Preparation: Essential Checklist
Handouts: Presentation slides Accounting Year End Checklist Calculation of Unspent Grants Template Chart of Accounts Webinar Recording: Date Held: 21/08/2024
Recently Held BrightBooks Webinars
Recently Held Webinar 3: Moving on with the New Financial Year Date Held: Thursday 9th October This webinar focused on the New Financial Year 2025/2026 – Posting journals at 1-9-25 accruals/prepayments, Income in advance & new grants, updating of chart of accounts, running the year end & importing the budget. >Webinar Recording Webinar 2: Year … Continued
Sage 50 Webinars
Recently Held Webinar 3: Moving on with the New Financial Year Date Held: Tuesday 7th October New Financial Year 2025/2026: Posting journals at 1-9-25 accruals/prepayments, income in advance & new grants, updating of chart of accounts, running the year end & importing the budget. >Webinar Recording Webinar 2: Key Points for the August 2025 Year … Continued
Chart of Accounts
Chart of Accounts for 2025/2026 Effective for the year ended 31st August 2025 (See list of changes) Chart of Accounts (Excel) Chart of Accounts (PDF) Cairt Cuntas do Chuntasóir Seachtrach na Scoile (Excel) Chart of Accounts for 2024/2025 Effective for the year ended 31st August 2025 (See list of changes) Chart of Accounts (Excel) Chart … Continued
School Summer Programme
The Summer Programme for 2025 aims to ensure that pupils with the most complex special educational needs should have access to a school-based programme. A non-pay grant of €30 per pupil per week will be paid to all participating Post Primary schools in October 2025. Full details of the Summer Programme for 2025 can be … Continued
Fundraising
Fundraising from the public is an essential and valuable source of revenue for many schools. It is critical that schools carry out all fundraising from the public in an open, transparent, honest, respectful and accountable manner. The board of management must develop and agree a fundraising from the public policy. The policy must be reviewed … Continued
Donations
Charitable Donation Scheme The Charitable Donation Scheme allows tax relief on qualifying donations made to approved bodies. For the purposes of the Charitable Donation Scheme, an approved body is: “primary, second and third level institutions who have programmes approved by the Minister for Education and Skills” If an individual donates €250 or more in a … Continued
Payroll Procedures and Controls
The board of management must ensure that there are adequate procedures in place for the payment of wages to school staff and other persons being paid by the school and that statutory obligations are met. Persons employed in the payroll function should be made aware of the sensitivity of their role and that confidentiality is … Continued
School Canteen and Tuck Shop
Many schools have a canteen or tuck shop, and they take in large amounts of cash on a daily basis. Schools also have vending machines which are another source of cash income. The school must consider these operations as commercial activities and put the necessary controls in place. Cashless Canteen System Cashless canteen systems allow … Continued
School Charges and Voluntary Contributions
School Charges and Voluntary Contributions – Schools in the Free Education Scheme The Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, Section 64 prohibits schools from charging fees or seeking payment or contributions for an application for admission to a school or for the enrolment or continued enrolment of a student in a school. The introduction of … Continued