Finance

Capital Equipment Webinar Series Begins August 10

The UC Davis Finance and Business Inventory Management team is excited to announce the Capital Equipment Webinar Series designed to help UC Davis staff successfully purchase, manage, and retire capital assets and successfully navigate the biennial equipment certification. The concepts and processes taught in these webinars are meant to help departments speed up acquisition of new capital equipment, successfully navigate the biennial equipment certification, and avoid time consuming audit findings.

The series includes three sessions:

Updated Customer Request Form Now Available

The customer request form, used to request and update new customers for Accounts Receivable, has been revised. The updated form now includes collector group information and should be used for all future customer request submissions. 

In addition to the new collector group information, the form has been streamlined to remove unnecessary fields and clarify several other fields to improve usability and efficiency for departments submitting requests.

Important Reminder About Stale FITS Transactions

After a period closes, any FITS transactions still in “pending” status become “stale” and can no longer be approved. Attempting to approve a stale transaction results in an error. Since submitted transactions cannot be edited, initiators need to resubmit stale transactions using an accounting date within the current open period.

How the Fiscal Close Calendar Comes Together at UC Davis

Each year, accounting and financial staff at UC Davis await the release of the new fiscal close calendar. The calendar contains a list of tasks that must be completed, approved, and posted by specific deadlines. Just as important, it helps the university close the fiscal year accurately and on time.

Accounting Fundamentals: Accruals, Deferrals, and Reversals - Recording Available

In this session of the Accounting Fundamentals Series, we look at the concept of accrual-based accounting and how it differs from cash-based accounting. We also examine accrual-adjusting journal entries, discuss why reversing journal entries are used with accrual-adjusting entries, and walk through basic scenarios. This session is designed for learners with little to no accounting background.

Accounting Fundamentals: Chart of Accounts - Recording Available

In this latest session of the Accounting Fundamentals Series, we look at the Chart of Accounts. This session is designed for learners with little to no accounting background.

In this session, we discuss:

  • What a chart of accounts is
  • Chart strings and segments
  • How to build chart strings and how to translate chart strings using available reports and tools

Accounting Fundamentals Session 2 Recording Now Available

Watch the recording of the second session of the accounting fundamentals series. presented by UC Davis Central Accounting and Aggie Enterprise Change, Communications and Training. These sessions are designed for staff with little to no accounting experience.

In the first half of the session, we take a look at the basics of journals, the general ledger and subledgers. In the second half, we take a look at reports that help us trace transactions between the General Ledger and a subledger.

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