Suzanne Bakker, Author at Changing Tides

Costs for International Travel

by Suzanne Bakker | Jan 26, 2020 | 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...

Costs for Domestic Travel

by Suzanne Bakker | Jan 19, 2020 | 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...

Year End Project Balances

by Suzanne Bakker | Jan 12, 2020 | 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...

Time Sheets As A Tool For Accountability

by Suzanne Bakker | Jan 5, 2020 | 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...

Accountability is a way of life

by Suzanne Bakker | Dec 29, 2019 | 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...