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Policies

Overview, Support & Policies

 

Financial Corrections & Journal Entries Overview

What are financial corrections?

What are journal entries?

Related Policies & Resources

Financial corrections are submitted to correct costing / funding (fund, department, cost center, supplemental, project) for any of the following:

  • Payroll activity (includes fringe)

  • Individual Compensation (ICP)

  • Employee Assignment Costing

  • Expense Reports

  • Invoice Payments

  • P-Card

Who do I contact for support?

  • For support with Employee Costing Changes, ICP/ Supplemental Pay or Time Card costing corrections, submit an HR ServiceNow Request.

  • For support with correcting payroll activity that posted prior to 6 pay periods from the current pay period email jeuploads@boisestate.edu.

  • For support with Payables Corrections (expense reports, invoices, p-card), email P2P_Payables@boisestate.edu or call (208) 426-3434.

Journal Entries may be completed to request surplus transfers and reallocations of LOCAL fund balances and corrections to transactions with no transaction number.

  • Correcting Entry Tracker

  • TipAccess a PDF of

    Visit the Correcting Entries Matrix

    (includes links

    to

    process resources)Visual of the correcting entries matrix. The content included in the visual is outlined in text below.Image Removed

    Assignment Costing & Payroll Corrections

    Correct payroll activity OR supplemental pay, for an active employee, occurring within 6 pay periods from the current pay period.

    Correct payroll activity OR supplemental pay, for an active employee, occurring beyond 6 pay periods from the current pay period.

    Correct payroll activity OR supplemental pay for an inactive employee, regardless of when the activity posted.

    Correct payroll activity with sponsored project funding.

    Correct payroll activity due to time card costing overrides.

    Tip

    Refer to the HR Payroll schedule to determine allowable ECC timeframes.

    *see sponsored project and time card exceptions.

    Tip

    Refer to the HR Payroll schedule to determine allowable ECC timeframes.

    • Submit a Payroll Correction Request to correct payroll activity OR supplemental pay occurred prior to 6 pay periods from the current pay period.

    Tip

    Run the Active Employee Funding and Pay report to confirm assignment status.

    Regardless of when the activity posted, submit a Payroll Correction Request to complete any of the following:

    1. Reallocate or correct over- time expenses to or from a sponsored project.

    2. Reallocate fringe amounts as
      required by sponsored program
      agreement.

    3. Reallocate partial payroll posting or a fixed amount.

    Financial Transaction Corrections

    Correct an Expense Report, Invoice Payment, or P-Card Transaction

    Request a Department Deposit, Reallocation, Surplus Transfer or change in accounting on an Accounts Receivable Billing Transaction

    Correct an Expense Report, Invoice Payment, or P-Card Transaction

    Request a Department Deposit, Reallocation, Surplus Transfer or change in accounting on an Accounts Receivable Billing Transaction

    Does the item needing correction have a transaction number?

    Tip

    Expense Report and Invoice corrections do not display in the Campus Transaction Dashboard but can be tracked in the Account Analysis Report.

    TipIf revisions are needed for a Transact Campus item code, please use the Marketplace All in One Form to request an update in addition to submitting the Journal Entry Request.

    determine which process to follow for the type of correction you need to make.

    Visit the Correcting Entry Tracker to follow up on the status of a correcting entry request.