Aplos: Entering Deposits
Open Aplos
On the top of the screen, click on Donations
Under Donations, click on Contributions and select Deposits from the drop down
Click on the green plus sign on the top, right hand side of the screen
Deposit (Batch) Name is: [Sunday date the money was received]
Deposit (Batch) Description: If it is a special service you can note that here (ex: Palm Sunday), otherwise, you can repeat the date of the Sunday offering
Complete rows for each item of income
Date: [Date of deposit]
Ref ID: leave this blank
Note: Here you can list check numbers, names of donors, or any other information you may use to identify why this money was received
Donor: Cash for cash deposits, check for checks
Purpose: This tells Aplos how to allocate this donation – see "Purposes" below. Select the most appropriate Purpose for the income you are tracking.
Amount: This is the amount of the income you are receiving
NTD Amount, NTD Description, NTD, Expense Amount, Status, Soft Credit Contact can all be left blank
Add rows for each donation you have then click SAVE
Example:
The deposit includes $25 in vending income and 200 in Sprouts tuition from John Doe family
The 1st row would be:
Date: 4/10/2022 Ref ID: *blank* Note: Vending Donor: cash Purpose: Vending Income
The 2nd row would be:
Date: 4/10/2022 Ref ID: *blank* Note: John Doe Family Donor: cash Purpose: Sprouts Tuition
Purposes-
In Aplos, click on Donations at the top, then select “Purposes”
This will open the list of “purposes” as they exist in Aplos currently
By clicking on a row, you can see to which account, fund and department a donation designed with that purpose will be allocated.