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Accounting Guidance

Last Updated: September 24, 2025 3:43:25 PM PDT
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Review guidance by financial transaction type to ensure accounting standards are applied.

These pages are intended to help provide guidance for complex financial accounting or reporting by:

  • Providing a set of common premises as a basis for discussion
  • Providing clarification and precise terminology
  • Helping to ask the right questions
  • Limit areas of judgement when handling UC San Diego financial transactions

Guidance for Complex Financial Accounting or Reporting
Section Overview

Self Supporting Activities

This site provides the technical details on journal entries, accounting elements, UBIT, reserves, and annual transactions for SSAs.

Equipment Expenditure Types

When you purchase equipment, accessories, or fabrications for your department, you must use specific Expenditure Types.

Intercampus Transactions

 Learn about Intercampus Transactions.
Find answers, request services, or get help from our team at the UC San Diego Services & Support portal or call the Finance Help Line at (858) 246-4237.