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Title Categorysort descending Code Description
Transfer Out - to Medical College Expense 8050 Used in the operating account providing funds to Weill Cornell Medical College (C7910XX).
Interdept - Food & Beverage Catering Expense 6630 Catering services provided by Cornell departments. (Cornell Catering). Use: Cornell Catering
Nonexempt - Union, Redistribution Expense 5370 Similar to 5340. Not used for Payroll. Max fringe rate -- see KFS Labor Distribution Table Labor Benefits Calculation table for fringe rate %
Capital Acq - Moveable Equipment Expense 3630 Used when acquiring moveable capital equipment. Moveable equipment is easily transportable. Will generate capitalization entries on asset object code. Will result in a capital asset record in CAM.
Trade Consumables Expense 6535 Expenditures for consumable materials for use by the Trades within FCS. Use: Facilities and Campus Services
Intern/ Resident Expense 5140 Salary for interns/ residents. Max fringe rate -- see KFS Labor Distribution Table Labor Benefits Calculation table for fringe rate %
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.
Interdept - Parking Permits & Other Fees Expense 6205 Expenditures for parking permits and other fees. Use: Transportation department. (must be used with interdept income)
Capital Construction - Capitalize Intere Expense 3945 DFS USE ONLY. For use only in accounts with a sub-fund group code of PLCIP or PLSUCF. Used to record interest during the project construction phase that will be capitalized as a cost of the asset.
Bond Issuance Costs Interest Expense 6929 Monthly interest related to the amortization of Issuance Costs associated with the issuance of External Bond Debt. DFS Plant Accounting and WCMC Use Only.
Department Overhead Expense Expense 9035 Reallocation of internal Unit/College overhead charges to other departments within the Unit/College. Object code activity must always net to zero. Not for central University charges. Use not limited.
Benefits - CCTS - Summer Session Expense 5932 Used to record expenses related to summer session studies under the Cornell Children's Tuition Scholarship program. Bursar generated and manual. Central Use Only.
Cost Share - Trsfr of Fds - Fringe Ben Expense 9956 Cost Share object code for EBEN level. System use only.
Graduate Teaching Res Specialist (GTRS) Expense 5525 Salary for Graduate Teaching Research Specialist positions only (job profile code 11221). Zero fringe rate
Travel, Domestic, Student,Mission-relatd Expense 6752 Expenditures for domestic travel that the university considers to be travel among the fifty states, its possessions, or its territories. Use: For class trip or mission related educational travel of students, normally paid through the travel reimbursement process. All fees associated with a trip should be charged to the travel object code. Not for Business-related travel, nor student travel grants. See policy 3.2 for further details.
Transfer Out - to Faculty Start-up Expense 8055 Used in the operating account (Fund GN or RG) providing funds to another operating account specifically set up hold a faculty member's start-up funding.
Interdept - Room & Space Rental Expense 6631 Expenditures for on campus room & space rental Use: Biotech, ILR conference center, Sage Hall, etc.
Salary Accrual Expense 5380 Used only for end of fiscal year salary and wage accruals (typically, the amount of BiWeekly payroll earned in the last few days of the closing fiscal year, but to be paid out in the coming fiscal year.) Zero fringe rate.
Capital Acq - Gov't Owned Equip Expense 3635 Used when acquiring moveable capital equipment whose title does not belong to Cornell. Will not generate capitalization entries, but will create a capital asset record in CAM.
Supplies - Lab/Project Expense 6540 Expenditures for laboratory supplies and materials, including animals required for laboratory use, food for these animals, related chemicals, and related glassware Use: Not limited.

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