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Fiscal Year End Close 2008
Last update: 7/18/08

 

FY08 is closed to campus journals. Unposted FY08 journals will be deleted after period 998.

 

Resources Listed in order of original issue.

 

Daily Email Reminders — From Laura Ragin, Director of Accounting. (latest 6/13/08)

Supporting Details Instructions — For balance sheet accounts: A/R, Unearned Revenues, etc. (7/16/08)

Customizable Calendar — Created by Elaine Hernandez & Erika Smith. (6/3/08)

PBS Bulletin — Includes year end payroll information. (6/2/08)

Office of Cash Management FYE Memo — Cash processing info & deadlines. (updated 6/6/08)

Sponsored Project JE Tips — Speed up your sponsored project JE approvals by SPA. (updated 6/4/08)

Departmental Year End Memo Print and use. (updated 6/6/08)

Automated AccrualsPrint and use. PSC explains the accrual process for PV, TV, SPO, PO. (5/23/08)

Procurement Card InstructionsPrint and use. From the PSC. (updated 5/23/08)

System Controller Year End Calendar — Detailed & comprehensive, includes many System tasks. (5/5/08)

Get Ready for Fiscal Year End Tips on how to prepare for fiscal year end. (4/24/08)

Fiscal Year End Town Meeting June 5, 2008 10-11:30 & 1:30-3:00 Eaton Humanities room 150. (4/24/08)

 

 

Year End Calendar and Deadlines Updated as additions/corrections occur—updated 6/30/08. Best used along with the Departmental Year End Memo (above).

Date     Day   Time1   Deadline Description

May 1   Thu                Moratorium begins for new account codes through July 21.

May 2   Fri                  Last day to submit PO/SPO Reqs requiring formal bids.

May 16 Fri                      Last day to submit PO/SPO Reqs requiring documented quotes

May 23 Fri                    Deadline for FY08 FOPPS inactivation requests, reorgs, new orgs, or other changes to the org tree due to: accounting@colorado.edu.

May 27 Tue                    Expenditure Control attribute change deadline due to ABS

May 30 Fri                   Last day to submit all other PO Reqs that use FY08 funds.

Jun 2    Mon               Budget Journal Entry cutoff for May. Note: Only Temporary or Continuing budget moved within the same campus division and budget account allowed since April 15. Arts & Science units should submit all budget change requests to A&S Budget Office by A&S deadline.
Jun 2    Mon               As month end nears, check for any unposted journals that you need to correct, approve, or that need additional info for SPA or gift approval.3,4

Jun 3    Tue    6:00      Finance System campus close for May. ÆDo not create, validate, approve or post May journals after 6PM—they do not post & are deleted

Jun 4    Wed   4:00      System or Data Control will delete all unposted May journals that are not copied & assigned a future date or saved in incomplete status

Jun 5    Thu                Year-End Close Town Meetings. 10:00-11:30am and 1:30-3:00pm. Eaton Humanities room 150. Register: accounting@colorado.edu. Bring copies of Year End Memo, Automated Accruals, and Procurement Card Instructions.
Jun 5    Thu    8:00a    May reports available on demand in Reporting System.
Jun 5    Thu    5:00      Time collection for May 31 biweekly payroll.2
Jun 5   
Thu    6:00      Gift expense calc to CUF for next Monday wire transfer

Jun 9    Mon   Noon     May reports available in the Portal.
Jun 9    Mon   4:00      Requests to change (add, delete, modify) allocation steps within existing groups for FY08 due to Lynda.Reisinger@colorado.edu, 2-8646

Jun 12  Thu    6:00      Gift expense calc to CUF for next Monday wire transfer

Jun 13  Fri                  Deadline for changes to the Property Accounting System (PAS) for FY08. For assistance, contact Jean Connely, 2-2424.
Jun 13  Fri      4:30      Last day for the Student Employment Office to receive PET requests involving hourly (407600) to work-study (407700). Brenda Duran, 2-3548

Jun 16  Mon   5:00      Time collection for June end of month payroll.2

Jun 17  Tue    5:00      Time collection for June 14 biweekly payroll.2

Jun 18  Wed   Noon     Deadline for gift transfer requests >$500K or to get FY08 manual transfer requests to CUF for 6/30 wire
Jun 18-20 Wed-Fri      HR Production is down for biweekly and monthly payroll processing.

