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A Brief Guide to Corporation Tax | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-9-vat-and-other-taxes/brief-guide-corporation-tax6 Aug 2015: Corporation tax is a tax payable by corporate bodies on any profits they make. The University is a corporate body and is therefore in principle subject to corporation tax on any surpluses made. However there are extensive reliefs available to -
Departmental Holdings Summary | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-12-investments/investment-cambridge-university-220 Mar 2015: Latest version 15 April 2024. -
Other ways to monitor expenditure against a specific UFS budget |…
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-2-budgetary-planning-control/monitoring-and/other23 Jul 2015: As well as the GL Financial Summary Report, there are other Cognos reports that deal with actual and budgeting variances. Refer to the Finance Division Training webpages Guidance and FAQs, Cognos reports, for a list of reports and detailed assistance -
Specific Donations | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-14-accounting-donations-and-grants/spending-12 Apr 2015: Expenditure charged to a specific donation must meet the conditions specified by the donor. Responsibility for ensuring that the terms of specific donations are available for reference and are adhered to rests with the Head of Department. -
Exchange rates | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-19-research-grants/invoicing-and-income/exchange12 Aug 2015: Awards payable in US Dollars, Euros or other foreign currencies will be budgeted in sterling. The foreign currency policy is detailed under Foreign currency grants Awards denominated in Euros or US dollars are budgeted using a lifetime rate. -
Customer purchase orders | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-8a-external-trading-and-credit-control/pre-417 Aug 2015: Latest version 17 April 2024. -
Fixed Asset Categories | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-16-fixed-assets/introduction-fixed-assets/fixed31 Mar 2015: Fixed assets within the University are split into three specific categories and presented differently in the financial statements. Equipment Purchased by departments in the normal course of business, including from research grants. -
Commitments | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-19-research-grants/ufs-grants-module/commitments12 Aug 2015: UFS is a commitment accounting system. This means that details of any orders placed in the UFS iProcurement Module are transferred to the UFS Grants module and funds are then reserved for the purchase. These are shown as commitments on several -
Research Grant cost centres | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-19-research-grants/reflection-grants-general-012 Aug 2015: Each department has one or more GL cost centres into which expenditure from the Grants module is mapped. The standard cost centre for this is **AG, the first two letters being the department code. This may vary in departments where more than one -
Staff costs | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-19-research-grants/managing-your-grant/staff12 Aug 2015: Staff costs are imported into the Grants module monthly. Where Staff costs have been incorrectly coded they can be transferred using the Tools/Transfer function in the Expenditure enquiry screen. Costs which fail validation will go to departmental -
Departmental credit cards | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-6-non-pay-expenditure/credit-card-procedures-15 Aug 2015: Some departments operate a single card for online and overseas purchases. -
Posting petty cash | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-19-research-grants/managing-your-grant/posting12 Aug 2015: Disbursements from petty cash can be charged to a research grant. There is a limit of £25 per item and all petty cash expenditure should be supported by a receipt. -
Monthly credit card statements | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-6-non-pay-expenditure/credit-card-procedures-35 Aug 2015: The Accounts Payable Team, Finance Division arranges payment. Statements are sent directly to the cardholders’ home address, as provided on the application form, from the credit card service provider. -
Investing Balances | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-14-accounting-donations-and-grants/ongoing-12 Apr 2015: All five sources of funds noted in section Sources of Funds for Donations are eligible for investment in the CUEF Fund and / or the Deposit Account, thus enabling unspent balances to earn investment income as expected. -
Amendments to a grant | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-19-research-grants/ufs-grants-module/amendments12 Aug 2015: Your School Team in the Research Operations Office must be notified of all amendments to a grant, e.g. extensions (cost and no cost), supplementary funding and virement of funds between expenditure categories. -
Use of exchange rates | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-6-non-pay-expenditure/foreign-currency/use5 Aug 2015: Department users are only able to use the Corporate exchange rates (i.e. are unable to enter User exchange rates). CUFS will usually default to this as the Rate Type. If prompted to complete this field when entering a foreign currency transaction, -
