giving. You can view the final summary report for the 2008 apportionments on our Remittances page.

We are happy to announce that you now have online access to the training materials that will be presented at the Treasurer/Finance training event held on December 6, 2008. We regret that we were unable to accommodate all those who wanted to attend this event, but hope that this new page will be a useful resource for your church. Please visit the Training Materials page, and feel free to email our Help Desk with questions or suggestions.

Effective January 1, 2009, the mileage rate will be reduced slightly to 55 cents per mile. The rate remains at 58.5 cents for all business miles driven from July 1 through December 31, 2008. The new rate for computing deductible medical or moving expenses will be reduced by three cents to 24 cents per mile. The rate for providing services for charitable organizations is set by statute, not the IRS, and remains at 14 cents per mile. See news release IR-2008-131 for more details.

Visit the NCC Builds web page to view the project development timeline on the construction of the new NC Conference headquarters from start to finish.

The 2008 Annual Conference approved the construction of a new conference headquarters in Greenfield Park in Garner. Share with the team your thoughts and experiences related to the project. Visit the NCC Builds web page for details.

The NC Conference offers insurance through the United Methodist Property and Casualty Trust (PACT). PACT is an all-lines (including Worker’s Compensation) nonprofit insurance trust that is owned by its member United Methodist annual conferences, agencies and local churches. For more information on PACT, please contact the Conference Treasurer’s Office at (800) 849-4433. Click here to learn more about NC Conference PACT.

Please email any questions to nccpact@nccumc.org.

An email discussion group is in place for those interested in local church finance to enable you to discuss issues facing you with your peers at other local churches. This list was requested by local church treasurers because of the need for an easy way to ask each other questions about local church policy and procedures, accounting software, auditing issues, etc. To join the discussion group, click on the following link: http://listserv.nccumc.org/mailman/listinfo/lcfinance.

With the focus on political elections, churches are reminded that organizations exempt from income tax under the Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) may not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office. The Internal Revenue Service has issued Revenue Ruling 2007-41 to provide guidance on situations that may or may not be considered to fall under these guidelines. If your church has involvement in election matters or activities, you are encouraged to read the situations listed in the Revenue Ruling to make sure your involvement is not in violation of the guidelines. The Revenue Ruling can be found on the IRS website at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rr-07-41.pdf.