Jun 19  Thu    6:00      Gift expense calc to CUF for next Monday wire transfer

Jun 20  Fri      4:00      Starting today, departments using Data Entry please hand-deliver all INs on a daily basis to Lynda Reisinger, ARC, 3100 Marine St, room 433

Jun 24  Tue                Travel and non-travel vouchers must be at the PSC to guarantee a check in the last check run for the year—in their hands, not in the mail

Jun 25  Wed               Begin to circle total dollar amount and write “June” underneath it on Payment Vouchers for FY08 business.
Jun 25  Wed   2:00     
Deadline for FY08 hand drawn requests are due to PBS by 2:00 PM. Hand drawn requests received after this deadline will be processed as FY09 business. (Note: Termination for Cause hand drawn due date is Thursday, June 26, 12:00 noon.) Call the PBS Help Desk if you have questions about these payments, 303-735-6500. See PBS Bulletin for year end info.
Jun 25  Wed   4:30      Last day for the Student Employment Office to receive PET requests to move employer share of work-study earnings (407700) to another FOPPS.

Jun 26  Thu    6:00      Fund 30/31/34 JE deadline to create, validate, & approve cost transfers and PETs for 1st close.3 No exceptions. See SPA JE tips.
Jun 26 
Thu    6:00      Gift expense calc to CUF for end of month transfer

Jun 27  Fri                  Vendor information to set up new vendors due to PSC.
Jun 27  Fri                  HR Production is down for salary upload process.
Jun 27  Fri      4:30      Payroll hand drawn express warrants must be picked up in OCM by close of business today. Unclaimed warrants will be returned to PBS and mailed to employees via U.S. mail.

Jun 30  Mon   Noon     PSC to receive requests to cancel checks in FY08.
Jun 30  Mon               Money received through 3:00 pm is due in OCM by 4:30 pm. Money received after 3:00 pm is due in OCM by 11:00 am tomorrow, July 1.
Jun 30  Mon               GIK equipment transaction memos are due to Property Accounting. For help call Jeanne Connely, 2-2424.
Jun 30  Mon               ISC rate/budget sheets due ABS & Diana Vidal, 579 UCB.
Jun 30  Mon               Auxiliary fund FY09 budget sheets due Jan Baker, 2-8926.
Jun 30  Mon               Physical count of inventories must be completed.
Jun 30  Mon               Petty cash and change funds counted by this date.
Jun 30  Mon               Last day for Accounts Payable to run checks for FY08. All checks on hand in your department must be mailed by midnight.
Jun 30  Mon               Last feed of BRS activity to the general ledger.
Jun 30  Mon               Encumbrances (PO, PO Req, SPO, SPO Req) roll to FY09.
Jun 30  Mon               June paydate shift to July 1

Jul 1     Tue                Start using 06/30/2008 for all your June 2008 JEs.      .
Jul 1     Tue                Begin the PSC accrual process. See Automated Accruals.
Jul 1     Tue                Get a bill for actual costs or a best estimate from those entities for whom any sponsored project of yours has issued a subaward for work done through June 30 so that the expense can be manually accrued.
Jul 1     Tue    9:00a    Data Control’s final deadline to receive INs for June processing received in the dept by close of business day June 30. Hand deliver to Lynda Reisinger, ARC, 3100 Marine St, room 433.
Jul 1    
Tue    11:00a  All money received as of midnight June 30 must be deposited with the Office of Cash Management in Regent Hall so it can be recorded as FY08 business. See OCM year-end memo. Final Cash subsystem feed for June.
Jul 1     Tue    6:00      Final departmental subsystem feeds using the black box.

Jul 2     Wed               Review, finalize, & post all unposted journals possible.
Jul 2    
Wed   5:00      PVs and TVs must be at PSC to ensure FY08 accrual.
Jul 2     Wed   5:00      Time collection for June 28 biweekly payroll.2
Jul 2     Wed 6:00
     1st June Preliminary Close.........................................

Jul 3     Thu                ÆDo not create, validate, approve or post journals today (or anytime after the July 2, 6:00 pm close). They do not post & are deleted.

Jul 4     Fri      8:00a    1st close reports available in Reporting System. CIW GL tables & FIN Reporting nightly refresh will not occur until Sunday night, July 6.

Jul 7     Mon               Sales tax reports due Diana Vidal, 579 UCB, fax 2-5553.
Jul 7     Mon               Reports on inventories taken and copies of final inventory adjusting JEs due to Diana Vidal, 579 UCB, fax 2-5553.
Jul 7    
Mon   Noon     1st close pink paper reports ready for pick up from ABS, 3100 Marine, Room 446—only for those depts that get monthly printed reports. Those not picked up by 4:30 will be mailed July 8. Questions? Call Lynda, 2-8646.
Jul 7     Mon   Noon     1st close reports available in the Portal (noon or earlier).
Jul 7     Mon   3:00      Deadline to reallocate all FY08 ACRARD transactions.

Jul 8     Tue                PSC deadline to receive SPO invoices for FY08 business.

Jul 9     Wed   Noon     Fund 30/31/34 JE deadline to create, validate, & approve cost transfers for 2nd close & PETs (final cutoff).3 No exceptions. See SPA JE tips.

