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Calendar of Accounting Activity through a Fiscal Year.

JULY

  • Closing of June Ledgers

  • Reconciling Ledgers against PS reports for period 12 when they are available

  • Preparing folders, binders and report covers to use in a new fiscal year

  • Closing all POs for a previous fiscal year.

  • Making Requisitions for blanket Purchase Orders to use in a new fiscal year

  • Completing Summer Projects

AUGUST

  • Receiving and reviewing departmental annual Supply lists

  • Getting authorized approval to purchase yearly supplies

  • Ordering and receiving of yearly supplies. Organizing storage rooms

  • Final Reconciliation of previous year ledgers against PS reports for period 13 when they are available

  • Final Accounting & Receiving report for the previous fiscal year using any adjustments from PS for the period 13.

SEPTEMBER

  • Continue ordering and receiving of yearly supplies

OCTOBER

  • Deadline for ordering and receiving of yearly supplies

DECEMBER

  • 6 months analysis of expenditures



MARCH – APRIL – MAY - JUNE

  • Preparing Special funds reports for Acquisitions on a weekly instead of a monthly basis until the end of a fiscal year

  • Preparation for monthly budget meetings

  • Adjustments on Ledgers using PS postings on a weekly basis until the end of a fiscal year

MAY

  • Reviewing and preparing of the departmental yearly supply lists

JUNE

  • Sending out memos with attached annual supply list orders to the library departments.  Arranging a deadline for submission of new annual supply lists

  • Preparing space in a storage room for a new archive of accounting paper work. We keep paper work for 5 years in the storage room.  Shredding paper work with any personal information

  • Archiving accounting paper work for the oldest fiscal year to be moved from storage cabinets in Accounting area to the storage room

  • Moving folders and preparing space for a new fiscal year folders

  • Folders for any equipment purchases, agreements or contracts have to be moved to a special equipment cabinet

  • Checking accounting ledger for any errors or duplicate entries

  • Checking budgets of all library funds

  • Brief Reconciliation of ledgers with PS records.  All PCard charges including “charged not received” should be entered on June Ledgers.

  • Strongly follow general operating deadlines for all accounting activity based on the yearly memorandum for a fiscal year year- end close.




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