RFS can provide a full suite of comprehensive accounting services. These services may include the following:

Controller Functions

  • Develop and implement accounting policies and procedures
  • Create and co-ordinate the dissemination of management, operating and financial reporting packages
  • Communicate with investors, banks and any other financial institutions
  • Supervise all accounting functions and processes

General Ledger & Other

  • Monthly recurring journal entries
  • Fixed asset depreciation schedules
  • Work in process cost review and re-class
  • Depreciation, depletion & amortization calculation and posting
  • Hedge accounting
  • Asset retirement obligation accounting
  • Monthly account cost reconciliations

Accounts Payable

  • Code, input and index invoice images into system
  • Review and pay invoices on weekly basis
  • 1099 reporting
  • Input manual check detail and apply
  • General and administrative accruals

Accounts Receivable

  • Input purchaser statements into A/R system
  • Apply joint interest owner payments to outstanding A/R invoices
  • Code, input and index receipt images into system

Joint Interest

  • Determine and record COPAS overhead
  • Run cost allocations, review and create invoices
  • Prepare and mail joint interest invoices
  • Prepare and monitor payout statements
  • Facilitate netting of revenues and joint interest invoices
  • Lease operating expense and capital expenditure accruals

Oil & Gas Revenues

  • Input purchaser details and severance taxes into disbursement system
  • Review and process gross and owner sales
  • Review reports prior to creating owner payments
  • Revenue accruals and accounting for all associated revenue deducts
  • State and Federal royalty reporting
  • Production volume reconciliations

Production Taxes

  • Calculate and prepare monthly severance tax reports
  • Review severance tax reports prior to payment
  • Setup the payment for monthly severance taxes due
  • Calculate and prepare state and federal royalty reports
  • Input annual ad valorem taxes into system
  • Allocate ad valorem taxes into proper occurrence months
  • Reverse corresponding ad valorem tax accruals

Sales Taxes

  • Review all vendor invoices for proper sales tax charges
  • Notify vendors of sales tax issues and resolve future invoicing issues
  • Prepare sales tax reports to state
  • Review sales tax reports and setup payments

Master Files

  • Develop and implement master file layout and reporting hierarchy
  • Set up initial name & address information on joint interest owners, revenue owners, vendors and customers
  • Set up and maintain cost center files, well masters and chart of accounts
  • Open and close accounting periods

Management Reporting

  • Prepare balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows
  • Prepare trial balance
  • Prepare lease operating statements on a gross and net basis
  • Prepare AFE variance reports
  • Prepare budget variance reports for lease operating expense, produced volumes and capital expenditures