California System Features

• No forms to complete

Campaign Craftware extracts the appropriate information from your full-screen data entry into a comprehensive database system and fills in the forms for you.

For each user - whether candidate (Form 490), political committee (Form 420), or ballot measure (419) - schedules produced are:

• Cover Page
• Summary Page
• Allocations Pages Part 1, Part 2 (candidate only)
• Schedule A
• Schedule B Parts 1, 2, & 3
• Schedule C
• Schedule D
• Schedule E
• Schedule F
• Schedule G
• Schedule H Parts 1, 2, &3
• Schedule I

The full complement of other FPPC forms required from a committee are also produced from your database:

• Statement of Organization (Form 410) - original and amended
• Amendments to disclosure statements (Form 405)
• Supplemental Independent Expenditure Reports (Form 465)
• Late Contributions Reports
• Statement of Termination (Form 415)

Reports are complete, including pagination.

• User configuration for various Proposition 208 requirements

  • Contribution limits by contributor type
  • Expenditure limits - if agreed to

• Los Angeles Ethics Commission Matching Funds Reports and FPPC Form 490 from single data entry.

• San Francisco City/County Electronic Filing

OVER 1,000 HELP SCREENS to assist with program operation and campaign disclosure rules including PROP 208 emergency regulations.

EASY DATA ENTRY

• Menu Driven
• Full Screen Editing
• Pick List of Contributors and Vendors - searches by typing name (incremental search)
  • CONTRIBUTIONS - Recorded from the same data entry screen:
    • Monetary, Non-monetary (in-kind) and enforceable promises
    • Split joint account checks
    • Designate Intermediary checks
    • Link Contributions to Sole Source
    • Limitations tracking & checking - warning if exceeds limits
    • Tracked by Event and/or Fundraiser if desired
  • EXPENDITURES - Maintains complex details and accounting according to voter and FPPC mandated rules:
    • Accrued Expenses
    • Credit Cards & payees
    • Direct Payments
    • Contributions Made - one entry for Allocation Page & Schedule E or F
    • Monetary
    • Non-Monetary
    • Independent Expenditures
    • Petty Cash
    • Third Party payment of a debt
    • Debt forgiveness
    • Subvendors
    • Check Printing
  • LOANS
    • Received & Made
    • Payments & Forgiveness

• BANKING
  • Passbook and CD Accounts
  • Bank Reconciliations
  • Prints Deposit Tickets

• ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS - numerous reports to keep campaign staff informed and finance committee members informed and soliciting funds.

• QUERIES for secondary MAIL MERGE files

• NETWORK READY

• System is continuously modified to maintain compliance with changes in the law and FPPC rulings.

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