Parish Information Management System (PIMS) – Accounting System for Windows

PIMS is a full-featured user-friendly Parish Books, Accounting and Properties (Inventory) System for Windows.
With its easy-to-use real-time data entry and reporting facilities, this system enhances productivity and efficiency on your day-to-day parish activities.

Parish Books Features include:

  • Record Baptismal, Confirmation, Matrimony and Death entries.
  • Easy-to-use look-up facility allows users to quickly locate entries on file.
  • Print certificates upon request. Certificates can even be formatted to fit onto your parish’s

pre-printed certificates.

 

Accounting Features include:

  • Define accounts, control accounts (account groups) and subsidiary accounts.
  • Entry facilities for Official Receipts, Check Vouchers and Petty Cash Vouchers, Deposits,

Journal Vouchers and other user-defined transaction sources (e.g. Payable Vouchers, Payroll

Vouchers, etc.).

  • Up-to-date reporting allows users access to accounting reports without the need for posting or

journalizing. Just enter your transactions and the reports are ready for printing.

  • Reports include Ledger, Trial Balance, Statement of Receipts and Disbursements, Statement

of Assets, Liabilities and Fund Equities, Cash Position Report, Receipts Register,

Disbursement Register, Journal Register, Petty Cash Register, Deposit Register, and others.

  • Facilities for automated computation and processing of monthly sharing (Parish Priest’s

Apostolate Fund) and year-end closing of revenue and expense accounts.

  • Lock Transactions from posting or editing on specified date.

Properties (Inventory) Features include:

  • Define Property Items whether it be Real Estate or Non-Real Estate. The system also allows

grouping of properties for organization and reporting purposes.

  • Define Locations and Location Groups.
  • Reports include Schedule of Real-Estate Taxes, Schedule of Insurance and Schedule of

Depreciation and others.

  • Print Property Info Sheets and Property Labels.

Other Features:

  • Data Maintenance facilities allow users to back-up and restore data files ensuring data

integrity.

  • Access Security features define authorization for users to allow usage of all or some of the

system’s features.

  • Network Ready system allows for simultaneous usage of the system by multiple users over

the network.

  • Year 2000 Compliant.
  • Preparation of parish documents:
    • Request for Corrections
    • Late Registration (Request and Affidavits)
    • Marriage Banns, Permission of Mixed Marriage, Notice of Wedding, etc.
    • Certificate of No Records
    • Other Documents required by diocese

 

  • New View Menu (Dashboard)
    • Accounting Summary
    • Budget and Variance
    • Calendar (Mass Schedules)
  • Enhancements to Data Entry:
    • Improvements of Data Entry in Parish Books (Baptism, Confirmation, Conversion, Marriage, etc.)
    • Integration in Official Receipts of Mass Prayer Intentions with Mass Schedules
    • Account Codes can be filtered by name for easy encoding
    • Values are now comma separated
    • Import entries from MS Excel (Official Receipts, Check Vouchers, Journal Vouchers, etc.)
    • Improved Filter Options when editing/viewing transactions
  • Enhancements to Reports:
    • Larger Amount Values
    • Export to Excel, Word, PDF, HTML, RTF, CSV, etc.
    • Customizable Listing of Parish Books, Mass Schedules, Directory, etc.
    • New Powerpoint Presentation Export for Mass Intentions.
  • Enhanced Microsoft Excel Reporting:
    • New Excel Functions to query GL Database using SQL SELECT commands.
    • Use Excel Report Templates to generate special reports (e.g. Bank Reconciliation, Cash Flow and other management reports).

 

  • New Feature: Outstanding Checks module for Check Voucher integration with Bank Reconciliation.
  • Enhanced Access Security with more user-options (e.g. reprinting without editing access, etc.)
  • Improvements in Data Handling and Back-Up/Restore Facilities – recognizes newer and bigger back-up drive storage devices (e.g. Newer USB Flash Disks).
  • Can handle larger files (65Tb data) and larger memory (32Gb).
  • Windows 10 and 11 compliant (Updated Installer CD)