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Financial Year End Training. July 2014 Fiona Hudson. Year End Adjustments. Why required Types of adjustments Form filling Issues Timetable Management Reports Contact details. Why Required. Accounts made simple! Financial Year to 31 July Allocate income/expenditure to correct year
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Financial Year End Training July 2014 Fiona Hudson
Year End Adjustments • Why required • Types of adjustments • Form filling • Issues • Timetable • Management Reports • Contact details
Why Required • Accounts made simple! • Financial Year to 31 July • Allocate income/expenditure to correct year • Income - earned or received in advance • Goods/services - must have been delivered • Expenditure - incurred or paid in advance • Goods/services - must have been received
Types of Adjustment • Creditor (we owe supplier) • Debtor (customer owes us) • Prepaid expenditure (paid in advance) • Prepaid income (received in advance) • Credit cards (we owe bank) • Forms & guidance - http://www.finance.stir.ac.uk/staff/financial-accounting/year-end-process.php
Form Filling 1 • Not less than £50 per item • Consolidate several items • Select appropriate form for type of adjustment • In same format as Agresso Journal Posting • Amounts in one column • Form MUST balance to zero with the balancing entry being entered at the pre-printed account code
Form Filling 2 • Full description filled in at Narrative • Save forms electronically • Send to nominated contact in the school/ service area • Automatic reversal of same • “NIL” returns are required
Issues • Quarterly charges • Pre-payments made in year • Estimates (purchases and sales) • Internal charges treatment • Travel expenses • Overtime • Goods/services received and booked in • Goods/services ordered, but not received • Goods/services received but not ordered in Agresso
Timetable - Adjustments • Year-end adjustments to be received by 1 August • Collated by nominated person in each school /service area • E-mailed to the relevant service accountant with subject “Year-end adjustment”
Timetable - Payments • Goods purchased on Agresso must be booked in, if received, by 31 July, 12.30pm. These will be accrued centrally • Invoices for goods NOT purchased on Agresso, travel & expenses claims, requests for payments must be in Payments Section by 24 July • Don’t rely on internal mail on final day and don’t leave all of these until the final week • No further processing in current Financial year
Timetable – Sales Invoices & Banking • Sales Invoices can be raised up to 10.00am on 31 July • All income banked daily, 31 July income to be banked on 1 August and the banking sheet sent to Finance also on the 1 August
Timetable - Stock & Equipment • Stock returns to be received by 4 August • Equipment returns to be received by 1 August • Disclosure of sales and purchases • £25K limit before capitalisation
Management Reports • First Run – 8 August - will include all year-end adjustments • Second Run – 15 August - will include all projects/research/special initiatives closed off
Contacts 1 • Your service accountant (Forms) • Angela Grant email (Payments Section) • Alice Stewart email (Equipment returns) • Fiona Hudson ext. 6195/Derek Stewart ext. 6194 (General queries)