To ensure the appropriate accounting for projects, it is important that considerations made to determine if project is Capital or not. To aid departments and units in making these determinations a detailed guidance document has been added to the B&F website.
For Capitalizable Building Improvements to qualify for capitalization, project expenditures must exceed $100,000 (excluding moveable equipment, which is capitalized separately) and represent significant alterations, renovations, or structural changes that increase the usefulness of the building, enhance its efficiency, or extend its original useful life. See the full post for more details, including what capitalized building projects entail.
To clarify the usage of the two project request sheets within the Project Intake and Capital Planning instance of Adaptive Planning, the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) will be completing the system enhancements described in this post, effective Thursday, February 15 . See the full post for more details about the renamed sheets.
In addition to the system enhancements mentioned in the " Adaptive Planning – Project Intake and Capital Planning " post, updates to the review process for projects managed in e-Builder that are requested on the All Other Projects sheet will also go into effect on Thursday, February 15 . There are no process changes to project requests on this sheet that do not need to go through e-Builder. See the full post for details about projects managed in e-Builder.
New tips and tricks information on the Requisitions process has been added to the Business and Finance website . This provides users with an overview of the business process and a crosswalk to additional resources.
As previously communicated , to avoid potential accounting issues, please do not approve any requisitions, supplier invoices, purchase orders, change orders, or expense reports after noon on Friday, June 30, 2023 . It is highly recommended to have everything approved on Thursday, June 29, 2023. These activities may resume on July 1. To ensure that POs are included in the 6/30 roll-forward, change orders not processed by close of business on June 29, 2023 will be cancelled by Ohio State Purchasing.
Policies owned by Business and Finance will no longer be hosted on the B&F website. Instead, they will be hosted by the University Policy Office at policies.osu.edu . The B&F website information will continue be available as usual since the document links will be changed to point to the new host. However, any personal browser bookmarks will need to be updated. The website work should be completed by Friday, January 27 .
New tips and tricks information on the supplier invoice Match Exception process has been added to the Business and Finance website . This provides users with an overview of the business process and a crosswalk to additional resources.
New tips and tricks information on the Supplier Invoice Request (SIR) process has been added to the Business and Finance website. This information provides users with an overview of the business process and a crosswalk to additional resources.
Starting in FY23, the budget structure for Ohio State has transitioned to “Adaptive Operating Plan.” To view budget structure for other companies or for FY22 or earlier for University reporting, you will need to change budget structure from “Adaptive Operating Plan” to “Operating Plan.”