Internal control procedures and conflict of interest | Finance…
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-20-governance-compliance/internal-control31 Mar 2015: Definition It is essential that effective internal controls exist throughout departments, faculties, institutions and the University to: safeguard University assets prevent and detect errors and fraud protect the interests of the staff help to -
Module close dates | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-11-year-end-instructions/module-close-dates6 Aug 2015: All modules will be closed at 5 pm on the following dates. -
Research grants reports/queries | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-2-budgetary-planning-control/monitoring-and-523 Jul 2015: Cognos reports for monitoring grant expenditure at institutional level are available, including a summary report which provides an overview of grants expenditure and remaining budget on active awards. Furthermore, once-off, bespoke Cognos reports -
Transfer codes | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-3-chart-accounts/section-3-transaction-code-34 Sep 2015: Latest version 01 May 2024. -
Responsible employee | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-16-fixed-assets/updating-fixed-assets-module-031 Mar 2015: Each department should make one or more persons responsible for the fixed assets. Their duties would include: Regular checks to ensure that assets are being correctly maintained. Notification to Fixed Asset Helpdesk of any assets disposals. -
Successful applications | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-19-research-grants/ufs-grants-module/successful29 Jul 2015: Where applications are successful the sponsor will send an ‘Award Letter’ notifying the Research Operations Office and the applying Principal Investigator (PI). If the department of the PI receive a copy directly from the sponsor they should -
Estimate income required for the coming year | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-13-trust-funds/management-trust-funds/estimate1 Apr 2015: Calculate the cost of the activities of the trust over the forthcoming year. For salaries, do not forget to include on costs such as employer's NI and pension contributions, as well as the overhead charge. -
Placing money on deposit | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-12-investments/investment-deposit-account/placing20 Mar 2015: Latest version 15 April 2024. -
Application process | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-6-non-pay-expenditure/credit-card-procedures-05 Aug 2015: University credit cards are only available to employees whose contract of employment is issued by the University. Institution Heads are responsible for ensuring that the issue of a card is appropriate. To request a new credit card: • The applicant -
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-20-governance-compliance/relevant-legislation-231 Mar 2015: Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is an auditable set of standards designed to ensure certain card data is stored securely by us and any third party which stores, transmits or processes such card data on our behalf. -
Department segment | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-3-chart-accounts/section-1-overview/department4 Sep 2015: A full list of CUFS department codes is available . Latest version 01 May 2024. -
Travel expenses | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-6-non-pay-expenditure/processing-suppliers/travel5 Aug 2015: All reimbursements for travel and other expenses are made via the Accounts Payable Module, which means that a payment cannot be made to an individual unless they are on the Suppliers List. If required, refer to new supplier set-up procedures. This -
Internal trading | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-6-non-pay-expenditure/processing-suppliers-15 Aug 2015: AR Invoices are automatically transferred overnight (via an interface) into the receiving department’s AP module. PDF invoice copies are automatically emailed nightly to the receiving department. Departments should be emailing any backup -
Availability of funds | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-14-accounting-donations-and-grants/principles-42 Apr 2015: Donations are not available for investment or spending until they have been received and credited to an income account in the relevant Department. -
What do we mean by budgetary control? | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-2-budgetary-planning-control/introduction/what-do20 Mar 2015: Budgetary control is financial jargon for managing income and expenditure. In practice it means regularly comparing actual income or expenditure to planned income or expenditure to identify whether corrective action is required. -
Credit worthiness of external customers | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-8a-external-trading-and-credit-control/pre-617 Aug 2015: Latest version 16 April 2024. -
M Sources of Funds: Research grants and contracts | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-3-chart-accounts/section-2-source-funds-104 Sep 2015: Latest version 01 May 2024. -
Foreign currency grants | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-19-research-grants/ufs-grants-module/foreign12 Aug 2015: Grants that are awarded in a foreign currency will be converted to sterling at activation stage, using the University’s foreign exchange policy. The preferred currency for research grants is sterling. For US Dollar and Euro denominated grants the -