Jul 10   Thu                PSC automated accrual process ends. After today, begin manual accruals for expenses not accrued through the PSC process. Refer to the Automated Accruals document.
Jul 10   Thu    6:00      Deadline to complete FY08 PO online receiving. Refer to the Automated Accruals document.
Jul 10   Thu    6:00      Deadline to approve SPO invoices for items received by midnight June 30. Refer to the Automated Accruals document.
Jul 10   Thu    6:00      Final deadline for all FY08 non-Fund 30/31/34 PETs.
Jul 10   Thu   6:00     2nd June Preliminary Close........................................

Jul 11   Fri                  ÆDo not create, validate, approve or post journals today (or anytime after the July 10, 6:00 pm close). They do not post & are deleted.

Jul 12   Sat    8:00a    2nd close reports available in Reporting System. CIW GL tables & FIN Reporting nightly refresh will not occur until Sunday night, July 13.

Jul 14   Mon   Noon     2nd close reports available in the Portal (noon or earlier).

Jul 15   Tue    6:00      Fund 30/31/34 JE deadline to create, validate, & approve cost transfers for final campus close.3,4 No exceptions. See SPA JE tips.
Jul 15   Tue   6:00     Finance System Close for Departments          ...........
This is the last time a dept can enter a June JE including Fund 30/31/34 & temp BJEs. Check all unposted journals that you may be responsible for approving. After today, call your area accountant to report errors over $10,000 or if you feel you have a need to enter a JE for FY08 activity.

Jul 17   Thu    4:00      Lynda Reisinger to receive FY09 allocation changes and creates for July business. Send to Lynda.Reisinger@colorado.edu or call 2-8646.
Jul 17   Thu    5:00      Time collection for July 12 biweekly payroll.2
Jul 17   Thu    6:00      All unposted FY08 journals will be deleted.
Jul 17   Thu   6:00     Final Campus Close                                          ...........
Final June reports are based on this close. Only the System Controller can enter corrections after today to period 998. After today, for any online report driven by accounting period, enter period 998 to ensure that you pick up any 998 entries.

Jul 18   Fri                  ÆDo not create, validate, approve or post journals today (or anytime after the July 17, 6:00 pm close). They do not post & are deleted.
Jul 18  
Fri      5:00      Time collection for July end of month payroll.2

Jul 19   Sat    8:00a    Final close reports available in Reporting System. CIW GL tables & FIN Reporting nightly refresh will not occur until Monday night, July 21.

Jul 21   Mon               Reporting database contains data as of Friday July 18.
Jul 21   Mon               Moratorium lifted on creating new account codes.
Jul 21   Mon               Moratorium lifted on Org tree changes. Inactivations of FOPPS, new Org set-ups, etc. can be processed.
Jul 21   Mon                ABS sends customer detail report requests to support AR, deferred/prepaid expenses, manual AP, and unearned revenue. Due back 8/1.
Jul 21
   Mon   Noon     3rd (Final) close reports available in the Portal.

Jul 25   Fri                  Dept. Administration F&A will be booked by July close.
Jul 25   Fri                  General fund budget & cash carryforward will be booked by July close.

Jul 28   Mon   4:00      Data Control to receive INs for current month’s business. Send INs to Lynda Reisinger, Data Control, 579 UCB.
Jul 28   Mon   4:00      Creation, validation, and approval to post cost transfers & PETs for fund 30 projects/fund 34 gift journals for current month. No exceptions.

Jul 29   Tue    6:00      Gift fund expense calc to CUF for month of July transfer.

Jul 31   Thu    5:00      Time collection for July 26 biweekly payroll.2

Aug 1   Fri                  Budget Journal Entry cutoff for July. A&S units should submit all budget change requests to the A&S Budget Office by the A&S deadline.
Aug 1   Fri                  As month end nears, check for unposted journals that you need to correct, approve, or that need additional info for SPA or gift approval.3,4
Aug 1   Fri                  Customer detail reports that reconcile to your balance sheet are due back to ABS, Diana Vidal, 579 UCB.

Aug 4   Mon   6:00      ÆFinance System campus close for July. Do not create, validate, approve or post July journals after 6PM—they do not post & are deleted.

Aug 5   Tue    4:00      System or Data Control will delete all unposted July journals that are not copied & assigned a future date or saved in incomplete status.

Calendar Footnotes

1Times are p.m. unless otherwise noted. No time means the sooner the better.
2Payroll deadlines must be followed so that funding distribution corrections from payroll suspense and/or changes are in place before the next payroll is run. The PBS website has the most current payroll calendar, including HR down times.
3Tips: 1) Don’t mix fund 30/31 or 34 JEs with other funds or with each other in the same JE. This slows approval and delays non 30/31/34 lines from posting. 2) Plan for HRMS downtimes to meet PET dead­lines (see PBS website). 3) Contact Hua Xu 2-1679 for project cost transfers & Carrie Howard, 2-1071 for gift journal approvals. 4) Keep checking for unposted journals to correct, validate or approve, or that need documentation for Hua or Dave.

