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Title Categorysort ascending Code Description
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.
Budget - Staff SIP Expense 5493 Budget use only.
Food - Non-travel business Expense 6260 Expenditures for food and beverages. Do not use on Contract & Grant accounts unless budgeted in the award. Use: This code must not be used to record expenditures for planned activities such as dedications, conferences, formal dinners, or food while traveling.
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.
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 %
Non Capital Retainage Expense Expense 6070 Amount withheld from vendor payment until job is completed. Use: Amount withheld from vendor payment until job is completed.
Budget - CG Frozen Funds Expense 9135 Budget use only. Used to record prior year unobligated balance of a sponsored agreement's account. Spending of this prior year unobligated balance is prohibited until approval is received from the funding agency.
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.
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 %
Head Resident RA (exempt) Expense 5580 Salary for Graduate Head Resident RA only (job profile code 11112). Zero fringe rate
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.
Fees - Mandatory Undergraduate Expense 8220 Payment of mandatory fees for CU undergraduate students. Normally paid via the Student Financial System. Excludes payments for non-degree students. Use: undergraduate mandatory fees.
Maint Routine - Equip Expense 6565 Expenditures for repairs and maintenance necessary for the continued operation of equipment. e.g., oil change for vehicles. Use:
Cost Share - Trsfr of Fds - Fringe Ben Expense 9956 Cost Share object code for EBEN level. System use only.
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.
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.
Budget - Union SIP Expense 5494 Budget use only.
Amortization Expense 6270 Expenditures for principal on loans for capital assets. Use: Use limited to the Division of Financial Affairs.
Travel - Foreign Expense 6760 Expenditures for foreign travel that the university considers to be travel outside 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 foreign. All fees associated with a trip should be charged to the travel object code.
Nonexempt Intern Expense 5330 Wages for Interns. Max fringe rate -- see KFS Labor Distribution Table Labor Benefits Calculation table for fringe rate %.

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