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Blanket, Maintenance, and Lease Purchase Orders to Automatically Close

Posted May 12, 2008 in Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting, Procurement and Supply Management and tagged .

As a reminder, the Purchasing Department will automatically close all annual blanket, lease, and maintenance purchase orders valid through June 30, 2008. It is not necessary to submit an on-line closure request for these purchase orders. They will be closed … Continue reading →

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Purchase Order Closures Simplified Through Encumbrance Report

Posted April 23, 2008 in Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting, Procurement and Supply Management and tagged .

Effective April 23, 2008, we are pleased to announce the new ability to easily request purchase orders be closed through your Encumbrance Management Report. Confirm and submit your request to close unused or outdated purchase orders without filling-out or printing … Continue reading →

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Budget Variance Management Report

Posted April 23, 2008 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Financial Services Technical Support and tagged , .

Beginning April 23rd, a new managment report selection will be available entitled “Monthly Variance Report“. This report is for Activities and BU02 & BU03 OrgIDs. It is not for Grant and Contract Projects. The report shows budget, actual revenue and … Continue reading →

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Financial Year-End Information & Dates – FY2008

Posted April 21, 2008 in Financial Reporting and Accounting and tagged .

The Year-End Information & Dates document has been updated for fiscal year 2008. This document indicates when accounting documents must be delivered to the appropriate accounting office to ensure the transactions are booked in June. Also, the Accounting Calendar has … Continue reading →

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4th floor Park Building Relocation this week: Apr 21 – 25

Posted April 21, 2008 in Financial Services.

The following departments will be moving from the 4th floor of the Park Building to Building 36 (map) throughout this week, and should be settled and ready to resume regular business on April 28th. We will be located in Bldg. … Continue reading →

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Important Sales Tax and License News

Posted March 28, 2008 in Tax Services and tagged .

The Utah State Tax Commission has assigned a new sales tax license and exemption number to the University of Utah. Please begin to use sales account license and sales tax exemption number 11874443, replacing 20203, immediately. A new sales tax … Continue reading →

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New Utah Tax Payroll Withholding Tables Effective for Pay Period Ending 3/15/08

Posted March 19, 2008 in Payroll, Tax Services and tagged .

The Utah Legislature amended the way that Utah income taxes are calculated. Accordingly, there is a new 2008 payroll tax withholding table. The new table will be in effect beginning with the pay period ending 3/15/08. You may notice a … Continue reading →

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Airfare Exchange & Unused Ticket Procedures

Posted February 20, 2008 in Travel and tagged .

During the normal course of business, airfare tickets are exchanged for a different flight time or date, or may even go unused if the trip is cancelled. Airfare changes or cancellations often result in an airline credit that must be … Continue reading →

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Endowment Projections

Posted February 12, 2008 in Endowment & Investment Accounting, Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged , .

Financial and Business Services is pleased to offer colleges and departments two methods for estimating the amount of endowment income expected during the next fiscal year. In the future, the necessary factors for doing the calculations will be provided on … Continue reading →

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Accounting for Special Student Fees

Posted February 11, 2008 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Income Accounting and tagged , , .

Effective July 1, 2008, special fees assessed to students will be recorded using general ledger account 4077X. All existing default chart strings for special fees will be changed automatically to the new range effective with for the 2008-2009 fiscal year … Continue reading →

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