Do you have any guidelines for remitting apportionment and other payments for my church?

Remittance Forms

• To ensure proper application to your church’s record, always send a remittance form along with your check.  These are available for download at the Treasurer’s Office downloads page.

 Remittance Address for Apportionments & Advance Specials

For remittance addresses for pension or insurance payments, click here.

Church Remittance Statements

• Electronic statements are updated weekly throughout the year, and daily during the close-out period in January
  • Treasurer’s Office – District Remittances Page
  • Online Data Collection System – Statements Menu (password protected)
• Paper statements are mailed in May, July, November and January after close-out
• Please review your statements frequently throughout the year to make sure your payments have been applied correctly. If corrections are needed, contact Diana Hunter as soon as possible at (800) 849-4433, ext. 232.

 Close-out Process

• In order to receive credit for 2011, apportionment and advance specials payments must be received in the Conference Treasurer’s Office by 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 18, 2012.
• Sunday Special Offerings must be received by December 30, 2011 in order to be applied to 2011 record. Payments for the Sunday Special Offerings received in January will be applied to 2012.
• In order to be received on time, mail payments to the Charlotte lockbox no later than Tuesday, January 10, 2012.
• After Tuesday, January 10, 2012, mail payments directly to:

• Payments may also be hand delivered or sent by overnight mail to the Methodist Building at 700 Waterfield Ridge Place, Garner, NC 27529

 EFT Enrollment Procedures

• Allows for faster processing of payments.
• Can make automatic payments or can initiate transactions on the On-line Data Collection System.
• Must complete enrollment form and return two weeks before EFT payments can be processed.
• In order to make electronic payments during the close-out period, completed enrollment forms must be received in the Treasurer’s Office by January 4, 2012.