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Title Categorysort ascending Code Description
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 %
Transfer Out - to Medical College Expense 8050 Used in the operating account providing funds to Weill Cornell Medical College (C7910XX).
Interdept - Maint Corrective Equip Expense 6486 Unanticipated repair of equipment. Use: Facilities is the primary user of this code.
Academic - Summer Salary - Temp Expense 5060 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 %
Depreciation - Improvement Not Bldg Expense 6307 Allowable decrease in value of property or equipment. Use: Use limited to the Division of Financial Affairs.
Interdept - Training Program Fees Expense 6356 Expenditures for on campus training. (CIT, Human Resources, DFS) Use: Expenditures, including registration fees, for employees or other members of the Cornell community to attend training presented by Cornell.
Capital Acq - Improvements Non Bldg Expense 3720 Used when acquiring or recording the completion of improvements that exceed the capital threshold. Will generate capitalization entries on asset object code. Will result in a capital asset record in CAM.
Cost Share - Professorial Sal Expense 9920 Cost Share object code for Professorial Sal Level. System use only
Budget - CG Participant Support Costs Expense 6915 Budget C&G: Used to budget Participant Support Costs for sponsored agreements. Use: Budget only.
Interdept - Parking Permits & Other Fees Expense 6205 Expenditures for parking permits and other fees. Use: Transportation department. (must be used with interdept income)
Budget - Union SIP Expense 5494 Budget use only.
Interdept - Debt Contribution Expense 6729 Used in the operating (GNxxxx) account that is making payments to an internal loan (DBINTL) account. DFS 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.
Cloud Computing Services Expense 6617 Computing, storage, and application platform resources hosted by an external vendor (also see 6618 Software as a Service). Use: Expenses for the provision of computing hardware and/or storage resources, dedicated to Cornell, but resides in a 3rd party data center. Some level of software platform, such as database or webserver and support may be provided by the vendor, but most application support is provided by Cornell. Examples include AWS, Azure, Pantheon, Media3.
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.
Nonexempt - Technical Min Rate Expense 5325 Salary for short term, non benefit-eligible general non-exempt technical positions not otherwise categorized. Min fringe rate -- see KFS Labor Distribution Table Labor Benefits Calculation table for fringe rate %
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.
Maint Corrective - Equip Expense 6487 Unanticipated repair of equipment. Use: External providers of repair services or parts for equipment, vehicles, owned copiers, etc.
Budget - Academic- Summer Salary Expense 5080 Budget use only: Salary for summer program faculty for benefits-eligible employees (retirement benefits accrue). Max fringe rate -- see KFS Labor Distribution Table Labor Benefits Calculation table for fringe rate %

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