Supplies - Durable |
Expense |
6560 |
Expenditures for supplies with a useful life of two or more years and cost less than $5,000.00. Use: Chairs, tables, microwave, microscope, whiteboard, safety equipment, etc. Items coded 6560 are not recognized as capital. |
Capital Acq - Library Books |
Expense |
3600 |
LIBRARY USE ONLY. Used when acquiring cataloged library materials, will generate capitalization entries on asset object code. Other units should use object code 3630 when purchasing books. |
Additional Comp Min Benefits |
Expense |
5450 |
Additional compensation (severance, work separate from duties) and other items. Min fringe rate -- see KFS Labor Distribution Table Labor Benefits Calculation table for fringe rate % |
Budget - General Expense |
Expense |
6900 |
Used to budget general expense where detail is not required. Use: Budget only. |
DO NOT USE -Interdept-Utilities-Heating |
Expense |
6790 |
DO NOT USE |
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 |
Extension Association - Skilled Trades |
Expense |
5260 |
CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION USE ONLY. Salary for NYS Extension Association skilled trades (printing, farm workers). Max fringe rate -- see KFS Labor Distribution Table Labor Benefits Calculation table for fringe rate % |
Interdept - Parking Assessment Tax |
Expense |
6728 |
Parking Assessment Tax related to an approved PAR (Project Approval Request). Central Use Only. |
Lease - Real Property |
Expense |
6230 |
Lease expenditures for rental property with a signed lease agreement term of one year or greater. Use: Operating leases real property.
Use 6255 for storage units and containers.
For more information refer to https://www.finance.cornell.edu/accounting/topics/lease-classification. |
Insurance Claims Adjustment Expense |
Expense |
6331 |
Estimated amount Cornell Health is not going to receive when insurance claims are adjudicated by insurance payer.
Use: Student Health insurance claims ONLY. |
Cost of Sales - Food |
Expense |
6000 |
The cost of merchandise sold from food inventory. Use: When using this code in a designated operating account there must be sales revenue corresponding to the cost of sales. |
Redistribution-Allocated Maintenance Exp |
Expense |
9451 |
Departmental redistribution of Allocated Maintenance expense. Object code must net to zero within entry. Use: not limited. |
Services - Publications Cost |
Expense |
6641 |
Expenditures for publishing. Use: Page charges |
Employee Benefits - Endowed Full Rate |
Expense |
5600 |
Endowed College maximum fringe rate benefit charges. see KFS Labor Distribution Table Labor Benefits Calculation table for fringe rate % |
Prizes - Non-Degree |
Expense |
8450 |
Payment of prizes or awards for non-degree Cornell students. A prize is awarded in conjunction with a competition in which one voluntarily initiate participation and are judged by a designated committee, faculty/staff, student organization, college, or department. An award is given in recognition of outstanding religious, charitable, scientific, educational, artistic, literary, or civic performance or achievement and are not part of a student's financial aid package. Use: non-degree student prizes. |
Supplies - Equip L/T Cap Threshold |
Expense |
6561 |
Equipment purchased that costs less than the capital threshold but is required to be inventoried. (Example: Jet Propulsion Laboratory requires equipment purchased >= $1,000 be inventoried. Use object code 6561 and request that the item be tagged.) |
Capital Acq - Rare Books |
Expense |
3605 |
LIBRARY USE ONLY. Used when acquiring cataloged library materials, will generate capitalization entries on asset object code. Other units should use object code 3630 when purchasing books. |
Budget - Additional Comp Min Benefits |
Expense |
5452 |
Budget use only. Additional compensation (severance, work separate from duties) and other items. Min fringe rate -- see KFS Labor Distribution Table Labor Benefits Calculation table for fringe rate %. |
Budget - CG Limitation of Funds |
Expense |
6905 |
Budget C&G: Used to record limitations of funding by an agency/sponsor. The line item budget is entered as proposed and the limitation is recorded as a negative on 6905. i.e. We may budget $500,000, but the agency may only award $350,000 at this time and then provide the $150,000 at a future date. |
DO NOT USE -Transfer Out-to Cap Projects |
Expense |
8065 |
Do NOT USE |