Purchasing goods and services from the EC | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-4-procurement-procedures/import-procedures-231 Mar 2015: Goods from the EC If goods are purchased from another EC member state and are brought into the UK then the supplier should not be charged VAT provided that the supplier is advised of the University's VAT number (823 8476 09). -
Amendments to existing suppliers | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-6-non-pay-expenditure/supplier-database-05 Aug 2015: Amendments to an existing supplier record are only acceptable if they are accompanied by official documentation regarding the relevant change. This may be in the form of a letter from the company stating the change or a copy of an invoice headed -
Specific Endowments | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-14-accounting-donations-and-grants/spending-02 Apr 2015: The procedures for authorisation of Trust Funds and Special Funds expenditure involve explicit approval by a Manager of the Fund and are set out in a separate chapter of the Financial Procedures Manual (Chapter 13 - Trust Funds). -
Transfer codes | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-2-budgetary-planning-control/monitoring-and-123 Jul 2015: When transferring costs between sources of funds, it is recommended that the transfer should use the original transaction code wherever possible. However should this not be practical then the generic transfer code of EZXX can be used, but must be -
Accounts Payable | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-10-month-end-guidance/accounts-payable7 Apr 2015: Accounts Payable (AP) describes the procedure for processing supplier invoices and employee expense claims, and other disbursements processed via the AP module. -
I Sources of Funds: Specific endowments | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-3-chart-accounts/section-2-source-funds-64 Sep 2015: Latest version 01 May 2024. -
Non-pay costs (E) | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-3-chart-accounts/section-3-transaction-code/non4 Sep 2015: EZ. Transfer of expenditure. Latest version 01 May 2024. -
Marketing and advertising | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-8a-external-trading-and-credit-control-0-217 Aug 2015: Latest version 16 April 2024 . -
Unit purchase and sales | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-12-investments/investment-cambridge-university-020 Mar 2015: Latest version 15 April 2024. -
The Financial Summary Report (Cognos) | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-2-budgetary-planning-control/monitoring-and-023 Jul 2015: The primary purpose when monitoring expenditure against a budget is to ensure that expenditure does not exceed either the budget, or its planned or received income. The first problem is how to spot where expenditure has, or will, exceed the budget. -
Trust Funds | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-2-budgetary-planning-control/monitoring-and-6-023 Jul 2015: Income and expenditure on Trust Funds can be monitored using the Cognos General Ledger reports. However, there is a specific report for Trust Funds which summarises the purpose, performance, and activity of each Trust Fund. -
Paying a factoring company | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-6-non-pay-expenditure/processing-suppliers/paying5 Aug 2015: If you come across an invoice that states the payment should be processed to a factoring company, then process the invoice as normal against the actual invoicing company. However, check to ensure that the supplier has been set up with a site named -
Taxable benefits | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-6-non-pay-expenditure/credit-card-procedures-65 Aug 2015: Expenditure without supporting receipts/vouchers may be considered by HM Revenue & Customs as a taxable benefit and therefore details should be submitted to the Payroll Section at the end of May for the previous tax year (ending 5 April) as part of -
Donation release | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-14-accounting-donations-and-grants/procedures-42 Apr 2015: When funds are released they will be credited to the specified department / cost centre / source of funds combination with a transaction code: LFDO "Donations transferred from Development Office" It will also include any interest that has been e -
Chapter 13 - Trust funds | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-13-trust-funds1 Apr 2015: Download this chapter in PDF format What is a trust fund? A trust fund is established where the University accepts a bequest "on trust". This becomes a binding obligation upon the University to use the money in accordance with the terms of the b -
Chapter 11: Year-end instructions Jul 2024 | Finance Division
https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/policy-and-procedures/financial-procedures/chapter-11-year-end-instructions22 Jul 2015: Search site. Finance Division. Chapter 11: Year-end instructions Jul 2024. Chapter 11 - Year End Instructions. This chapter contains information on the basis that the University’s year end process works in line with the expected timetable. If
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