Business Expense Updates and Hot Topics
2024-10-14
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The university pays directly or reimburses individuals for expenses that are necessary and appropriate to conduct university business. Expenditures must be consistent with the university’s purchasing policies and guidelines as well as the guiding principles and IRS regulations with regard to...
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Year-End Close: 2024 Reminders and Deadlines
2024-07-22
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It's that time of year again! The year-end close (YEC) process of recording and reporting expenses from September through August gives a snapshot of the university's transactional activity each fiscal year; it includes five distinct closing stages of activities as shown below. This news page...
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Change Roadmap: Upcoming Projects and Enhancements
2024-06-06
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This page serves as a one-stop shop for departments and stakeholders across Stanford to stay up to date with projects and enhancements, as well as associated resources to support them.
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Continuous Improvements to Fingate
2024-02-22
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FMS is continuously working to improve the Fingate user experience. Planned and completed changes range from search improvements, navigation updates and content revisions. Learn more about recent and upcoming changes on this news page.
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PTA Manager Enhancement: Capital Projects Closeout and Cancellation
2023-09-20
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Financial Management Services (FMS) has partnered with University IT (UIT) on an enhancement project to streamline, standardize, and automate the capital projects closeout and cancellation process by adding new functionality to PTA Manager. PTA Manager is a system in Oracle Financials that enables...
Announcing the new PTAC Closeout functionality to PTA Manager.
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PTA Manager Enhancement: Closing Non-Sponsored PTAs Using Bulk Uploads
2023-07-28
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In January 2023, Stanford Financial Management Services (FMS) partnered with University IT (UIT) to launch the PTA Manager close request feature for non-sponsored PTA segments, which improved efficiency, internal controls, and data quality/accuracy. On July 31, new functionality was added that...
Recent PTA Manager enhancements have added functionality to close non-sponsored PTAs and PTA segments, giving users a more convenient and streamlined user experience.
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Excellence in Financial Stewardship | Issue 8open_in_new
2023-06-22
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This newsletter, covers the risks and best practices with stewarding gifts using scenarios such as spending in accordance with the gift terms, when a donor’s gift is unspent, and navigating difficult and uncertain situations.
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Turning Feedback Into Action
2023-02-01
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FMS uses the Client Satisfaction Survey to gather feedback from faculty and staff that fuels action plans for continuous improvements. This article covers the latest on those projects.
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International Lodging Maximums Change on April 8
2022-09-27
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Starting April 8, 2022, Stanford will align its international lodging reimbursement maximums for actual expenses to the federal per diem rates, meaning that the same maximum applies for international lodging whether the traveler uses the per diem or actual expenses reimbursement method. In some...
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Stanford Travel Newsletter: Summer 2022open_in_new
2022-08-02
Topics include: Egencia Fees Reduced or Eliminated, new Alaska Airlines Stand-by Upgrades, Travel Promotions, reminders on eReceipts, RealID deadline, Summer Travel Tips, In Case You Missed It links, and other resources.
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