Winter Closure Information
2024-11-05
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In accordance with the 2024-25 winter closure schedule , Stanford University will be officially closed for regular business from Monday, Dec. 23, 2024 through Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. Normal business hours will resume Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. All hours listed are in Pacific Time (PT) unless noted. This...
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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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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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Tax Reminders and Resources
2023-12-07
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New Year Tax Reminders and Resources Whether it’s where to find tax documents or how to look up or change withholding allowances, below are commonly-used resources to help you navigate tax season.
Get help with questions about tax dates and documents.
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Stanford Transitioning from Certain to Cvent for Events Management
2023-10-25
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Certain sunsetted on October 25, 2023 when the current contract expired. To replace Certain, Financial Management Services’ Office of the Treasurer (OOT) has partnered with University IT (UIT) to offer Cvent, an approved third-party robust events management platform at Stanford. Cvent is a new UIT...
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Updated Employment Verification Process and Form I-9
2023-08-10
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Federal law requires that every employer who recruits, refers for a fee, or hires an individual for employment in the U.S. must complete Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. This article outlines recent changes to the federal Form I-9 and the university's verification process to help...
This article outlines recent changes to the federal Form I-9 and the university’s verification processes to help departments verify their employee's identity and employment authorization.
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Merchant Services Transformation Project
2023-08-01
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Merchant Services Transformation Project The Merchant Services (MS) Program manages, supports, and mitigates risk for payments collected digitally and via credit card at Stanford. MS is currently supported through a collaboration between three distinct university groups within Business Affairs...
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Cash and Check Deposit Enhancements
2023-07-24
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The Office of the Treasurer (OOT) within Financial Management Services (FMS) is supporting improvements to how cash and checks are deposited and developing enhancements that are being rolled out across the university. These changes primarily affected CASHNet processes used by the campus community...
This project involves identifying and implementing system and/or process solutions for all deposit streams currently relying on the CASHNet system.
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Bank Closure/Takeover Impacts and Resources
2023-05-02
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This article provides a summary of guidance for suppliers and employees who are impacted by recent bank closures, for example Silicon Valley Bank.
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Turning Feedback Into Action
2023-02-01
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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