 

 

Daily emails from the Director of Accounting Questions about year-end procedure? Feel free to contact your area accountant or Laura Ragin.

 

Thursday July 17 – Today’s year-end tasks are:

 

1. This is the final daily reminder email for the FY08 close.

 

2. The OUC will begin running close procedures tomorrow. This is a reminder that journals should not be created, validated or approved after 6:00 pm today and all day tomorrow.

 

3. ABS will soon send supporting documentation reports to the departments with balance sheet accounts such as accounts receivable, deferred revenue, manual accounts payable, deposits held in custody etc. In a change from prior years, this year we will email the supporting documentation requests in the form of Excel spreadsheets. We believe this will be an easier, more efficient method. We need you to complete those reports for the detail by customer. These reports are due back to ABS by July 25th.

 

4. 5:00 pm is the cut-off for time collection for the July 12 bi-weekly payroll. Please run the payroll Suspense Report and make sure your funding distribution is correct and approved for all payments to avoid payroll suspense.

 

5. Although this is my last daily reminder email, there are still a few more dates to pay attention to beyond today on page 12 of the Departmental Year End Memo (http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/FY08_Department_YearEnd_Memo.pdf#page=12).

 

Thank you for all your hard work during this year’s close. We cannot do it without you!

 

Wednesday July 16 – Today’s year-end tasks are:

 

1. No more June JEs because the June 2008 accounting period is now closed to departments. If you discover an error that you didn't get corrected, or if you feel there is a need for a JE for FY08 activity, please notify your area accountant as soon as you discover it. There is a lot to do at year-end and some things may get missed no matter how hard we try to catch everything. If this happened to you, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can determine the proper handling of the error.

 

2. If you need to create a PET, make a note to change the default date to a July date. The PET creation screens currently default to 6/30/08 and will do so until Friday, July 18.

 

Tuesday July 15 – Today's year-end close tasks are:

 

1. 6:00 pm today is the deadline for a department to enter a FY08 June journal entry including allowable BJEs. So please do your final review of your FOPPS to identify errors and enter corrections. Make sure all assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and transfers are properly stated and all clearing FOPPS are cleared. Remember to change the journal date to 6/30/2008 for FY08 transactions.

 

2. Review any June journals you have started or that you are responsible for approving and either finalize or delete them.

 

3. 6:00 pm is the deadline to enter FY08 Fund 30/31 and 34 journal entries (no more PETs) and for all required documentation to be furnished to ABS/SPA to ensure ABS/SPA approval for the final close. These journals require departmental approval and should be put in their own journal, separate from other Funds and from each other to speed up the SPA/ABS approval process. Contact Hua Xu, mailto:hua.xu@colorado.edu, 2-1679 with project cost transfer questions, and Carrie Howard, mailto:carrie.howard@colorado.edu, 2-1071 about gift journal approvals. Keep checking for unposted journals you need to correct and validate, approve to post, or for which you need to supply info or documentation to Hua or Carrie so they can review and approve it. See tips for sponsored projects JEs: http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/SPA.pdf.

 

4. After today, ABS will be doing some clean up in preparation for the final campus close on Thursday, July 17th.

 

5. After today you can stop changing the journal ID date to 6/30/2008. Any unposted journal entries with a June date will be deleted by ABS or Systems since the June 2008 accounting period will be closed to departments.

 

Monday July 14 – Today's year-end close tasks are:

 

1. 2nd close reports are available in the Portal now.

 

2. Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 15th is your last day to enter journals to FY08. So please take the time to do your review and get those corrections in today. Review your Checklist for Departmental Year-end Closing (http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/FY08_Department_YearEnd_Memo.pdf#page=13) and make sure you have completed everything applicable to your departmental operations.

 

3. Remember to change the journal date to 6/30/08 if you are processing a FY08 journal entry.

 

4. Your area accountant will contact you if they see anything that needs attention. Please work with them to resolve any issue they spot. ABS will mostly be concentrating on abnormal balances, balances that have not changed from last year, and clearing accounts that should be zero.

 

Friday July 11 – Today's year-end close tasks are:

 

1. OUC is running close procedures today. Journals should not be created, validated or approved today.

 

Heads up for SATURDAY, July 14

1. The 2nd June close reports should be available on-demand in the Reporting System after 8:00 am. Note: The CIW and FIN Reporting will not be updated with Saturday-Sunday data until Sunday night, July 13.

 

Thursday July 10 – Today's year-end close tasks are:

 

1. Tonight is the SECOND close and the cut-off is 6:00 pm. Please review those journal entries you started and make sure you have completed them, so we can get them in the second close. Let your Approver know when you create a journal so that it’s approved before a deadline hits. You don’t want a journal sitting there that the approver is either not aware of or is not available to approve before the deadline.

