Closing Schedules

FY 2023 Monthly Schedule

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2022-2023 Fiscal Year Closing Schedule

Clemson University’s business organization extends across a network of personnel from colleges and administrative divisions to the institutional financial area. The Fiscal Year Closing schedule is established to communicate and assist in planning processes for current fiscal year-end closing. The objective of the year-end closing process is to record all receipts/revenues and disbursements/expenditures in the proper fiscal year. An accurate fiscal year end cutoff is important for all funds, not merely state appropriated funds. Various audits, reports and financial statements require that even Sponsored Projects, Capital Projects, and the University’s related organizations accurately report their transactions as of the University’s June 30 fiscal year end. Unless specifically noted, this Fiscal Year Closing Schedule applies not only to Clemson University, but also to the Clemson University Foundation and the Clemson University Research Foundation.

 

2022-2023 Fiscal Year Closing Calendar

DATE	ITEM
June 30	Last day to receive goods or services for payment to be made against the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 budget.
July 3	Noon. Last day to enter and approve annual and sick leave taken through June 30, 2023.
July 3	Last day to deposit Foundation program revenues for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
July 3	Noon.  Last day for deposit of University gifts and revenues received during Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
July 6	Last day for deposit of Foundation gifts for Fiscal Year 2022-2023. Gifts must be dated and postmarked no later than June 30, 2023.
July 7	Last day to enter billing invoices for goods and services provided by University departments no later than June 30, 2023.
July 7	Last day (prior to 4:30 pm) to enter and approve all vouchers for goods and services received by June 30, 2023.
July 10	Last day to enter account numbers and approvals for departmental credit card purchases made by June 30, 2023.
July 11	Post July 14, 2023 payroll.
July 12	Last day to enter journal entries and final corrections (including payroll corrections) for transactions in Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
July 12	Noon.  All June errors must be cleared.  Facilities and Administrative costs posted for June.
July 13 - 21	Central accounting staff prepares final University-level fiscal year end entries and closes FY 23. Journal entry panels available in "View" mode.

PROCUREMENT SERVICES

In lieu of specific date deadlines for submitting requisitions, Procurement Services has provided basic guidelines for year-end planning.

All goods and services received by June 30, 2023 will be charged to FY 2022-23. Goods and services received after June 30, 2023 will be charged to FY 2023-24. Please account for delivery times in planning.

Please plan to submit requisitions as early as possible. Allow three weeks from the time a finished scope of work and requisition is submitted to a Contract Officer until it is advertised.

Depending on the complexity of the bid, the entire process from advertisement to award/intent to award will vary from two to six weeks. A simple bid for a purchase of <$100K, may be completed (from advertised to awarded) in two to three weeks.  A purchase of >$100K will automatically require an additional two weeks for processing the Intent to Award period. RFPs will depend on the availability of the evaluation team to evaluate and award the contract.

 

DISBURSEMENTS/EXPENDITURES

Departments are encouraged to process all disbursement documents promptly, in accordance with the closing guidelines. All disbursement items which are to be charged to the Fiscal Year 2022-23 budget must receive final approval and budget check by 4:30 pm on July 7^th. These disbursements must be for goods or services received through June 30, 2023, with an invoice date of June 30, 2023 or earlier.

Vouchers
Invoices for goods and services received through June 30, 2023 must be charged to Fiscal Year 2022-23. All vouchers for Fiscal Year 2022-23, including purchase orders, direct purchase and travel vouchers must be entered and receive final approval by 4:30 pm on July 7^th. All remaining, open purchase orders over $2,500 will be rolled over on July 12^th.

Departments should either close any open POs no longer needed or submit a PO Close request June 15^th to ensure any remaining encumbrances are relieved prior to fiscal year-end.

ALL NEW YEAR (FY24) buyWays vouchers will be held until after PO Rollover is completed on July 12^th. If you have an emergency and need for a payment for FY24, please plan to use the prepaid account (1301) on the Payment Request Form by June 30, 2023. Please refer to the Prepaid Expenses section of this document for details.

If the supplier accepts Visa, this is another payment option for FY23 transactions prior to July 10^th for amounts < $10K. This includes P-Card Increase Requests. Any purchases made online after this date may be charged to FY24 due to delays and processing by merchants. If cardholders need to make purchases after July 7^th, the best method to do this is to make purchases in person where you can pick up items at the time of purchase.

VISA Departmental Purchasing Card
Procurement card transactions will be posted to the general ledger based on the purchase date that is reflected in Concur. Charges with a purchase date on or before June 30, 2023 will be posted in Fiscal Year 2022-23. Charges with a purchase date on or after July 1, 2023 will be posted in Fiscal Year 2023-24. Please note that a charge initiated on June 30, especially an online charge, does not guarantee that the charge will be processed on that date. Please carefully review transactions in Concur to ensure that charges are classified to the appropriate fiscal year, based on fiscal year-end guidelines. Charges for goods and services received through June 30, 2023 should be charged to Fiscal Year 2022-23.

All June procurement card transactions must be classified, submitted, and fully approved in Concur as of 4:30 pm on July 10^th for overnight posting to the general ledger. If additional charges show up in Concur with a purchase date on or before June 30, 2023, after your report is submitted, you can submit a second report to ensure all FY23 charges are submitted, based on fiscal year-end guidelines.

Any corrections or budget amendments necessary to correct procurement card posting errors must be approved by noon on July 12^th. Budget check errors resulting from corrections must be cleared by noon on July 12^th.

New fiscal year (July) procurement card transactions will be available for classification and approval on Friday, July 14^th.

 

RECEIPTS/REVENUES

All cash receipts for Clemson University gifts and revenues to be posted in Fiscal Year 2022-23 must be taken to Wells Fargo bank and placed in the night drop no later than Friday, June 30, 2023. If you do not drop your deposit on June 30, you may take your deposit inside the bank no later than noon on Monday, July 3, 2023 and have a teller process it. You should wait for your receipt and keep it for your department records. You do not need to email or forward copies of receipts to Cash & Treasury Services. Web deposits must also be entered into the TouchNet by noon on July 3, accompanied by a bank deposit made at the same time, will be posted in Fiscal Year 2022-23. Receipts received after the deadline will be posted to Fiscal Year 2023-24.

All cash receipts for Clemson University Foundation program revenues must be received in the Foundation Office by June 30th.

All cash receipts for Clemson University Research Foundation non-sponsored research revenues must be received in the CURF Office by June 30th.

All invoices for goods and services provided by University departments prior to June 30, 2023 must be entered no later than July 7^th. All invoices entered from July 1 - July 7 will be posted to Fiscal Year 2022-23.

Please hold all "new year" invoices until after July 8^th. After July 8^th, all invoices will be posted to Fiscal Year 2023-24.

 

JOURNAL ENTRIES AND CORRECTIONS

All journal entries and correction transactions for Fiscal Year 2022-23 must be entered by noon on July 12^th.  Budget check errors resulting from corrections must be cleared by noon on July 12^th.

 

LEAVE

All leave (Annual, Sick, Comp, Holiday Comp, etc.) taken through the period ending June 30, 2023 must be submitted and approved in Kronos by noon, July 1st.

 

FISCAL YEAR END PAYROLL 

Payroll has detailed information involving fiscal year end payroll processing. This information may be found here (PDF).

 

YEAR-END ACCOUNTING GUIDELINES 

The following accounting guidelines should be followed during the fiscal year-end process.

Deferred Revenues
Receipts deposited prior to the end of the fiscal year that are advance payments for delivery of goods and performance of services in the next fiscal year are reported as deferred revenues in the current fiscal year.

Examples: orientation fees, continuing education fees, 4-H camp fees and football season tickets.

Credits to deferred revenue accounts 24xx will be reversed in July and August of FY 2023-24 by Accounting Services & Related Organizations staffs.

When revenues are collected for goods or services that straddle the fiscal year-end, revenues are recorded in the fiscal year in which the services are predominantly provided.

Example 1:
Registration fees received in May for a continuing education course to be held in July.   
Amounts should be deposited to deferred revenue account 2406.

Example 2:
Advance sales for football tickets received in April, May and June.
Since the football season occurs entirely in the “new” fiscal year, amounts received should be deposited to deferred revenue account 2426.

Prepaid Expenses
Disbursements made prior to the end of the fiscal year that are advance payment for delivery of goods and the performance of services in the next fiscal year are reported as prepaid expenses in the current fiscal year.

Examples: rent, insurance, subscriptions, airline tickets, maintenance agreements, and conference registrations.

Debits to prepaid expense accounts 13xx will be reversed in July and August of FY 2023-24 by Accounting Services & Related Organizations staffs.

Guidelines to assist you in making a decision on whether an expense is prepaid follow:

Payment for services (contracts and agreements) exceeding more than one year.

Example 1:
Payment of a five-year maintenance agreement. Annual contractual payments for services which straddle the fiscal year-end and the charge is incurred during the last two months of the fiscal year, May and June, and the total charge is greater than $25,000, the charge should be prorated between fiscal years.

An annual maintenance agreement is due May 1, 2023 for $36,000.
The charge should be prorated 2/12 maintenance agreement expense $6,000 and 10/12 prepaid expense $30,000.

Example 2: Individual payments regardless of the amount, except annual contractual payments, for services paid in advance for the next fiscal year should be recorded as a prepaid expense.
A registration fee is paid and an airline ticket is purchased in June for a conference in July.

Exception:
A good or service which is consumed during the current fiscal year (even though it is for a program which will generate revenues in the next fiscal year), and the charge cannot be refunded, should not be considered as a prepaid expense.

Printing and postage expenses incurred in June for a continuing education meeting to be presented in July should be considered current fiscal year 2022-23 expenses.

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