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Service Center Year-End Processing Notes

Requirements for Paper Service Center Requisitions

  • Certifying signature.
  • Purpose/benefit statement
  • Photo copied SCRs processed in lieu of original must include original certifying signature.
  • Received By signature.
  • Corrections to SCRs must be made by journal entry.
Year-End Processing
  • Annual physical inventory count must be performed and submitted to General Accounting at year-end with other inventory book balance schedule.
  • Aging and related schedules to support Account Receivable balances must be submitted to General Accounting at year-end.
General Accounting Q&A

Question:
How do I establish a petty cash or change fund?
Answer:
A voucher should be completed payable to the cash custodian using the departmental chosen cost center and the account: 10102 Petty Cash or 10103 Change Fund.ubmit the voucher with a justification memo (outlining the purpose of the funds) together to the Treasurers office. Once approved; Treasury will forward the approved purchase voucher to Accounts Payable for processing. The check is issued to the fund custodian and returned to the Treasurers office for distribution. When the check is picked up the fund custodian will sign an acknowledgement form.

Question:
How do I close out a petty cash or change fund?
Answer:
A journal entry should be done to process the deposit of the funds crediting the same cost center and account as originally used to establish the fund.

Question:
How often do departments have to submit the Addendum A (Authorization to handle cash)?
Answer:
(MAPP 05.01.01 section VI) stipulates reauthorization must be at the beginning of each new fiscal year. It also must be reauthorized every time there is a change in departmental personnel handling cash.

Question:
Why do I send my deposits to SFS when I don't collect student revenue?
Answer:
All deposits are sent by UHPD to the vault in student financial services excluding system 00783 deposits that should be sent directly the Treasurer’s Office.