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12 Aug 2015: The University Procurement Procedures must be followed for the purchase of all items of equipment and the ‘Track as Asset’ box in AP checked for all purchases over £5,000 (including non-recoverable VAT).

20 Mar 2015: The role of Finance Business Partners and Institution Heads of Finance in budgetary planning and control The University operates an annual Planning Round, one aspect of which is to collate financial forecasts from institutions (usually around

5 Aug 2015: Cardholders are responsible for ensuring all transactions are processed in Concur by 15th of the month following the transaction. The transactions must be supported by receipts/invoices. HM Revenue & Customs may consider un-receipted transactions to

17 Aug 2015: It is the responsibility of the institution to ensure checks have been made to substantiate customer claims before refunding. Written authorisation from Head of Institution or delegated authority should be received and retained for audit purposes.

6 Aug 2015: Cambridge University Technical Service (CUTS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of a Cambridge Enterprise Limited. By using CUTS, the University is able to avail of charitable tax reliefs to ensure that full economic benefit of profitable consultancy

2 Apr 2015: Where departments receive donations directly in the form of cash and/or cheque then these should be forwarded to CUDAR for processing. CUDAR will then take responsibility for the banking of monies and receipting on UFS. If appropriate they will

1 Apr 2015: Overheads are charged on trust funds that have been set up since 1995 where the fund is paying for a specific post or posts if the regulations of the fund permit. Trust funds set up from May 2007 onwards, are charged 30% overheads on staff costs.

5 Aug 2015: Where a University employee is required to incur expenditure on University business, a cash advance may be made to assist in covering this expenditure. Standard forms (which must be used), are available for this purpose. A request for a cash advance

23 Jul 2015: A budget is the financial representation of a planning process, usually annual. It is finalised before the beginning of a financial year and actual income and expenditure are measured against it as a means of reviewing performance and controlling

1 Apr 2015: Most trust funds will have some permanent capital - the original endowment that cannot be spent by the Managers. A number of funds do not have permanent capital as, under the terms of the bequest, both the original donation and any income generated,

2 Apr 2015: The CUDAR will notify the department for which the donation is intended (via email), passing on the following information: name of the donor amount of donation (including gift aid where appropriate) purpose of the donation CUDAR will ask the

4 Sep 2015: What is a Source of Funds? The Source of Funds is the fourth part of the account code. Each four-digit code represents a different source of income. Income and expenditure funded by that income must be recorded against a specific Source of Funds code

18 Aug 2015: Debt should only be written-off if it is genuine and due, and it has been established it is not possible or economic to recover, having completed all previously listed activities in this section. Uncollectible debts, including those in respect of

1 Apr 2015: A significant number of the University's Trust Funds are prize funds. The detail of each prize is listed annually in November each year, in a special edition of the Reporter. Many prize funds have the annual income as the value of the prize.

10 Aug 2015: Module closes at 5pm on Wednesday 7 August Essential Tasks Final date for completion Physical stock take (all institutions with stores) Wed 31 Jul Update Inventory balances with the results of stock take Wed 7 Aug Process all receipts and issues

5 Aug 2015: Completed Action Check each transaction has supporting documentation.

17 Aug 2015: Credit control is an important process that establishes controls both pre- and post-sale to ensure the timely recovery of income owed to the University. The objective is to optimise cashflow and minimise the risks of non-settlement, which become

6 Aug 2015: No VAT is charged on stamps or franking machine charges. See goods and services charged without VAT in the UK.

1 Apr 2015: University Payment System (UPS) Payments These are payments made to adjudicators, examiners, and lecturers etc who are not on the University Payroll. These payments are made online through UPS, and should be input by one person and authorised by an

23 Jul 2015: Unlike most ‘for-profit’ organisations, funds allocated but unspent at the end of a financial year may in some cases (subject to rules) be carried forward in reserves for use in subsequent years. This allows institutions and Schools the

4 Sep 2015: Transaction codes are used to define the nature of an item in a consistent manner across all departments. As well as income and expenditure transactions, they describe any brought forward balances and items that are recorded on the University’s

1 Apr 2015: Most trust funds will have some spendable capital as well as permanent capital. This is also known as accumulated unspent income. The regulations for most Trust Funds explicitly provide for unspent income to be carried forward and used as income in

6 Aug 2015: Passenger transport e.g. rail fares, air tickets are zero-rated and no VAT is charged on the purchase. See Goods and services charged without VAT in the UK.

