Opening and Saving the Worksheet We will provide you with an Excel worksheet you should use to provide information for your Form 990-EZ. The folder containing the Excel worksheet contains other files that you should not open or use. Please copy the Form 990 folder to your computer so that you may access and save the spreadsheet. To open the Excel worksheet, open the 990EZcalcV10r1.xls Excel file. The worksheet will begin to open. Click on then on ACCEPT”, and then click on the “Continue”, “I 2017 tab on the bottom left. This will take you to the entry worksheet. After making your entries, make sure you save the worksheet on your computer. You will need to email the completed Excel worksheet to ASCE Finance for review and conversion to the IRS tax form. Headings Heading Items A F Check entries for accuracy. We are using the National Office – – address and phone number, so that we are not changing them frequently. Heading Item G Use the cash method of accounting to prepare your return. the – appropriate box. Heading Item H If you do not have donors who contributed $5,000 or more to your – section check the box. If you do, please do not check the box and see the “Contributions Received” section below. Please note that ASCE Allotments are contributions and need to be disclosed. Heading Item I If you have one, fill in your Website URL. – Heading Item J All ASCE Sections are 501(c)(3) organizations. – Part I - Revenue, Expenses and Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances Enter your (revenue for accrual basis) on the appropriate lines. Revenue cash receipts – Click on the <?> if you have a question as to what should be included on a line. Most likely you will have entries for lines 1-4 and 8. Line 9 in this section must total to the amount of your cash receipts (revenue for accrual basis) from your accounting records – reconciled to your bank account(s). If you have revenue” for line 8, click on the Schedule 1 and briefly describe the “other items and enter amounts that make up other revenue. The total from the schedule will carry forward to Line 8.
Opening and Saving the Worksheet We will provide you with an Excel worksheet you should use to provide information for your Form 990-EZ. The folder containing the Excel worksheet contains other files that you should not open or use. Please copy the Form 990 folder to your computer so that you may access and save the spreadsheet. To open the Excel worksheet, open the 990EZcalcV10r1.xls Excel file. The worksheet will begin to open. Click on “Continue”, then on “I ACCEPT”, and then click on the 2017 tab on the bottom left. This will take you to the entry worksheet. After making your entries, make sure you save the worksheet on your computer. You will need to email the completed Excel worksheet to ASCE Finance for review and conversion to the IRS tax form. Headings Heading Items A – F – Check entries for accuracy. We are using the National Office address and phone number, so that we are not changing them frequently. Heading Item G – Use the cash method of accounting to prepare your return. the appropriate box. Heading Item H – If you do not have donors who contributed $5,000 or more to your section check the box. If you do, please do not check the box and see the “Contributions Received” section below. Please note that ASCE Allotments are contributions and need to be disclosed. Heading Item I – If you have one, fill in your Website URL. Heading Item J – All ASCE Sections are 501(c)(3) organizations. Part I - Revenue, Expenses and Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances Revenue – Enter your cash receipts (revenue for accrual basis) on the appropriate lines. Click on the <?> if you have a question as to what should be included on a line. Most likely you will have entries for lines 1-4 and 8. Line 9 in this section must total to the amount of your cash receipts (revenue for accrual basis) from your accounting records – reconciled to your bank account(s). If you have “other revenue” for line 8, click on the Schedule 1 and briefly describe the items and enter amounts that make up other revenue. The total from the schedule will carry forward to Line 8.
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