Blog from November, 2017
We emailed this list out a few weeks ago, but as responses to Christmas appeals come in to your mailboxes, we wanted to send another reminder on the processes and deadlines for those end-of-year special gifts and other helpful financial items related to payroll and reimbursements. Please take a few moments to refresh your memory on these annual year-end processes. If there is anything we can do to be of assistance, please let us know.
Important Highlights
Due to the holiday schedule, the LAST business day the Reliant office will be open (and answering donor phone calls) will be December 28.
If a donor mails an end-of-year check directly to you, you must save the envelope and send it in with the check. The December 2017 postmark on the envelope serves as proof that it is a 2017 donation. If a check is dated in 2017 but the postmark on the envelope is 2018, that will not count as a 2017 gift. Please check your mailboxes early in the new year for these types of gifts and immediately send them to Reliant. They must be received by January 17, 2018, to be included with 2017 gifts. It is extremely important for Collegiate Missionaries to make their mail a priority upon returning from the staff conference in Orlando.
November 30, 2017
- Gifts in for expiring backpay. This was the last business day for gifts to be received by Reliant to help pay your December 15 payroll, including any 2015 backpay that will expire after December payroll is completed.
December 28, 2017
- LAST business day in 2017 that the Reliant office will be open (and answering donor phone calls).
December 31, 2017
- Final day for 2017 tax year gifts. Donors who want to count their gift as a tax deduction in 2017 need to give it by the final day of the year. Checks dated and postmarked by December 31, 2017, but received in 2018 will continue to be processed as 2017 gifts through January 17.
- Final day for online giving to count for 2017.
See 2017 End-of-Year Important Dates for the full list of dates with other details.
