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7 Apr 2015: At the year-end the Finance Division will ensure that unspent balances on specific endowments and specific donations will be rolled forward and will be available for spending in the following financial year.

4 Sep 2015: Sources of financial information The Finance Division produces the following main sources of financial and management information based on General Ledger balances: at Department level monthly departmental summary reports at School / Group level

19 Mar 2015: There are certain exceptions to the rules about “deemed employment” where people are being retained to undertake very short term academic tasks. These can be paid through the UPS using a UPS1 form as ‘automatic self-employed’ without the

17 Aug 2015: Consider if it is reasonable to obtain payment in advance of any income generating activities to remove the need for offering credit. Should you decide to trade on credit terms you must assess the associated credit risks.

2 Apr 2015: Topics covered in this section are: Consultation with CUDAR re solicitation of donors Power to accept donations under £100,000 Decision to accept restricted donations Receipt of donations Availability of funds Classification of donations

7 Apr 2015: Occasionally a permanent unspent balance will arise on a specific donation/endowment account, where further spending in accordance with the donor's conditions is not possible.

2 Apr 2015: As indicated previously, donations should wherever possible be directed to the Development and Alumni Relations office (CUDAR).

4 Sep 2015: The P Source of Funds is used for funding received specifically or approved for buildings. The related expenditure should be entered via the Projects module in UFS. Normally this is only used by the Finance Division or Estates Division. Latest

31 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.

12 Aug 2015: Following instruction from ROO, Research Accounting transfer any excess income or excess expenditure (ie. overspend) to the departmental research cost centre, with the ED source of funds, and a transaction code LZEG for excess income or AZZN/EZZN

12 Aug 2015: Expenditure is usually recovered through invoicing or an expenditure claim. Most sponsors’ billing is generated through the Grants Module; this means that there is data available to departments on the amount billed per grant.

23 Jul 2015: All institutions are required to monitor and control their expenditure to ensure that it is in line with available funds. This section gives guidance on the techniques required and reports available to enable interpretation of actual expenditure

20 Mar 2015: To take money off deposit, complete a journal as described in Placing money on deposit but this time: Credit the transaction code SCBA Debit the control account SCCA Latest version 15 April 2024

18 Aug 2015: 11. Financial Regulations 2012, Income and Expenditure,12.2. 12. Financial Regulations 2012, Corporate Requirements, 22.1.

31 Mar 2015: Financial Regulations: requirement to report fraud or irregularity to the Director of Finance.

5 Aug 2015: Please refer to the Supplier Set Up webpage for the full list of requirements.

10 Aug 2015: Final date for completion Action required Tue 24 Sep Institution Summary Reports will be issued electronically to institutions as follows: Date Interim 1 Fri 2 Aug Interim 2 Thu 22 Aug (following close of AP etc.) Interim 3 Tue 3 Sep

4 Sep 2015: The code consists of four characters: the first identifies what sort of account the transactions should be attributed to and the next three refine this more precisely. The table below is a summary of the Transaction codes used by the University.

25 Nov 2014: Be very careful when dealing with income that is described by any of the following headings; some of the terms are commonly interchanged and can mean different things to different people.

17 Aug 2015: Goods and/or services must not be provided on credit without a customer purchase order or the appropriate written equivalent contract. A customer purchase order provides written confirmation of the customer’s details (e.g., current address,

4 Sep 2015: This is simply a spare field in case we decide to expand the accounting code structure at some point in the future. For the present this is always going to be 0000 (four zeros). Latest version 01 May 2024

2 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.

23 Jul 2015: By budget phasing we mean how the budget has been split across the months of the financial year. Staff costs should consider the timings of known University-wide uplifts and any others where practical.

23 May 2018: Payroll transactions feed into the GL and Grants module in UFS. It is essential that adjustments to pay are processed in the correct period, paying particular attention to staffing movements to minimise overpayments.