 

2. The OUC will be running close procedures tomorrow. This is a reminder that journals should not be created, validated or approved after 6:00 pm today and all day tomorrow.

 

3. Review your Year-End Departmental Checklist and Tasks List (http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/FY08_Department_YearEnd_Memo.pdf) and make sure all items applicable to your department are completed. Correct any abnormal balances (e.g. assets with a credit balance or liabilities with a debit balance), clear out those clearing FOPPS and clearing accounts, get all assets, liabilities, revenue and expense properly recorded, etc.

 

4. Remember to change that journal date to 6/30/08 if you are processing a FY08 journal entry.

 

5. The PSC automated accrual process ends today. Last day to back-date receiving transactions for receiving accruals. After today, begin making manual accruals for any expenses that were not accrued through the PSC process.

 

6. 6:00 pm deadline to enter purchase order online receiving for goods/services received by midnight June 30. Indicate the received date as June 30 or earlier. This must be done for all POs, regardless of PO dollar amount (however, quantities received totaling less than $50.00 will not be accrued). Refer to the PSC Automated Accruals for complete information http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/AutomatedAccruals.pdf.

 

7. 6:00 pm deadline for online June Business and approval of SPO invoices for goods/services received by midnight June 30 for accrual regardless of dollar amount. Refer to the PSC Automated Accruals.

 

8. PET FINAL deadline – PETs for FY08 non-restricted Fund FOPPS (i.e. other than Fund 30/31 & 34) must be created and approved before 6:00 pm to be included in the final close as FY08 business, and must use a Journal Date of 6/30/08 or earlier.

 

Wednesday Jul 9 – Today's year-end close tasks are:

 

1. Today 12:00 noon is the FINAL deadline to enter FY08 Fund 30/31 and 34 PETs. If they miss this deadline, they cannot be approved by ABS/SPA. Today’s 12:00 noon cutoff also applies to Fund 30/31 and 34 regular journal entries to make the 2nd close. All required documentation must be furnished to ABS/SPA to ensure ABS/SPA approval. These journals require departmental approval and should be put in their own journal, separate from other Funds and from each other to speed up the SPA/ABS approval process. Contact Hua Xu, mailto:hua.xu@colorado.edu, 2-1679 with project cost transfer questions, and Carrie Howard, mailto:carrie.howard@colorado.edu, 2-1071 about gift journal approvals. Keep checking for unposted journals you need to correct and validate, approve to post, or for which you need to supply info or documentation to Hua or Carrie so they can approve it. See tips for sponsored projects JEs: http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/SPA.pdf.

 

2. Continue to clean up problems, errors, suspense, and clearing balances identified on those first closing reports.

 

3. Change the journal date to 6/30/08 if you are processing a FY08 journal entry.

 

HEADS UP for tomorrow, Thursday JULY 10:

1. The PSC automated accrual process ends tomorrow, so make sure you get all receiving done, all SPO invoices approved, etc. Please refer to the PSC document on Automated Accruals for complete information http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/AutomatedAccruals.pdf.

 

2. Tomorrow is the final deadline for PETs in non-restricted Fund FOPPS.

 

Tuesday July 8 – Today's year-end close tasks are:

 

1. As explained in yesterday’s follow-up email, the OUC reversed the balances in the cash rollup accounts 995301 and 997301 with the Journal ID CASHROLLF1. Therefore, reports run on-demand today will have the correct Amount Available and show zero balances in 995301 and 997301. The “FY 2008-12 JUN Close 1” reports that were burst to the portal will not change. However, next Monday’s 2nd close reports burst to the portal will show the correct balances. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to contact me or your area accountant.

 

2. SPO invoices that you receive from the vendor for FY08 business should be marked “OK to pay-June” with your signature and must be at PSC Accounts Payable by the end of today. Approve SPO invoices in the Finance System regardless of invoice dollar amount and mark them “June Business.” Refer to the PSC's Automated Accruals for complete PSC year-end information http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/AutomatedAccruals.pdf.

 

3. Change the journal date to 6/30/08 if you are processing a FY08 journal entry.

 

4. Continue to clean up problems, errors, suspense and clearing balances identified on those first closing reports.

 

5. Review the Year-End Departmental Checklist and Tasks Lists and make sure all items are complete that are applicable for your department. These appear in the Departmental Year End Memo http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/FY08_Department_YearEnd_Memo.pdf.

 

HEADS UP FOR TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY JULY 9:

1. For Funds 30/31 & 34--Wednesday July 9, 12:00 noon is the final deadline for FY08 PETs and the cutoff for regular JEs to make the 2nd June close.

 

1st Close Reports Cash Rollup and Amount Available — Monday July 7

June's 1st preliminary close reports posted cash roll-up transactions to the transfer section of your speedtypes in account codes 995301 (cash rollup transfer in) and 997301 (cash rollup transfer out). Previous to this, the cash roll-up was handled behind the scenes and did not appear on reports.

