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Fiscal - Payables/Receivables Records


OAR 166-475-0050
This General Schedule is applicable to the Fiscal Payables/Receivables records of the Oregon University System. Retention periods apply to the record copy of all public records, regardless of medium or physical format, created or stored by the above specified agencies. Please note the exceptions to this General Schedule listed in OAR 166-030-0026 before disposing of records.

(1) Accounts Aging Records (9) Collection Records
(2) Accounts Payable Records (10) Credit Card Administration Records
(3) Accounts Receivable Records (11) Moving Expenses Records
(4) Accounts Receivable Subsidiary Records (12) Refund/Disbursements Request Records
(5) Accounts Receivable Write-off Records (13) Registration Fee Records
(6) Canceled Checks (14) Returned Checks Records
(7) Charge Airfare Records (15) Revolving Charge Agreements Records
(8) Check Stubs (16) Travel Records

Accounts Aging Records
OAR 166-475-0050(1)
This series provides a cumulative listing by accounts receivable number of all receivables on the Accounts Receivable master file in the Banner Student Information System. For each receivable, the amounts that are not yet due, currently due, and overdue are indicated. All amounts are principal amounts; interests, service charges, and late charges are not included. Records consist of account listings sorted alphabetically by customer showing balances. Listings are generated at the end of the fiscal year and at other times upon request.

Retention:

Record Copy: 10 years for year-end listing and 4 years for other listings
Accounts Payable Records
OAR 166-475-0050(2)
This series documents a department's expenditures and purchases. The series may also be used to research, evaluate, and monitor prior transactions and/or track the budget. Records may include but are not limited to: departmental purchase orders; contract release orders; balance sheets; bills; invoices; invoice vouchers; journal voucher/entry forms; price quotes; State of Oregon "B" Purchase Orders; departmental requisitions; justifications of purchases; payment authorizations; reports of receipt of goods or services; and related documentation and correspondence.

Retention:

Record Copy: 6 years   

Other copies: 2 years
Accounts Receivable Records

OAR 166-475-0050(3)
This series is used by departments and offices to provide a record of billings and collections for the office and units/programs which report to the office. It is also used to provide a record of customers owing monies and to reconcile the account. Records may include but are not limited to: Account Edit sheets; classified advertisement forms; VISA/MasterCard payment forms; invoices; journal vouchers; receipts; and related documentation and correspondence.

Retention:

Record Copy: 6 years after collected or deemed uncollectible 

Other copies: 2 years
Accounts Receivable Subsidiary Records
OAR 166-475-0050(4)
This series provides a history of charges and payments recorded for each customer on the Banner Student Information System. Records consist of customer lists sorted by account number with charges and payments recorded for each customer in chronological sequence.

Retention: 6 years
Accounts Receivable Write-off Records
OAR 166-475-0050(5)
This series documents debts of Accounts Receivables written off with the approval of the Secretary of State. Records include: accounts receivable invoices; write-off worksheets; and the Oregon Secretary of State's approval and Assignment of Uncollectible Debt letters.

Retention: 6 years after write-off
Canceled Checks
OAR 166-475-0050(6)
This series documents redeemed checks written on university accounts. Information on each check may include check number, date, amount, endorsement, account number, validation data, and related documentation.

Retention: 6 years
Charge Airfare Records
OAR 166-475-0050(7)
This series documents airfares purchased as part of institutional business. Records include forms used to authorize the issuance of airline tickets and the charging of fares to a university account.

Retention: 6 years
Check Stubs
OAR 166-475-0050(8)
Series documents the issuance of checks for payment in exchange for goods and services including payroll. Records include check stubs.

Retention: 6 years
Collection Records
OAR 166-475-0050(9)
This series documents the office's efforts to collect unpaid accounts. Records include: collection letters; notices; letters of transmittal; and bankruptcy records.

Retention: 6 years after account is paid in full
Credit Card Administration Records
OAR 166-475-0050(10)
Series documents administration of credit cards issued to institutional staff and units. Records may include: applications; master monthly billing statements; individual card holders' statements; billing summaries; printouts including vendor analysis by code; number of charges and stores; use summaries; related correspondence.

Retention: 
(a) 6 years after card expiration for applications
(b) 6 years for all other records
Moving Expenses Records
OAR 166-475-0050(11)
This series documents new employees' moving and travel expenses paid by the institution. Records may include but are not limited to: requests for approval-travel and moving reimbursement of new employee forms; purchase orders; travel reimbursement requests; vendor invoices; and receipts.

Retention:

Record Copy: 6 years

Other copies: 2 years
Refund/Disbursements Request Records
OAR 166-475-0050(12)
This series documents requests and disbursements made for overpayment and refunds. Records include: accounting data for refunds from parking violation fines paid and successfully appealed; tuition and fee refunds when courses are dropped; refunds for event tickets, loan overpayments, change-of-residence, and canceled courses; a log of refunds and requests to the state treasurer for checks to be issued.

Retention:

Record Copy: 6 years

Other copies: 2 years
Registration Fee Records
OAR 166-475-0050(13)
This series documents the payment of registration fees, which are considered travel expenses. Records may include but are not limited to: completed registration forms; journal vouchers; invoices; purchase orders; and wire transfer forms.

Retention:

Record Copy: 6 years

Other copies: 2 years
Returned Checks Records
OAR 166-475-0050(13)
This series documents attempts to collect monies for non-negotiable (usually non-sufficient funds) checks received for payment to university accounts. Records consist of master lists of checks returned to the University and contain: names; addresses; telephone numbers; banks upon which checks were drawn; reasons for return; and notations of any prior activity.

Retention: 6 years
Revolving Charge Agreements Records
OAR 166-475-0050(15)
This series documents a student's agreement with the provisions of the accounts receivable revolving account and his/her intent to attend the institution. Records include agreement forms signed by each student.

Retention: 3 years after last enrollment
Travel Records
OAR 166-475-0050(16)
This series may be used: to document requests for and approval of travel by employees of the institution or the agency; to monitor travel expenditures; for planning purposes; to document changes in dates of travel, changes in the name of the traveler, changes in itinerary, or changes in funding sources within an out-of-state travel authorization; and to document approval for vehicle rental. Records may include but are not limited to: out-of-state travel authorization forms; travel itineraries; travel advance forms; travel reimbursement requests (employee and non-employee); receipts; approval memos; vehicle mileage reporting records; memos in place of itemized receipt; affidavits of lost receipt memos; authorizing signatures; and related documentation and correspondence.

Retention:

Record Copy: 6 years

Other copies: 2 years
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Last Update: 02 April 2003
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