1 Apr 2015: The constitution of the board of managers or electors of a trust fund is usually laid down by Ordinance. Managers may be appointed by the Council, the General Board, Faculty Board or other bodies. A full list of managers for each trust tund is

12 Aug 2015: The following tasks should be undertaken monthly to ensure that expenditure posted and subsequently claimed from the sponsor is correct. Review expenditure posted to your department suspense grants and re-post expenditures to clear the department

23 Jul 2015: In general Chest budgets are set at the beginning of the financial year. It is the responsibility of the School Business Partners and institution heads of finance to organise the upload of institutional budgets, as detailed in the Blue Book, into UFS

2 Apr 2015: Donation income For the purposes of these procedures, "donation income" can include any of: gifts benefactions bequests legacies grants made by charitable trusts grants made by Government departments and agencies This does not include HEFCE inco

2 Apr 2015: The Development and Alumni Relations office (CUDAR) is the University's designated office equipped to deal with donations, including donations destined for individual departments. For this reason, donations should always wherever possible be

23 Jul 2015: The table below details those activities and sources of funds for which budgets are not created in UFS, unless your Finance Business Partner/Institution Finance Manager tells you otherwise. These activities are monitored by comparing Actual

17 Aug 2015: Occasionally an institution may make a sale to a customer who operates a self-billing process. This is where the customer generates a sales invoice on our behalf and is typically followed up with a payment. It is common in the agricultural and

31 Mar 2015: At the end of each financial year the Head of Department is required to sign a year-end certificate for their department; this includes certifying that the Fixed Asset Register holds the correct number and type of assets held in the department.

17 Aug 2015: Prior to any sale being made, institutions must establish whether VAT needs to be charged for the supply of good or service to this specific customer. To ensure the correct tax treatment is used for a sale, the following information must be

2 Apr 2015: Where possible, donors should be encouraged to make their donation by way of a single lump-sum in GBP sterling.

12 Aug 2015: Initial source of support Your initial source of support should be your Finance Analyst - Research and Grants in the Research Operations Office. Each Department has a dedicated Finance Analyst - Research and Grants.

6 Aug 2015: As a rule of thumb for costing purposes calculating a rate of 5% is usually reasonably accurate.

12 Aug 2015: Departments must not transfer funds into a research grant or directly code income from a sponsor to a grant code. Collecting monies due from sponsors is undertaken by the Credit Control team in Research Accounting. However, there may be occasions

19 Mar 2015: When the University pays a sum of money for service(s), consideration must be given to whether the Off-Payroll Worker rules allow those payments to be made gross or whether there is deemed employment for tax purposes.

12 Aug 2015: Each research award will be activated within the UFS Grants module and given a unique award number, prefaced by RG or G. This will then be linked to a unique project number. It is helpful to quote the award RG/G number or project number in all

31 Mar 2015: This ongoing process of correctly identifying assets at purchase is the key to the fixed asset system operating satisfactorily and is the main requirement for departments to follow. ... Equipment purchased under research contracts are subject to the

20 Mar 2015: Institutional responsibilities for budgetary planning and control The amount of input required from an institution for Chest budgetary planning and control can vary by institution and whether the budget is devolved fully.

6 Aug 2015: Gift Aid is a procedure where the University can reclaim from HM Revenue & Customs the basic rate of income tax on a donation given to the University by an individual. Currently the University is able to increase the value of the donation by 25%.

7 Apr 2015: Ordering: iProcurement A department wishing to order goods or services should raise a purchase order on UFS to the supplying department. It is good practise to include a note on the purchase order of your department's AR internal customer number.

1 Apr 2015: Trust funds are classified as 'specific endowments' as the benefactor has specified that the funds are to be invested and the investment income is to be used for specific purposes. The funds may be required to be invested in perpetuity or for a

1 Apr 2015: An appropriation in aid is a transfer of income from a trust fund to a departmental account, and is therefore a saving to the University Chest. These appropriations come under the following main categories.

4 Sep 2015: All these sources of funds designate what the University describes as self-supporting activities. They should be self-funding in that they cover all their related costs. Thus, an overriding principle is that the full costs of an activity should be

17 Aug 2015: As institutions may not receive notification from the customer prior to the payment appearing in the bank account, you must review the twice weekly sterling, dollar and euro electronic payment lists distributed by the Cash Management (CM) Team.

6 Aug 2015: Insurance is exempt from VAT though it is liable to another tax called Insurance Premium Tax (IPT). IPT should be treated as part of the overall cost of the insurance and not separately identified or treated as VAT, and the tax code entered as 'No

6 Aug 2015: Food (not catering) is usually zero-rated and should be entered on CUFS using the tax code 'No UK VAT', but there are a few exceptions on which you will be charged VAT at the standard rate - see section Sales/Income in the UK, Food for standard

4 Sep 2015: Sometimes departments and trust managers may wish to appropriate (transfer) funds from a trust, for example: where funds need to be appropriated to another department; or where the fund expenditure is large or spread across a number of activities

1 Apr 2015: Benefactions and gifts to establish new Trust Funds are always reported to Council and a Notice announcing acceptance by the University is published in the Reporter. The Notice would usually be accompanied by a grace, or grace and report, to set up