Treasurer

As Treasurer, you often need to remind your exec board and association of what is allowable per IRS rules and guidelines. Take a moment during your first meeting the year to remind them of the following:

Do’s

• If gift cards/certificates are something you’re seeking, ask them to be donated
• Have 2 check signers for every check issued
• Use a Fiduciary Agreement when gifting/granting money to school
• Ask for original receipts for reimbursements
• Follow the 5% rule for hospitality including Staff Appreciation and keep hospitality expenses 5% or lower than your total annual expenses
• Communicate a set time period (usually 90days) in which all reimbursement checks should be cashed otherwise funds return to PTA general fund

Don’ts

• Do not PURCHASE gift cards/certificates with PTA funds
• Do not purchase PERSONAL GIFTS with PTA funds for teachers, staff, students, families or PTA Board
• Do not encumber future boards with finances or contracts
• Do not sign a contract on your own. All contracts must be approved by the association and signed by 2 elected officers -one being the President

Our Council Annual Assessment is $60 this year. Please note this in your budget as well and include your Annual Assessment, payable to Irvine Unified PTA, with your first remittance. Additionally, your membership dues are due to Council before or on the date of each monthly council meeting. Please coordinate with your President and VP Membership for accurate and timely remittances.

• IUCPTA Remittance Form 2026-27
• Whistleblower Form
• Letter of Determination Email Link | Steps to Get One
• Fiduciary Agreement
• Reimbursement Request (aka Check Request or Payment Authorization) Form

AIM Insurance Guide – Complete

Includes all all the insurance forms you will need for:

• PTA Member Participation Waiver
• Volunteer Waiver for Adults
• Volunteer Waiver for Students
• Vendor Requirements & Hold Harmless Form

CaPTA Toolkit has now been replaced with the NEW CaPTA Leaders Website, so please register a login and access that for all your PTA procedures and questions about everything PTA!

MembershipToolkit

• Accounting Tools Guide
• Reconciling

Department of Justice

• Guide for Charities (has great tips and best practices to reduce fraud) | briefing slides

What are the Steps to Void a Check?

1. Identify the reason. If it’s a simple print error (it happens to everyone), write void all over the check (I write it over the signature lines as well) and issue a new check. Include the void check in your treasurer’s binder and mark it in your recording platform. Include it in your checks ratification motion with the other checks written at the EB and GA meetings.
2. If it’s an old check, present the void reason at your EB meeting and make a motion to void the check. This will notate the request in the minutes. Present the void at your GA meeting to be transparent (brief mention unless there’s a question ).
3. If it’s a replacement, put the expense under the same category so it cancels each other out in your financial recording. Memo on the new check it’s to replace check #… and previous memo (ie. trunk or treat expense).
4. If it’s a stale check and not a replacement, the void check will bring the funds back to pta and it will be counted as income. Depending on the recording platform, it will add it back into the category it was under for the expense. Include this info to your treasurer’s report and briefly explain the income at your next meetings (EB and GA).

Units currently pay a $60 assessment fee.  What value does Council offer units?