In addition to seeing new and somewhat confusing cash rollup accounts on your statements, the Amount Available calculation is not correct on those reports that have account 995301 or 997301. Therefore, the OUC will process a journal tonight to reverse the balances sitting in accounts 995301 and 997301. This will cause the reports to appear as you are used to seeing them and it will also correct the Amount Available balance.

If you printed your reports from the 1st close, please ignore the Amount Available and the entries in accounts 995301 and 997301. You can, however, use the reports to verify that the proper transactions and any corrections appear as expected on your FOPPS. ABS will keep you informed of any new developments regarding this situation.

In the meantime, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact Laura Ragin, Director of Accounting or your area accountant.

 

Monday July 7Today's year-end close tasks are:

 

1. 1st close reports are now available in the Portal.

 

2. Pink statements for the 1st preliminary close are ready to be picked up at 8:00 am this morning in Accounting & Business Support, ARC (3100 Marine Street) Room 446. Only those few departments that currently receive monthly printed Detail statements will get the pink reports. If you do not pick up your statements by 4:30 pm they will be placed in campus mail by 8:00 am on July 8th. If you have questions, please contact Lynda Reisinger 2-8646 or mailto:Lynda.Reisinger@colorado.edu.

 

3. 3:00 pm today is the deadline to reallocate all FY08 ACARD transactions. Refer to the PSC’s Procurement Card FY08 Instructions for complete information http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/ProcurementCardInstructions.pdf.

 

4. Reports on inventories taken and copies of final JEs adjusting inventory and cost of goods sold are due to Diana Vidal. Fax 2-5553, or Diana.Vidal@colorado.edu, or 579 UCB.

 

5. For departments collecting sales tax, fax or email your sales tax reports to Diana Vidal. Fax 2-5553, or email Diana.Vidal@colorado.edu.

 

6. Begin review of your June first close statements to correct errors, make final adjustments, and clear out suspense accounts and clearing FOPPs.

 

7. Remember to change the journal date to 6/30/08 for FY08 transactions.

 

8. The CIW is up to date and contains all current data extracted from the Financial Reporting database.

 

HEADS UP FOR TOMORROW, TUESDAY JULY 8:

1. SPO invoices that you receive from the vendor should be marked “OK to pay-June” with your signature and must be at PSC Accounts Payable by end of day July 8.

 

HEADS UP--PET DEADLINES:

The FINAL cutoff for FY08 Fund 30/31/34 PETs is 12:00 noon, July 9. For non-restricted Funds, the FINAL cutoff is 2nd close--6:00 pm, July 10.

 

Thursday July 3 – Today's year-end close tasks are:

 

1. OUC is running close procedures today. Journals should not be created, validated or approved today.

 

2. Stay on top of those Procurement Card reallocations. Next Monday is the final day to reallocate all FY08 Procurement Card transactions but the ACARD system may run slower than usual with all the last-minute activity. Reallocate early! Refer to the PSC’s Procurement Card FY08 Instructions for complete information http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/ProcurementCardInstructions.pdf.

 

3. Continue to catch up on the items from the last few days.

 

4. Have an enjoyable and safe 4th of July holiday.

 

HEADS UP:

1. Remaining FY08 encumbrances have been cleared and rolled to FY09 where appropriate (except manual encumbrances and encumbrances in funds 30, 31, & 71). If you run a June Summary report, for example, you will not see encumbrances.

 

2. Friday July 4--The 1st June preliminary close reports will be available on-demand in the Reporting System after 8:00 am. Note: The CIW and FIN Reporting will not be updated with Friday-Sunday data until Sunday night, July 6.

 

3. Monday July 7--Pink statements for 1st close will be available for pick-up by Monday noon (for select departments).

 

Wednesday July 2 – Today's year-end close tasks are:

 

1. Tonight is the first preliminary close and the cut-off is 6:00 pm. Please review those journal entries you started and make sure you have completed them so we can get them in the first close. Let your Approver know when you create a journal so that it’s approved before a deadline hits.

 

2. The OUC will begin running close procedures tomorrow. This is a reminder that journals should not be created, validated or approved after 6:00 pm today and all day tomorrow.

 

3. Travel Vouchers and Payment Vouchers must be in the PSC by 5:00 pm to guarantee accrual by the July 10 deadline, but keep sending them in as soon as possible even if it’s after this date. Remember that mail deposited by 1:00 pm in the Denver mail drop located in the Regent Hall basement is delivered that day. Refer to the PSC's Automated Accruals for complete PSC year-end accrual information http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/AutomatedAccruals.pdf.

 

4. Remember to change the journal date to 6/30/08 if you are processing a FY08 journal entry.

 

5. 5:00 pm is the cut-off for time collection for the June 28 bi-weekly payroll. Please run the payroll Suspense Report and make sure your funding distribution is correct and approved for all payments to avoid payroll suspense, especially for those persons on (or remaining on) payroll throughout the summer.

