Chapter 12: Appendix
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Appendix
12.1: Glossary
- COA = Chart of Accounts = a numbered list of the accounts that comprise a company’s general ledger
- General Ledger = accounting record or a company
- Subledger = A subledger is a ledger containing all of the detailed subsets of transactions. The Total of the transactions in the subledger rollup into the general ledger.
- A subledger may contain all accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed asset or ppm transactions.
- Revenue = income generated from business operations - services rendered or goods sold. Revenue does not equal cash.
- Invoicing/Billing: Process by which the seller sends a payment request for the amount owed for the sale of goods or services.
- Budget = financial plan for future activities including sales (revenue)/costs. Sponsored and Capital projects must have a budget to be able to spend.
- Funding Amount: Amount Obligated by Sponsor (only for Sponsored Projects awards)
- Funding Allocation: Funding Amount allocated to sponsored projects awards.
12.2: Accounts in GL only vs GL&PPM for project based transactions
12.3: Version Updates
- 4/8/21:
- clarified PPM billing vs. Receivables.
- Pulled out some definitions into glossary.
- Added appendix.
- Updated 2.2.1.2
- 11/29/21:
- Added 2.4 Project Grouping
- Added more project classifications.
- 2/1/22:
- Added 2.5 Membership Agreements
- Added 2.6 Projects Created in Error
- Added 1.6.1 for basic SLA understanding.
- Minor edits in sections: 2.3, 2.3.4, 3, 3.2, 3.3.1.1, 6
- 2/17/22:
- Added 1.6.2 DFFs
- 10/3/22:
- Added new Project Classifications
- Minor edits for PADUA updates
- Minor edits for Project billing updates with GPCB
- Added more reports in bah.ucsd.edu.
- 3/15/24
- Added Fabrication Projects information.
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