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Title Categorysort descending Code Description
Cost Share - Expense Recovery Expense 9915 Cost Share object code for Expense Recovery. System use only.
Services - Medical and Health Care Expense 6624 Expenditures for medical services provided by outside vendors. Use: Contractual agreements with medical providers to cover students medical needs off campus. i.e Cornell in Washington. Any medical expenses related to travel should be coded to travel, 6750/6760.
FIN AID-Stipends - Non-Degree Expense 8462 Payment of financial aid stipends for CU non-degree students. May be paid via the Student Financial System or other means. Excludes payments for degree students. Use: non-degree stipends.
Capital Acq - Buildings Expense 3710 Used when acquiring or recording the completion of buildings that exceed the capital threshold. Will generate capitalization entries on asset object code. Will result in a capital asset record in CAM.
Academic - Summer Salary - retirement Expense 5050 Salary for summer program faculty for non-benefits-eligible employees (no retirement benefits accrue). Min fringe rate -- see KFS Labor Distribution Table Labor Benefits Calculation table for fringe rate %
Supplies - Hospital and Clinical Expense 6520 Expenditures for hospital and clinical supplies and materials, including dental, optical, surgical, and X-ray supplies. Use: Not limited
Transfer Out-to Cent Bdgt Curr Op-UBO Expense 8004 University Budget Office (UBO) use only. Used in an account providing funds when transferring to a Central UBO current operating account (Fund GN)
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.
Capital Acq - NFED-Spon Moveable Expense 3755 DO NOT USE. Used for data conversion from legacy.
Insurance Payment for Repairs Expense 6195 Repair costs that will be reimbursed from Risk Management. Use: Risk Management will use this code to reimburse your repair costs covered by self insurance.
Budget - Staff SIP Expense 5493 Budget use only.
Bond Premium Interest Expense 6928 Monthly interest related to the amortization of Premiums associated with the issuance of External Bond Debt. DFS Plant Accounting and WCMC Use Only.
Depreciation - Software Expense 6305 Allowable decrease in value of property or equipment. Use: Use limited to the Division of Financial Affairs.
Benefits - CCTS - Undergraduate Expense 5931 Used to record expenses related to undergraduate studies under the Cornell Children's Tuition Scholarship program. Bursar generated and manual. Central Use Only.
Nonexempt - Technical Expense 5320 Salary for general non-exempt technical positions not otherwise categorized. Max fringe rate -- see KFS Labor Distribution Table Labor Benefits Calculation table for fringe rate %
Travel - Domestic (non-employee) Expense 6751 Expenditures for non-employee domestic travel among the fifty states, its possessions, or its territories. Use: For travel funded by a sponsored project, consult the contractual documents for the sponsor's definition of domestic. All fees associated with a trip should be charged to the travel object code.
Budget - Cost Share ACAD Level Expense 9918 Budget use only: Plan for Academic Cost Share.
Interdept - Food & Beverage Catering Expense 6630 Catering services provided by Cornell departments. (Cornell Catering). Use: Cornell Catering
FIN AID-Stipends - Undergraduate Expense 8463 Payment of financial aid stipends for CU undergraduate students. Normally paid via the Student Financial System. Excludes payments for non-degree students. Use: undergraduate stipends.
Capital Acq - Gov't Owned Bldg Expense 3715 Used when acquiring or recording the completion of buildings that exceed the capital threshold in which ownership vests with an entity other than Cornell. Will not generate capitalization entries. Will result in a capital asset record in CAM.

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