Happy New Year!
In this month's issue we have information about the following:
* "Uniquely Washington" 2006 Annual Report Available via the Web
* Dell Computer Tax Settlement
* Accounts Payable Customer Service Update
* Feedback Wanted for FM SPOC Team!
* Financial Desktop Customer Service Team Changes
* Direct Charging of Administrative and Clerical Salaries
* New Computer Object Codes
* 2006 1098T Tax Forms Available On-line
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"Uniquely Washington" 2006 Annual Report Available via the Web
The University's 2006 Annual Report, which contains the audited financial statements
and footnotes, is now available at the website below.
The report includes financial highlights and stories of various research and
educational activities across campus.
http://www.washington.edu/admin/finacct/annual.report.archive.html
Any questions about the report can be directed to Jeff Follman in Financial Accounting
at 206-543-3708 or jfollman@u.
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DELL COMPUTER TAX SETTLEMENT
Many of you have or will be receiving checks related to a recent tax settlement. Dell
was incorrectly charging sales tax on maintenance contracts from the period April 23,
1999 and February 1, 2005 and is now refunding its customers. Checks may be in the
name of the University of Washington or in the name of an individual. BE AWARE, some
of the checks are small (physically) and may not appear to be a check at first
glance.
Please visit the "News" section of the Financial Accounting website for
further details and processing directions:
http://www.washington.edu/admin/finacct/office/
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Accounts Payable Customer Service Update
Thanks to everyone who participated in the focus groups and the online survey for
feedback to Accounts Payable about improvements to customer service. The AP Customer
Service Project team presented a analysis and report of this feedback to project
sponsors in December 2006. Attached is the full report:
http://www.washington.edu/admin/payables/APCSI_Final_Report.html
Next steps for the project team will be to identify the prioritized improvement
opportunities and to develop teams to initiate short term improvements to these
processes.
If you have questions or comments about the report, please call Karen Long at
543-8831, or at klong@u.
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Feedback Wanted for FM SPOC Team!
Financial Management's "Single Point of Contact" (SPOC) Team, is seeking
campus input. The team's goal is to develop a mechanism to provide campus with a
single point of contact so questions could be answered with fewer transfers and
complex questions, spanning multiple units, could be addressed more effectively. Your
input is needed as we scope the project and identify critical needs. A feedback
session will be held on:
Monday, February 26th
1:30-3:00
Gerberding 142
Please contact Tamara Young at youngtam@u to RSVP for the session. For other
questions about the team, please contact Charles Bennett (charlesb@u.) or Jeff Follman
(jfollman@u.).
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Financial Desktop Customer Service Team Changes
The Customer Service Team for the Financial Desktop now reports to Financial
Management's Decision Support Center. Many of our campus customers have been
requesting items (such as tailored reports) that the current state of the Desktop
cannot provide. However, the Decision Support Center may have the needed capability.
The contacts for Financial Desktop remain the same at 206-543-3877 or
myfdhelp@u.washington.edu.
Please contact Charles Bennett (charlesb@u.) or Erick Winger (erickw@u.) with any
questions.
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Direct Charging of Administrative and Clerical Salaries
Federal examiners have identified Administrative and Clerical salaries, which should
not routinely be charged directly to federal grants and contracts, as a cost item they
will review in 2007. Take a few minutes to review GIM 23 to ensure your budgets are
in compliance with federal and UW policies on direct charging these and other similar
expenses:
http://www.washington.edu/research/osp/gim/gim23a6.html#administrative
If you have any questions, please contact the post award compliance unit in GCA at
gcafco@u.
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New Computer and Supply Object Codes
Do you ever go looking for a specific object code only to find that it doesn't exist
and end up using the miscellaneous (XX-99) object code? Financial Accounting is
working to analyze expenditures being charged to these miscellaneous object code
categories. As a first step, we have identified the two most common expenditures to
05-99 (Miscellaneous Supplies and Materials) and have created new object codes for
them: Object code 05-43 (Computer Accessories) and 05-65 (Training Materials).
If you have any questions, please contact Financial Accounting at 221-7845 or
accountg@u.
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2006 1098T Tax Forms Available On-line
The 2006 1098T tax forms will be available to students online starting Tuesday,
January 16, 2007. To access individual 1098T forms please log on to the SFS Tax
website at:
www.washington.edu/students/sfs/sao/maintax.html
Student Fiscal Services will mail a paper copy of the 2006 1098T form to all students
by January 31, 2007. The paper copy will be sent to the student's billing address if
they are currently registered. Any student not currently enrolled at the UW will have
form mailed to the student's permanent address on file.
Any questions regarding the 1098T forms can be referred to the SFS tax line at
206-221-2609 or taxquest@u.
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