 

6. Continue to clean up any remaining problems, errors, suspense and clearing balances identified on the May reports.

 

7. Continue to review the Year-End Departmental Checklist and Tasks Lists and make sure all items are complete that are applicable for your department. These appear in the Departmental Year End Memo http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/FY08_Department_YearEnd_Memo.pdf.

 

Tuesday July 1 – Good Morning and Happy Fiscal New Year! Today's year-end close tasks are:

 

1. Remember that journal entry creates will now default to a FY09 July date. If you are processing a FY08 journal entry or payroll expense transfer, change the journal date to 6/30/2008.

 

2. Data Control's final deadline to receive INs for June processing that have been received in the department by the close of business day June 30. INs should be hand-delivered to Lynda Reisinger, ARC, 3100 Marine Street, room 433 by 9:00 am.

 

3. Cash cutoff - all money received as of midnight 6/30/2008 must be deposited with the Office of Cash Management in Regent Hall by 11:00 am this morning. All money received July 1 and later must be separately deposited as FY 2009 business. Follow the procedures in the year-end cash processing email from the Office of Cash Management http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/YE2008OCMmemo.pdf.

 

4. The PSC begins its Automated Accrual process today. Begin back-dating receiving transactions to 6/30/08 for goods received on or before 6/30/08. The “June Business” checkbox becomes functional today--begin marking June business on SPO voucher approvals as applicable. Please refer to the PSC's Automated Accruals for complete information http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/AutomatedAccruals.pdf.

 

5. The PSC will begin processing FY09 checks.

 

6. Sponsored Projects (grants and contracts) - If you have a sub-award to another organization or institution, the work done by June 30 must be reflected as an expense in our records for your project. Please contact those entities and ask that they send you a bill by July 10 for the actual or their best estimate for work done through June 30. If this is not accrued through the PSC process, then submit a manual accrual.

 

7. Last day for departments to submit subsystem feeds to the Finance System. This is mostly IN transactions fed electronically from departmental subsystems to the general ledger via the Black Box.

 

PET REMINDER:

The final cutoff for FY08 Fund 30/31/34 PETs is 12:00 noon, July 9 (although earlier is appreciated). For non-restricted Funds, the final cutoff is 2nd close--6:00 pm, July 10.

 

Monday June 30Good morning. There is a lot on today’s plate. Year-end close tasks are:

 

1. Midnight tonight is the end of FY08. All business transactions completed by midnight today MUST be recorded as FY08 activity in the correct FOPPS and accounts.

 

2. Revenue - all goods and services provided to customers must be recorded either as cash received or accounts receivable if cash has not yet been received. All goods and services provided between departments must be recorded either as interdepartmental business with Internal Service Centers (INs) or using Miscellaneous ID revenue and expense accounts.

 

3. Expenses - all goods and services received by midnight must be recorded either by payment, automated accounts payable accrual or manual accounts payable accrual.

 

4. 12:00 noon is the deadline for the PSC to receive requests to cancel checks for FY08. These are checks the PSC sent to you and for whatever reason, they need to be cancelled instead of distributed. Contact the PSC if you have any of these.

 

5. Cash received through 3:00 pm today is due to the Office of Cash Management (OCM) by 4:30 pm today. Cash received after 3:00 pm through midnight tonight is due to OCM by 11:00 am tomorrow Tuesday, July 1. (These deposits must be clearly labeled “FY08 Business.”)

 

6. Last day for Accounts Payable to run checks for FY08. All checks on hand in your department must be mailed by midnight.

 

7. Internal Service Centers (Fund 28 FOPPS) Excel worksheets to calculate FY09 ISC rates and to create an initial budget for upload are due ABS accounting@colorado.edu with a signed paper copy to Diana Vidal, 579 UCB.

 

8. Auxiliary FOPPS (Fund 2x) budget sheets for FY09 are due today to Jan Baker, 2-8926, Janet.Baker@colorado.edu.

 

9. All Gift in Kind equipment transactions are due to the Property Accounting Office. Include description, date given, serial number if any, donor, CU tag number if any, and fair market value at the time of the gift. Email to mailto:Jeanne.Connely@colorado.edu, or call Jeanne if you have questions, 2-2424.

 

10. Petty Cash and Change Funds should be counted by this date with any needed over/under adjustments recorded. Petty cash fund custodians should submit Payment Vouchers for all unreimbursed FY08 expenses in time to arrive at the PCS by July 2 to guarantee automated accrual.

 

11. For departments that have inventory recorded in the Finance System, you should have completed the physical count of your inventory and if necessary, made adjustments in the Finance System to reflect actual value of the inventory on hand as of June 30. Submit your inventory reconciliation and a copy of your adjusting JE to Diana Vidal in ABS by Monday July 7. Fax 2-5553, or Diana.Vidal@colorado.edu, or 579 UCB.