25 Nov 2014: Some products are always charged without VAT, namely: Books and e-books Human blood and organs Insurance Non-VAT registered suppliers Stamps/franking machine charges Travel tickets In addition, some purchases are usually charged without VAT to the

1 Apr 2015: Currently this depends on the number of CUEF units that are held and is calculated by multiplying the number of units by the distribution rate. It is credited to departmental accounts on a monthly basis on transaction code NAAA.

4 Sep 2015: The J Sources of Funds are used to account for non-research grants received from the Office for Students and Research England and other bodies for specific purposes, together with the associated expenditure, whether revenue expenditure or

20 Mar 2015: You will be able to view details of departmental deposits and interest received using the Cognos Reporting tool. The suggested report is the GL: Budget to Actual, using analysing transaction codes: NBAA (Deposit account interest) and SCBA (Monies on

20 Mar 2015: Departments should check that by the fourth working day of month end any accounts with monies on deposit are not overdrawn at source of funds level. If overdrawn, departments should take money off deposit to ensure that by the close of business on

20 Mar 2015: An annual Investment management report of the CUEF is produced each year end.. This report presents the results for the year, details of the asset allocation of the fund, commentary on performance and records historic performance. If you would like

6 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

20 Mar 2015: The monthly interest calculation is run by the Treasury & Investments team using balances as at the end of working day four of the month-end processing period. No further deposit movements should be processed after this date. Interest earned varies

2 Apr 2015: Donations are received and donation accounts are set up on the understanding that the monies are charitable funds which belong to the University, not to an individual . While the Head of Institution may place funds at the disposal of an individual,

20 Mar 2015: Twice a year, departments are sent a summary of their unit holdings as at 31 December and 30 June. Alternatively, departments can run the UFS Transaction Code Balances report at any time to obtain this information.

23 Nov 2015: Amounts above GBP £10K require additional verification. To ensure payments are processed efficiently and accurately, a copy of the invoice must be sent to the Accounts Payable Payments Administrator as soon as it has been processed.

12 Aug 2015: When a research grant comes to an end the Research Operations Office will perform a number of administrative processes and then close the grant. This may take up to six months, depending on the sponsor and their payment terms.

7 Apr 2015: Accounts Receivable concerns income generated from sales for services rendered with the following steps being involved. Invoice - Raise sales invoice. Send to Customer - Invoice sent to Customer. Receipts - Income collected and receipted. Debt

5 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

12 Aug 2015: Time limits Submission of Starting Certificates provides official notification to the sponsor of the start date. Not all sponsors require starting certificates. Each of the relevant sponsors has its own time limits within which the grant must be

11 Aug 2015: All external funding bodies (known as ‘sponsors’) have their own terms and conditions covering how funds should be applied for and administered when received. You should review these before applying.

11 Aug 2015: All research projects need to have a contract. Where the University accepts a funding body’s standard terms and conditions eg. a Research Council’s, there is no need for negotiations to take place as such terms are widely accepted.

31 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).

5 Aug 2015: The search facility enables staff to find current suppliers.

5 Aug 2015: For all enabled currencies within UFS (excluding US Dollar & Euro/Euro defined), the Treasury team will load a monthly Corporate exchange rate onto UFS. For US Dollar and Euro, the Treasury team will load a daily Corporate exchange rate onto UFS.

25 Nov 2014: The rules concerning sales to countries outside the EC are different depending on whether you are selling goods or services, and whether the recipient is in business or not. Please see the Import Export Hub for current information.

4 Sep 2015: These are for donations where the donor has specified that the gift is to be invested for the longer term, but where no trust fund has been established. In most cases the donor has also placed restrictions on the use of the income arising.

4 Sep 2015: The codes most used in departmental transaction processing are those beginning E (for non-pay expenditure). The second character clarifies the particular type of expenditure, and the last two characters give the detail.

12 Aug 2015: Checking that all expenditure posted in the Grants module correctly posted to the GL is undertaken by Research Accounting.. Departments should not post any expenditure to ‘M’ source of funds codes.

17 Aug 2015: Determining the correct status of a customer is imperative to the sale as it may influence the costs of goods and services, the tax treatment, and the options available for debt recovery should action become necessary. A customer can be classed as

10 Aug 2015: Further information on year end procedures is detailed below: