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Topics in our November newsletter include:
- Annual Report 2024: A Year of Growth and Achievement
- Monthly Highlight: Payroll
- Updating Work Location
- Internation Student Hires
- Important 2024 Tax Reminders
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Payroll Retro Funding Change Form
- Training Opportunities for November
- November Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Recent Issues
Topics in our October newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Compliance and Tax Team
- Important Tips and Reminders from the Compliance and Tax Team
- Supplier Management Reminders
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Creating an Internal Charge
- Payroll Reminders
- Direct Deposit Required for all USC Employees
- Review and submit all saved but not submitted timesheets
- Training Opportunities for October
- October Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in our September newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Accounts Payable
- Important Tips and Reminders from the AP Team
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Processing a Journal Voucher
- Payroll Reminders
- New Payroll Office Hours and Contact Information
- Training Opportunities for September
- September Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in our August newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Travel Team
- Travel Resources
- Travel Card Reminders
- Student and Non-Employee (TA/TRV) eForm Reminders
- Outstanding Travel Authorizations and Expense Reports Review
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Processing an Apex (Adjustment to a Paid Expense) in PeopleSoft Finance
- Payroll Reminders
- Direct Deposit in PeopleSoft HCM
- Training Opportunities for August
- August Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in our July newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Internal Reporting
- Internal Projects – Important Reminders
- Finance Intranet – Updates and Enhancements
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Attachments Required before Submitting Deposits
- Payroll Reminders
- USC Fringe Benefit Rates
- Updated Message When Entering Time on a Holiday
- Hourly Timesheets Saved but Not Submitted
- Training Opportunities for July
- July Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in our June newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Fiscal Year End Tips and Reminders
- Payroll Reminders
- Compensatory Time Usage and Payout for Fiscal Year 2024
- Managing Paid Holidays in PeopleSoft HCM
- Training Opportunities for June
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in our May newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Accounting Services and Treasury Team
- New Program Expense Card
- Upcoming Card Expense Report Deadlines for FY24
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Using the GL Inquiry Screen in PeopleSoft Finance
- Payroll Reminders
- Using Correct Funding on Summer Hire ePAF Forms
- Correct Address and State Taxes in PeopleSoft HCM
- Training Opportunities for May and June
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in our April newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Financial Reporting Team
- Interim audit field work for the 2023-2024 Financial Statement (FS) Audit and the Single Audit (federal funds) on Monday, April 29th.
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Using the GL Journals Query
- Payroll Reminders
- Correct State Tax Location
- Submitting Timesheets Timely
- Setting Up Direct Deposit
- Training Opportunities for February
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in our March newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Compliance Team
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- Subrecipient Monitoring and Invoicing
- Time and Effort Reporting – Next round of reports due April 3rd, 2024!
- Moving and Relocation Reminder
- Correct Addresses for Student/Non-Employee Reimbursements
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Understanding Journal Entries
- Payroll Reminders
- Selecting the Correct Work Location Code
- Training Opportunities for February
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in our February newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Capital Assets Team
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- Physical Inventory Starting in March
- Additional Information Now Available on the Capital Assets Webpage
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- 56xxx Account Codes
- Payroll Reminders
- New Fringe Benefit Rates
- Timesheet Reminders
- Training Opportunities for February
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in our January newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Grants and Funds Management Team
- Important tips to help better manage your sponsored projects
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Understanding the Cost Transfer Justification Form
- Training Opportunities for February
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Previous Years
Topics in our October newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Payroll Team
- Meet the Management Team
- Importance of Completing Paperwork on Time
- Important 2023 Tax Reminders
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Payroll Retro – Correction of a Posted Payroll Transaction
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in our October newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Tax Management Team
- Important tips and reminders
- Monthly Income Tax
- Helpful Resources
- Supplier Management
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Differences in Sales and Use Tax
- Payroll Tips and Reminders
- Direct Deposit in PeopleSoft HCM for New Hires
- Retirement Contributions
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in our September newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Accounts Payable Team
- Important tips and reminders
- International Travel Health Insurance
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Journal Voucher eForm
- Payroll Tips and Reminders
- Direct Deposit in PeopleSoft HCM
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in our August newsletter include:
- Office of the Controller Website Updates
- Monthly Highlight: Travel Team
- Meet the Team
- New Travel Checklist
- Travel Card Program
- Reviewing for Outstanding Travel Authorizations and Expense Reports
- Coming Soon! New Travel Authorization and Travel Reimbursement Voucher eForms
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Expense Module Corrections (Apex)
- Payroll Tips and Reminders
- Importance of Submitting Timesheets Timely
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in July’s newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Internal Financial Reporting
- Update, Inactivate, or Request a New Accounting Chartfield
- Finance Intranet - Updates and Enhancements
- Meet the Internal Financial Reporting Team
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Looking up a Deposit in PeopleSoft Finance
- Payroll Tips and Reminders
- Account Funding Change eForm Enhancement
- Updating Personal Address in PeopleSoft HCM
- Correct Tax Location
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in June’s newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Fiscal Year End
- Tips and Reminders
- Compliance and Tax
- Withholding Federal Income Tax on Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants to International Students
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Cost Transfer Justification Form
- Payroll Tips and Reminders
- Employee Verification: Separated from USC Prior to 1/1/2020
- New Paycheck Stub Coming Soon
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in May’s newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Accounting Service and Treasury Team
- Business Expense Card Program
- Coming Soon
- Monthly Grant Dashboard Emails to Principal Investigators
- 81/86 Transfer Account Changes
- New Student/Non-employee Reimbursement Process
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- What are these “extra” lines in my Journal Entry
- Payroll Tips and Reminders
- Verify Correct Funding on Summer EPAF Forms
- Verify Address and State Taxes are Correct in PeopleSoft HCM
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in April’s newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Financial Reporting Team
- Preparing for the interim financial statement audit
- Meet the Team
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Getting Ready for Fiscal Year End
- Review Account Balances
- Check Your Worklist
- Cash Advances
- Attachments
- Attend our Year End Webinar
- Getting Ready for Fiscal Year End
- Payroll Tips and Reminders
- Employment Verification using Experian Verify
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in March’s newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Records Management Team
- Overseeing the organization, storage, and retention of documents within the Controller’s Office
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Attaching supporting documentation in PeopleSoft Finance
- Payroll Tips and Reminders
- Selecting the correct work location code in People Admin
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in February’s newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Capital Asset Team
- Improvements to the Physical Inventory Review & Updated page in PeopleSoft Finance
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Be careful when processing 56xxx account code entries
- Payroll Tips and Reminders
- 2023 Fringe Benefit Rates
- 2023 South Carolina Tax Rate Change
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in January’s newsletter include:
- Monthly Highlight: Grant and Funds Management Team
- Cost Transfer Policy
- Updating the Project Team
- General Ledger Tip of the Month
- Analysis Type Guide
- Payroll Tips and Reminders
- Update Address Change in HCM PeopleSoft
- Complete Electronic W-2 Consent Form
- 2023 Payroll Calendars
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in December’s newsletter include:
- Note from the GL Team:
- Taxable Fringe Benefit files are due to Payroll as soon as possible
- Complete and post all Journal Entries, Journal Vouchers and Deposits
- Tip of the Month from the Compliance Team:
- Reminders for Subawards that will aid in processing invoices for payment
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in November’s newsletter include:
- Note from the Payroll Team:
- Update mailing address in HCM PeopleSoft to ensure you receive an electronic W2
- Changes to your benefit deduction will take effect January 1, 2023
- GL Tip of the Month from the GL Team:
- Checking General Ledger Balance in PeopleSoft
Topics in October's newsletter include:
- Note from the Accounts Payable Team:
- Student employees reimbursed through Travel and Expense
- Student non-employees reimbursed using the Student Reimbursement Form
- GL Tips of the Month from the GL Team:
- Creating a PeopleSoft Journal Entry (JE)
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in September’s newsletter include:
- Note from the Supplier Team:
- Forgot My Password went live July 21, 2022
- Supplier Onboarding Training October 11, 9-10 am
- GL Tips of the Month from the GL Team:
- Copying a Journal Entry
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in August’s newsletter include:
- Note from the GL Team
- GL Tips of the Month from the Travel Team:
- Travel Tip #1: Student and Non-employee
- Travel Tip #2: Updated - Lodging and Mileage
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in July’s newsletter include:
- Note from the GL Team
- GL Tip of the month: Moving and Relocation
- Dates and Deadlines to Remember
Topics in June’s newsletter include:
- Note from the GL Team
- GL Tip of the month: Fiscal Year End Action Items Checklist
Topics in May’s newsletter include:
- Note from the GL Team
- GL Tip of the month: What does the Journal Entry Number mean in PeopleSoft?
Topics in April’s newsletter include:
- Note from the GL Team
- Reminder: Intra-Institutional Transfer Journal Entry Submission Date
- GL Tip of the month: Debits vs Credits? Positives vs Negatives?
- Important dates and deadlines
Topics in March’s newsletter include:
- Note from the GL Team
- GL Tip of the month: PeopleSoft Query Viewer: Who, What, When, Where, and How
Topics in February’s newsletter include:
- Note from the GL Team
- GL Tip of the month: Creating an Inter-Institutional Transfer
Topics in January’s newsletter include:
- Note from the GL Team
- GL Tip of the month: How to correct items already posted to the GL
- Contact information