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Prizes - Non-Student Expense 6367 Prizes or awards for individuals other than CU students. E.g. CU administers a national award for the best play, and issues a payment to an author not at Cornell. Caution: prize payments to CU employees must go through the payroll system using a compensation object code. Use: prizes for non-students.
Recruitment - Athletic Expense 6370 Expenditures for dining, housing, and travel expenses related to Athletics recruiting. Use: Use limited to the Athletics Department.
Interdept - Miscellaneous Expense 6375 Interdepartmental expenses that are not clearly defined by another object code. Use: Use of this code must be infrequent.
Intersession - Athletics Expenses Expense 6380 Expenditures for meals, for participants in a sponsored Athletics activity. Use: Use limited to the Athletics Department.
Hosted Events-Conferences and Seminars Expense 6385 Costs associated with presenting a program or event by Cornell, including both on- and off campus events. Use: Any cost associated with an on or off campus event including space, speaker, refreshments. E.g. money spent to present the Annual Topology Workshop. Sponsor the Computational Finance Conference in NYC, open to all.
Interdept -Hosted Events, Conf & Seminar Expense 6386 Interdepartmental expenses associated with presenting a program or event by Cornell. Revenue to other department must also use an interdepartmental object code. Use: Any interdepartmental costs associated with an on campus event including space and refreshments.
Donation From Cornell Expense 6390 Use for contributions from Cornell to a outside entity OR used for the movement of funds to Independent Student Organizations on the EO chart. Use: Contributions over $500 must be approved by Community Relations Office. Approval is not needed when funding ISO's (limited to use by Student and Academic Services). Payments in lieu of flowers should be coded to 6420.
Loss on the Disposition of Assets Expense 6395 SYSTEM USE ONLY. Represents the undepreciated value of retired capital assets
Over/Short - Cash Expense 6400 Overages or shortages for daily sales. Use: Use to reconcile a cash drawer or register
Over/Short - Inventory Expense 6405 Adjustments to inventory levels. Use: Use to reconcile physical inventory to GL
Gift In Kind - Non Capital Expense Expense 6410 Non Capital expense offset to Gift in Kind income. Use: This code must always be in balance with the gift income object code
Unleaded & Diesel Fuel Expense 6415 External expenses for Fuel. Use: Fuel for vehicles and equipment. Payment of gas cards (Mobil, Sunoco, Kwik Fill, etc.)
Fed Unallowable-Public & Donor Relations Expense 6420 Expenditures for public & donor relations and advertising that are classified as unallowable according to OMB A-21. Use: Donations in lieu of flowers, etc.
Federal Unallowable - Food and Beverage Expense 6425 Federal Unallowable food and beverage including alcohol Use: Non Travel related food and beverage
Interdept - Lease and Gap Rent Expense Expense 6428 Interdepartmental expenditures for non-Facilities - Leases and gap rent. Must be offset by object code 4028. Consult DFS prior to using this object code.
Federal Unallowable - Miscellaneous Expense 6430 Expenditures for all purposes not defined above, that are classified as nonrecoverable according to the Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200). Use: All other unallowable expenses
Interdept - Fuel Expense 6435 Fuel billing for fleet garage Use: Billing from Transportation Services
Interdept Maint Prevent - Facilities Expense 6440 Scheduled activities to insure regulatory compliance, or keep a building system operating, or extend the useful life of a component, or improve reliability of the building system or component. Preventive maintenance costs should not be capitalized. Use: Facilities is the primary user of this code.
Maintenance Prevention - Facilities Expense 6445 Scheduled activities to insure regulatory compliance, or keep a building system operating, or extend the useful life of a component, or improve reliability of the building system or component. Preventive maintenance costs should not be capitalized. Use: External providers of preventative maintenance services for campus facilities.
Interdept Maint Planned - Facilities Expense 6450 Non-capitalized planned maintenance is any maintenance work that can be planned or anticipated and maintains the value of the facility. Use: Facilities is the primary user of this code.

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