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Budget 2011 summary The key points relevant for charities and social enterprises from the 2011 budget are in this guide. These include changes to charitable giving, tax simplification, VAT and personal taxes.

So, who needs an IT strategy anyway? Iain Pritchard explains why a good IT strategy is important and gives examples of the questions a good IT strategy will help answer

Fresh ideas on the management of IT Text of speech by Kate Sayer to the Charity IT Conference on 11 November 2009

Getting investment for IT Article published in Civil Society IT June 2009

Strategic financial management

Overview of SORP 2005

Drawing up a reserves policy

No Reserves, No Regrets

Making the case for investment in fundraising  Article first published in the International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing

VAT on membership subscriptions  Article first appeared in The Tax Journal in April 2005

Gifts of shares to charity

Accounting system selection

Review of Sage Line 50 v 12

Developing a reputational risk strategy

Role of internal audit

Adaptive internal audit

Audit committees

Model terms of reference for an audit committee

Programme Related Investment

Achieving a balanced framework of controls

Whistleblowing policies

Managing information security

Digital certificates

Data encryption

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