16.73, Personal Services Transactions

16.73 Personal Services Transactions

last updated: 03/17/2004

Policy Owner:  Comptroller


Following are examples and explanations of the descriptions and the transaction codes (TC) used for various types of transactions posted to the personal services object codes (1xxx and 2xxx). These transactions may appear on the FBM091, Report of Transactions, and on the on-line Screen 023, Transaction Inquiry.

Description Explanation
AUTO ERE ADJUST Automatic ERE Adjustment (TC - 022): A monthly program that creates a budget entry which adjusts ERE balance available to zero (0). The auto ere budget adjust transaction equals any ERE (2110) expense that is not offset by an encumbrance plus or minus any budget adjustments to ERE (2110).
BUD LD Budget Load (TC - 020): This represents the original operating budget that is loaded at the beginning of the fiscal year.
ERE TR Employee Related Expense (ERE) Transfer (TC - 022): This represents the amount transferred to your account to cover the ERE for the budgeted salaries and wages.
ENC LD Encumbrance Load (TC - 050): This represents the establishment of the encumbrances for salaries and wages at the beginning of the fiscal year.
ERE LD ERE Encumbrance Load (TC - 050): This represents the establishment of the encumbrance for employee-related expense at the beginning of the fiscal year.
SALARIES-(TYPE)
WAGES-(TYPE)
Payroll Journal Entry (TC - 069): This represents the journal entry posted each pay period to record the actual salary and wage expense for the payroll and to liquidate the related encumbrance.
EMP RELATED EXPENSE Payroll Employee-Related Expense (TC - 069): This represents the journal entry posted each pay period to record the actual ERE related to the payroll and to liquidate the related encumbrance.
BT SS, BT SSV and BT SSN Budget Transfer - Salary Savings (TC - 022): For most state accounts, if the amount budgeted for a position is greater than the amount required to pay for the position through the end of the fiscal year (or the end of the period of employment, whichever comes first), the excess budget will be removed from your account automatically. This process is known as "Salary Savings" and occurs after each pay period. The excess funds are transferred to an unassigned account that is monitored by the University Budget Office. (NOTE: If the excess funds are caused by a vacancy in the position, and you will be hiring an employee from a temporary service such as K-Temp or Kelly Services, the excess funds may be transferred to the Operations budget pool (3000). The department number and position number affected by the budget transfer are included in the "Description" field.
BT ERE Budget Transfer - ERE (TC - 022): This represents the budget transfer of ERE related to a salary savings sweep.
ENC SS Encumbrance - Salary Savings (TC - 054): When a salary savings budget transfer (BT SS) is made, the related salary or wage encumbrance is reversed at the same time. You may see several of these transactions because a separate encumbrance transaction is processed for each position. The department number and position number affected by the budget transfer are included in the "Description" field.
ERE SS ERE Encumbrance - Salary Savings (TC - 054): When an ERE salary savings budget transfer (BT ERE) is made, the related ERE encumbrance is reversed at the same time. You may see several of these transactions because a separate encumbrance transaction is processed for each position. The department number and position number affected by the budget transfer are included in the "Description" field.
BTOL Budget Transfer - On-Line (TC - 022): All budget transfers other than the salary savings budget transfers are "on-line" budget transfers. This includes budget transfers that are initiated by the department by use of a Request for Budget Change (RBC) and budget adjustments processed by the Systems Control Office. If the budget transfer was initiated by an RBC, the preprinted RBC number will be provided in the first reference field. Other on-line budget transfers posted to your account may include changes of funding due to a new hire or a reclassification of a position; information on these changes may be obtained by contacting the Systems Control Office.
ERE TR ERE Transfer - On-Line (TC - 022): This represents the transfer of ERE related to an on-line salary or wage budget transfer.
ENC RV Encumbrance Revision (TC - 053): This represents a revision to a salary or wage encumbrance related to a change in position control funding or other on-line budget transfer (BTOL).
ERE RV ERE Encumbrance Revision (TC - 053): This represents a revision to an ERE encumbrance related to an on-line budget transfer.
ADJ-(TYPE) Payroll Adjustments (TC - 022): This represents the budget adjustments made for annual salary and wage increases.
ERE PA ERE Payroll Adjustments (TC - 022): This represents the budget adjustments made for ERE related to the annual salary and wage increases.
ENC PA Encumbrance Payroll Adjustments (TC - 053): This represents the adjustments to salary and wage encumbrances due to the annual pay increases.
ERE PA ERE Encumbrance Payroll Adjustments (TC - 053): This represents the adjustments made for ERE encumbrances related to the annual salary and wage increases.


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