Church bookkeeping
Tithes and offerings recorded by fund, monthly reconciliations, and treasurer’s reports your board can actually read.
What’s includedAccounting / Payroll / Tax Prep
Faithful books for churches and nonprofits.
I’m Amanda Amster. I keep the books, run payroll, and prepare clear monthly reports for churches and nonprofits, so treasurers can rest easy and pastors can stay focused on ministry. At tax time, I prepare personal returns for individuals and families, too.
122 N. Main St., Climax, Michigan
- Church bookkeeping
- Nonprofit accounting
- Payroll
- Personal tax returns
What I do
How I can help
Most of my work is with churches and nonprofits. Payroll and personal tax returns round out the practice.
Nonprofit accounting
Think of me as your part-time staff accountant: month-end close, restricted funds, grant tracking, and clean records for your board, auditor, or 990 preparer.
What’s includedPayroll
Accurate paychecks, quarterly filings, and year-end W-2s for churches and nonprofits, including clergy payroll, which follows rules of its own.
Ask about payrollPersonal tax returns
Federal and Michigan returns for individuals and families, including pastors, whose housing allowance and self-employment tax need a careful hand.
What to bringChurches & nonprofits
Church books are different. That’s why I focus on them.
A church isn’t run like a business. Gifts designated for missions or the building fund have to stay there. Pastors are paid under tax rules that apply to almost no one else. And the volunteers who count the offering deserve procedures that protect them. This is the work I know best.
“Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.”
1 Corinthians 4:2
For churches
Monthly bookkeeping, done the way churches actually work.
- Tithes and offerings recorded by fund
- Designated funds kept separate: building, missions, benevolence
- Monthly bank and credit card reconciliations
- Treasurer’s and board reports in plain language
- Payroll for pastors and staff, including housing allowance
- Year-end giving statements for your members
- Counting and deposit procedures that protect volunteers
- Organized records for your annual meeting or audit
For nonprofits
A part-time staff accountant, without adding a full-time salary.
- Month-end close and reconciliations
- Restricted and unrestricted funds, kept straight
- Grant tracking and reporting support
- Board-ready financial statements
- Payroll and quarterly filings
- Year-end records for your auditor or 990 preparer
Getting started
Simple to start. Steady from there.
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Reach out
Call or email and tell me a little about your church, your organization, or your tax situation.
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We review where things stand
I’ll look over your current records and tell you plainly what needs attention and how I’d handle it.
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Settle into a rhythm
Organizations get reconciliations and reports on a predictable monthly schedule. Tax clients bring their documents, and I take it from there.
APA Services · Amanda Amster122 N. Main St., Climax, MI 49034 · 269.520.4100 · amster.finances@gmail.com
Tax season
What to bring
Gathering these ahead of time saves us both a second trip. Check items off as you find them. Your progress stays on this device, and you can print any list.
About you
Income
Deductions & credits
Bring these along with the personal list
Ministers are treated as employees for income tax but as self-employed for Social Security and Medicare. These documents let me apply your housing exclusion correctly and get your self-employment tax right.
Before December 31
By January 31
Closing the books
Not sure where your church stands on any of these? That’s exactly the kind of thing I help with.
Questions about what applies to you? Call 269.520.4100 or send me an email.
About
Hi, I’m Amanda.
APA Services is my accounting practice, run from my office on Main Street in Climax. I work with churches and nonprofits as their bookkeeper or part-time staff accountant, and I prepare personal tax returns for individuals and families.
Church and nonprofit finances run on trust. Members trust that their gifts are used as intended, and boards trust the numbers in front of them. I take that seriously, and I keep my work clear, accurate, and easy to follow.
If your books have fallen behind, your treasurer is ready to hand things off, or you just want someone dependable for this year’s taxes, I’d be glad to hear from you. When you call, you get me.
Amanda AmsterOwner, APA Services
Contact
Let’s talk about your books.
Call, email, or stop by the office on Main Street. If I’m with a client, leave a message and I’ll call you back.
Serving churches, nonprofits, and families in Climax and across Southwest Michigan.