Accounting Activities - Recharges - On-Line

ORDERING FROM AN ON-CAMPUS VENDOR (RECHARGING)

The recharging activities described in this section include the processes by which departments can order and pay for goods and services from on-campus UCLA Service Units.

Some examples of recharging activities are:

  1. Ordering supplies from UCLA Storehouse;
     
  2. Services provided by Telecommunications, Facilities;
     
  3. Printing and copying services provided by UCLA Document Services, etc.

This guide describes activities related primarily to the accounting aspects of recharging, such as how the goods are paid for, rather than describing all aspects of acquiring services.

Activities of the Department

  1. Reviews policies to ensure compliance.
     
  2. Determines that there are sufficient funds to cover the cost of the purchase
     
  3. Determines which UCLA Service Unit can provide the service.
     
  4. Selects the appropriate FAU or equivalent Recharge ID.
     
  5. Selects the correct source document, depending on what the Service Unit requires.
     
  6. Completes the source document.
     
  7. Obtains authorized signature on the document.
     
  8. Submits source document to Service Unit, including the Department Code and the Recharge ID or Full Accounting Unit, following guidelines set forth by that Service Unit.

Some Service Units permit telephone order. The department must be prepared with the same information described above.

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