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Title Categorysort ascending Code Description
Federal Unallowable - Food and Beverage Expense 6425 Federal Unallowable food and beverage including alcohol Use: Non Travel related food and beverage
Tuition & Fees - Other Grad Assist Expense 8650 Payment of tuition and fees for CU graduate research assistantships. Normally paid via the Student Financial System. Excludes health insurance fee and payments for fellows, professional and non-degree students. Use: GRA tuition.
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.
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.
Disallowances - Sponsored Expense 6310 Disallowances made by sponsors of organized research, and bad debts on accounts receivable. Use: Use limited to the Division of Financial Affairs.
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.
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 %
Interdept CIT - Telecom Recurring Expense 6126 Telephone related monthly service charge from CIT. Use: CIT only
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.
Intern/ Resident Expense 5140 Salary for interns/ residents. Max fringe rate -- see KFS Labor Distribution Table Labor Benefits Calculation table for fringe rate %
Employee Ben - CC NYS Component Expense 5629 Payroll generated entries for Contract College benefit charges that need to be reimbursed by the State of NY. Used in conjunction with account 7051039 - NYS Fringe Benefits Payable. Entries are cleared the following month with the processing of a DV. Benefit pool accounting use only.
Maint Routine - Equip Expense 6565 Expenditures for repairs and maintenance necessary for the continued operation of equipment. e.g., oil change for vehicles. Use:
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.
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.
University Allocated Costs Expense 9050 Used to distribute the University Allocation charged to Units/Colleges. Must always net to zero. Use university Budget Office only . To redistribute allocation to departments use 9051.
Cost Share - Trsfr of Fds - Trave Expense 9960 Cost Share object code for TRVL level. System use only.
Budget - Graduate Assistant (GA) Expense 5535 Budget use only. Salary for Graduate Assistant and Summer Student positions only (job profile code 10418, 11124). Zero fringe rate

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