Political organizations are very different than for-profit businesses. As such, campaign finance accounting is very different than traditional CPA-style accounting. Red Curve Solutions ® employs the best practices from the private sector to comport with the unique accounting requirements of the Federal Election Commission and its state regulatory equivalent. Hiring a CPA for your political campaign might not be the best use of your organization's dollars. CPAs will evaluate your committee like a business, using business principles, with an eye towards minimizing taxes and treating the committee like it files with the IRS. Unfortunately, the business world is very different then the federal and state campaign finance regimes. Businesses often employ accrual based accounting and concern themselves with inventory, retained earnings, common stock, and depreciation. All of these terms have no place in the campaign finance lexicon. In stark contrast, political committees employ purely cash based accounting. Income does not represent profits (except for possibly rent or list rental income) but represents the willing contributions of political donors.  There is no need for depreciation or minimizing taxes. Most of the income from political committees is considered non-taxable. What matters in the campaign finance world is transparency and accuracy. In other words 1) that the committee's bank statements match what is being reported on the disclosure reports and 2) that activity is being reported on the proper schedules of the disclosure reports. A CPA can certainly reconcile the bank statements, but he will not understand the minutiae of disclosure reports unless he also has a background in this area. Red Curve Solutions ® does understand this and can service your campaign finance accounting needs. WHAT RED CURVE SOLUTIONS ® CAN DO FOR YOU - Ensure compliance with the proper regulatory body (FEC, state campaign finance board) - Reconcile bank statements to disclosure reports - Ensure that activity is reported on the correct line of the disclosure report - Provide your organization with the most recent disclosure reports along with an updated cash report - Empower decision makers with the information that they need - Budgeting - Conduct audits of activity and present findings to decision-makers - Amend previous reports to correct shortcomings - Provide continuity for record-keeping and reporting to minimize effects of staff turnover - Leverage proprietary technology with experience

​As the world changes and new technology is developed, receipt data comes in many forms, from many sources. Receipts take the form of cash, checks, credit cards, and bitcoins. Credit cards are used via an array of platforms and online merchants. No matter the form of receipt, Red Curve Solutions ® has the answers for you. Red Curve Solutions ® will gather all the pieces to your data puzzle and bring order to the chaos so that receipts can be tracked and reported to the respective regulatory body. First, for online contributions, use Red Curve Solutions ® proprietary widget, APEX℠. APEX℠ is fully integrated with VORTEX℠ for maximum ease and convenience. For checks, Red Curve Solutions ® provides a detailed, human analysis of each financial instrument that comes in the door. We will evaluate any donor forms or donor correspondence accompanying the check. Prohibited or flawed checks are returned to the donor with appropriate correspondence. Acceptable receipts are batched, deposited, and recorded in VORTEX℠ with identifying details such as event code, conduit, joint fundraising committee, or fundraiser/bundler. Any necessary compliance letters are sent to donors in a timely manner. KEY FEATURES OF RED CURVE SOLUTIONS ® CONTRIBUTION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Careful human analysis - Research and vetting of contributions and the financial instrument - Accurate data entry - Routine data maintenance - Analysis and reporting to the level of detail matching client needs - Leveraging the power of VORTEX℠ for budgeting, analysis, and compliance reporting purposes

Our detailed approach to compliance will give you the piece of mind that the T’s are crossed and the I’s are dotted. Our comprehensive approach allows us to see all of the moving parts and to prevent unforced error. ​Campaign finance rules are in constant flux. Contribution limits change. Disclosure rules are altered with one stroke of a legislative pen, or the administrative fiat of an agency. Campaign finance rules can be altered mid-election cycle. Red Curve Solutions ® has the experience and technology to keep you compliant in what may seem like choppy waters.​ RED CURVE SOLUTIONS ® HAS THE FOLLOWING COMPLIANCE RESOURCES FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION: - Proprietary technology harnessed to enforce and follow the rules Experienced personnel - Reporting capabilities at the federal and state level - Processes to ensure that your organization only accepts permissible contributions - Mechanisms to refund impermissible contributions - A system to detect and prevent unauthorized or impermissible expenditures

