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Financial Policies

Below is the list of financial policies developed and maintained by the Financial Policy Office (FPO).  In the sidebar to the left are links to administrative policies from other units.

  • Accepting Credit Card Payments
  • Accounting for Leases
  • Bank Accounts
  • Business Expense Reimbursements Policy
  • Commitments and Contingencies
  • Expense Recognition
  • Fellowship Payments and Reimbursements for Students and Non-employee Postdocs/Fellows
  • Financial Management of Property, Plant and Equipment (Capital Assets and Equipment)
  • Financial Systems Access
  • Fraud Awareness and Reporting
  • Gifts and Celebratory Events for Employees and Nonemployees
  • Honoraria and Reimbursements for Foreign Nationals
  • Human Subject Payments
  • Independent Contractor Policy
  • Internal Billing Transactions
  • Internal Transfers
  • Petty Cash
  • Procurement
  • Purchasing Card
  • Reserves for Bad Debt
  • Responsibilities of Purchasers, Preparers and Approvers
  • Restricted Fund Spending Compliance
  • Revenue Recognition
  • Short-Term Operating Advances
  • Software Accounting Policy (previously Accounting for Internally-Developed Software)
  • Staff Mobile Phone Policy
  • Tax Compliance for External Revenue-Generating Activities in the U.S. (also known as Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT))
  • Time Entry and Approval for Non-exempt Employees
  • Travel Policy

Can't find the policy you need?

Summary of all Financial Policies

FPO is now updating a number of older financial policies.  If the policy you're looking for isn't listed here, please contact FPO.

Jump to Financial Policies by Topic

  • Payroll (3)
  • Keywords (1)
  • Keywords (1)
  • Accounting (12)
  • Payment (17)
  • Tax (14)
  • Travel and Reimbursements (10)
  • Treasury (4)
  • General Business (9)

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  • Sponsored Programs policies
  • HR policies
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  • Miscellaneous policies
  • Reference Materials and Forms
  • Full list of other policies

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