 

12. Tonight is the last feed from BRS to the general ledger.

 

13. Please continue to clean up problems and errors identified on the May reports.

 

HEADS UP STARTING TOMORROW, TUESDAY JULY 1:

1. Start using 06/30/2008 for all your JUNE 2008 journal entries.

 

2. Begin the PSC accrual process. Begin backdating receiving transactions to 6/30/08 for goods received on or before 6/30/08. Begin marking online SPO vouchers as June Business (if appropriate). Refer to the PSC's Automated Accruals for complete information http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/AutomatedAccruals.pdf.

 

Friday June 27 – Today's year-end close tasks are:

 

1. Last day to provide PSC with vendor information to set up new vendors in FY08.

 

2. Employees have until close of business today to pick up hand drawn express warrants in the Office of Cash Management. After that, OCM will return unclaimed warrants to PBS and these will be mailed to employees via U.S. mail.

 

3. Continue to clean up problems and errors identified on the May reports.

 

REMINDER:

1. If you use the Procurement Card close to year-end, ask the vendor (especially online vendors) to process the transaction as soon as possible so that it is picked up by the ACARD system to allow enough time to reallocate the expense by the July 7 reallocation deadline.

 

HEADS UP FOR MONDAY JUNE 30--Monday is a big day. Consult the Departmental Year End Memo for a complete list (http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/FY08_Department_YearEnd_Memo.pdf). Here are a few highlights:

1. Noon deadline for PSC to receive requests to cancel checks for FY08.

2. Cash received through 3:00 pm is due in the Office of Cash Management (OCM) by 4:30 pm.

3. Internal Service Centers (Fund 28 FOPPS) rate/budget sheets are due to ABS.

4. All Gift in Kind equipment transactions are due to the Property Accounting Office, Jeanne.Connely@colorado.edu, 2-2424.

5. FY09 auxiliary budgets due to PBA.

 

Thursday June 26 – Today's year-end close tasks are:

 

1. Today 6:00 pm is the deadline to enter Fund 30/31 and 34 journals and for all required documentation to be furnished to ABS/SPA to ensure ABS/SPA approval for June’s 1st Preliminary close. These journals require departmental approval and should be put in their own journal, separate from other Funds and from each other to speed up the SPA/ABS approval process. Contact Hua Xu, mailto:hua.xu@colorado.edu, 2-1679 with project cost transfer questions, and Carrie Howard, mailto:carrie.howard@colorado.edu, 2-1071 about gift journal approvals. Keep checking for unposted journals you need to correct and validate, approve to post, or for which you need to supply info or documentation to Hua or Carrie so they can approve it. See tips for sponsored projects JEs at http://abs.colorado.edu/ABS_WEB/fye/08/SPA.pdf.

 

2. For departments that use Data Entry to enter INs, please continue to hand-deliver daily all INs received to Lynda Reisinger at the Administrative Research Center, 3100 Marine Street, room 433.

 

3. Gift Fund expenses in linked accounts entered by 6:00 pm will make the final automatic cash transfer from the CU Foundation for FY08. For FY08 expenses entered after this deadline the System Controller will create a receivable that will be extinguished in FY09 with a cash transfer from the Foundation.

 

4. Continue to clean up problems and errors identified on the May reports.

 

HEADS UP FOR TOMORROW, FRIDAY JUNE 27:

1. HR Production will be down on Friday, June 27 for salary upload. Plan your HRMS tasks accordingly. Please try to get those Fund 30/31/34 PETs in early so that SPA & ABS have time to review and approve before HR Production is down. Please note: the FINAL deadline for restricted Fund 30/31/34 PETs is July 9, 12:00 noon.

 

Wednesday June 25 – Today's year-end close tasks are:

 

1. For FY08 business, begin to circle the total dollar amount and write “June” underneath it on Payment Vouchers.

 

2. Deadline for FY08 hand drawn requests are due to PBS by 2:00 pm. Hand drawn requests received after this deadline will be processed as FY09 business. (Note: Termination for Cause hand drawn due date is Thursday, June 26, 12:00 noon.) Call the PBS Help Desk if you have questions about hand drawn payments, 303-735-6500.

 

3. Today is the last day for the Student Employment Office to receive payroll expense transfer requests to move the employer share of work-study earnings (account 407700) from one FOPPS to another. Complete the online PET form at http://www.colorado.edu/studentemployment/oncampfillforms.html. Completion of this form does not guarantee that a transfer will occur. Transfers are contingent upon HRMS availability. The Student Employment Office must receive payroll expense transfer requests by 4:30 pm. Contact Brenda Duran for more information, 2-3548, mailto:Brenda.Duran@colorado.edu.

 

4. Continue to clean up problems and errors identified on the May reports.