MMTCTA’s Governmental Accounting Workshop
Date: 8/21/2025 - 8/22/2025
Sponsor: Maine Municipal Tax Collectors' and Treasurers' Association
Location: Maine Municipal Association Conference Center, 60 Community Dr., Augusta, ME 04330 (In person ONLY)
Time: Registration: 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Workshop: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm (Each Day)
Presenter(s): Marc Roy, CPA, Owner of Blue Star Accounting and Advising
Cost: MMTCTA Members: $110.00 | Non-Members: $140.00 (Fee includes continental breakfast, coffee, lunch and workshop materials)
Training for: Finance, Tax Collector & Treasurer, MMTCTA
Please note: MUST attend BOTH days
Presenter BIO:
Marc R. Roy, CPA, has over 15 years of experience in auditing and accounting, with a focus on governmental accounting. In addition to auditing governments, he has also served as the out-sourced business manager and comptroller for towns, counties, and schools across the state. He is the owner of Blue Star Accounting and Advising whose mission is to help governments better serve their citizens by enhancing their accounting and business management processes through consulting, training, and comptroller services.
Who Should Attend:
All newly elected/appointed Treasurers should attend. Both days are mandatory to receive certification.
Workshop Topics:
Governmental accounting concepts build off general accounting concepts and introduce a level of complexity that municipal tax collectors and treasurers are required to understand and apply. This workshop is designed as a review of basic general accounting concepts and ties them to governmental accounting concepts, showing similarities and (more importantly) the difference between the two methods.
Thursday
Necessity of accounting systems
Financial reporting objectives
Elements of financial statements
Basic bookkeeping
The accounting cycle
Basic financial statements
Friday
Quick review of topics learned on Day One
Fund accounting
Interfund accounts and transactions
Components of fund balance and net position
Government-wide financials
Addressing specific questions and issues
**NOTE: This is not an introduction to Accounting course.**
(Fee includes continental breakfast, coffee, lunch and workshop materials)
Cancellations for MMTCTA Workshops:
Cancellations must be submitted using this Cancellation form to cancel your registration for an event. Cancellations received before 8/15/25 will be assessed a $15 administrative fee for processing. Cancellations received on/after 8/15/25 will be charged 50% of the course fee. Any registrant who does not attend and does not cancel their registration (i.e., no-show) and any cancellation received the day of the event will be charged the full registration fee. Registration substitutions are permitted for registrants within the same municipality/organization and will be assessed a $15 substitution fee. Please email [email protected] to request a registration substitution. Registration transfers to a future training offering are not permitted.
Questions regarding your registration or MMTCTA membership? Email [email protected]
Certification:
Participants must sign in at the beginning of the course and be present for both days to receive a certificate. Certificates will be handed out after the second day class and will not be mailed. If you do not pick up your certificate after the class, you will not receive credit for attending. For attendees who must leave early for emergency situations; a determination will be made by the Professional Development Committee of the Executive Board as to the nature of the emergency and whether a sufficient portion of the course was covered to warrant certification credit. *Any member whose certification expires must attain their original certification again.
Government Accounting can be used in the Maine Municipal Tax Collectors’ & Treasurers’ Association Certification Program. Must attend both days to receive certification. You are responsible to pick up and keep your certificate after each training. The MMTCTA does not reproduce certificates after a training session.
Disclaimer:
Educational courses and materials offered by the Maine Municipal Tax Collectors’ and Treasurers’ Association, including but not limited to its partners, affiliates, vendors, sponsors, instructors and/or staff are provided for general informational and educational purposes only. None of the educational activities and supplementary documentation is provided as specific legal advice.
Membership:
Interested in joining MMTCTA? Visit our website at www.mmtcta.org for membership application.
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