​Red Curve Solutions ® harnesses the power of VORTEX℠, its proprietary revenue & expense management system to impose financial accountability on your organization. Red Curve Solutions ® utilizes a proprietary expense management system called VORTEX℠. VORTEX℠ imposes a multi-tier approval process to ensure accountability. CLIENT WILL DESIGNATE THREE LEVELS OF VORTEX℠ USERS: A) Staff Level B) Manager Level C) Director Level ALL EXPENSES RUN THROUGH A BASIC, CORE PROCESS: 1. Staff members enters an expense into VORTEX℠. 2. Staff member uploads supporting documentation for expense into VORTEX℠. 3. An expense will not advance without required supporting documentation. 4. Manager reviews the expense and documentation. Manager will either approve the expense, ask the Staff member for more information, or withhold his or her approval. 5. Once the Manager approves, the Director will review the expense and documentation. The Director will either approve, ask for more information, or withhold his or her approval. 6. Once the Director approves the expense, a check is cut by Red Curve Solutions ®. 7. The check is put in the mail and sent to the vendor. KEY FEATURES OF RED CURVE SOLUTIONS ® EXPENSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Built-in Checks and Balances - Promotes organizational transparency - Decentralizes power over the purse - Provides an audit trail of activity - Prevents unauthorized transactions - Keeps the organization within its budget - Guards against embezzlement and fraud

​Red Curve Solutions ® helps track, account, and project your financial condition in a way that is helpful to organizational decision-makers. ​As conditions on the ground change during the campaign, we ensure that your team is making decisions based on a clear picture of the cash needed to keep the doors open and the lights on. Pledged dollars and actual dollars are not the same thing, so properly managed cash flow is essential for keeping your campaign out of debt.​ Budgeting is the often neglected "lifeblood" of a campaign's execution. A carefully crafted and maintained budget drives decisions about everything--office space, personnel, placed media, and strategy. The budget needs to be created at the beginning and constantly revised and updated to reflect reality. A real-time budget is not easy to maintain. The campaign is constantly raising money from a plethora of sources and constantly spending money. A campaign must capture all this data and update its budget frequently for the review of decision-makers. A campaign without a budget could end up crippled and without the resources to advertise in the crucial final weeks of the election. DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE IN BUDGETING BUT HAVE IMPECCABLE POLITICAL INSTINCTS TO MANAGE A CAMPAIGN? Partner with Red Curve Solutions ®. Red Curve Solutions ® has all the solutions to meet your unique budgeting needs. HERE IS JUST A SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE BUDGETING SERVICES WE CAN PROVIDE: - Providing a dedicated Red Curve Solutions ® individual to act as the Chief Financial Officer of your organization - Providing Weekly, Daily, or even more frequent cash reports - Creating both short-term and long-term budgets for each vital stage of your organization's existence - Developing budget projections to aid organizational principals in decision-making - Leveraging industry experience to ensure that you pay vendors a fair market value--and not a penny more

No matter the form of receipt, Red Curve Solutions ® has the solution for you. First, for online contributions, use Red Curve Solutions ® proprietary widget, APEX℠. APEX℠ is fully integrated with VORTEX℠ for maximum ease and convenience.​ For checks, Red Curve Solutions ® provides a detailed, human analysis of each financial instrument that comes in the door. We will evaluate any donor forms or donor correspondence accompanying the check. Prohibited or flawed checks are returned to the donor with appropriate correspondence. Acceptable receipts are batched, deposited, and recorded in VORTEX℠ with identifying details such as event code, conduit, joint fundraising committee, or fundraiser/bundler. Any necessary compliance letters are sent to donors in a timely manner. KEY FEATURES OF RED CURVE SOLUTIONS ® CONTRIBUTION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Careful human analysis ​ - Research and vetting of contributions and the financial instrument - Accurate data entry - Routine data maintenance - Analysis and reporting to the level of detail matching client needs - Leveraging the power of VORTEX℠ for budgeting, analysis, and compliance reporting purposes