Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Section 5.73 - Financial records(a)Income record. A cashbook currently showing income in detail shall be maintained and posted. It shall be separated into dues, income from malt or brewed beverages and liquor, income from food and a miscellaneous column. This cashbook shall be totaled each month and used when the bank account is reconciled by the treasurer. The total entries under "dues" should balance with the dues recorded in the membership records. The record shall be maintained in columnar form.(b)Expenditures record. An expense ledger or record showing expenditures, separated by payments for malt or brewed beverages, liquor, food, detailed payroll, entertainment, rent, heat, light, water, equipment and other expenditures, shall be maintained. The record shall be in columnar form with the proper headings at the top, and balanced each month with the bank account and the records of the treasurer. Every expenditure must be supported by delivery tickets, invoices, receipted bills, cancelled checks, petty cash vouchers or other sustaining data or memoranda.(c)Bank account. A bank or cash account shall be maintained which shows income and expenditures as a control account on the income and expenditures records. The account shall be balanced each month by the treasurer with proper record made in the minutes of the recording secretary.(d)Electronic or automated recordkeeping. Electronic or automated recordkeeping, or both, maintained and based upon generally accepted accounting principles, are permitted in lieu of hard copy financial records required by subsections (a)-(c). This type of recordkeeping system utilized by the licensee shall have the capability to provide for the reconciling of required data. Entries shall be verifiable by supporting original documents.The provisions of this §5.73 adopted June 26, 1952; amended June 22, 1990, effective 6/23/1990, 20 Pa.B. 3491.