All Policy Notes
Account Structure: Stanford's Chart of Accounts
Condensed policy information related to account structure: chart of accounts:
- Use of PTAs
- University Funds (Administrative Guide Memo 34.1)
Banking & Commerce
Condensed policy information related to cash handling and deposits:
- Gifts to the University (Administrative Guide Memo 41)
- Receiving and Processing Gifts (Administrative Guide Memo 42)
Buying & Paying
Policy information related to buying and paying:
Purchasing Cards
Administrative Guide Memo 54.5
Check Requests
"Other Checks" in iOU
Blanket Purchase Orders
Administrative Guide Memo 54.2
Invoices Submitted Against Invalid PTA or After PTA End Date
Sustainable Purchasing Practices
Capital Equipment & Capital Projects
Reference Administrative Guide:
- Financing of Purchases (Administrative Guide Memo 53)
- Capital Projects (Administrative Guide Memo 83)
Financial Reporting Tools
Condensed policy information related to financial reporting tools:
Funds Management
Condensed policy information related to funds management:
- University Funds (Administrative Guide Memo 34.1)
- Infrastructure Charges (Administrative Guide Memo 37.3)
- Revenue Recognition – Auxiliaries and Service Centers
- Revenue Recognition – Sponsored Research
Month / Year End Close
Condensed policy information related to month-end / year-end close:
Payroll Administration
Condensed policy information related to payroll administration:
- Payroll Advances
- Terminations
- Time and Leave
- Vacation Balance Funding
- Employee vs. Independent Contractor Status (Administrative Guide Memo 35)
- Salary Cap Administration (Research Policy Handbook 3.8)
- GFS Policy Manual
Payroll for Employees
Condensed policy information related to payroll for employees:
- Time and Leave
- Payroll Advances
- Out-of-State Employees (includes Out-of-Country Employees) (Administrative Guide Memo 23.11)
Petty Cash Administration
Condensed policy information related to petty cash administration:
Reimbursement
Condensed policy information related to reimbursement:
Supporting Students
Condensed policy information related to supporting students:
Tax Compliance
Condensed policy information related to tax compliance @ Stanford:
- Gifts to the University (Administrative Guide Memo 41)
- Provision of Mobile Equipment and Related Services (Administrative Guide Memo 81.3)
- Receiving and Processing Gifts (Administrative Guide Memo 42)
- Unrelated Business Activity (Administrative Guide Memo 15.3)
Travel
Condensed policy information related to travel:
- Reimbursable Expenses
- Required Documents for Travel Reimbursement
- Stanford Travel Card Policy
- International Travel Policy (Memo from Provost John Etchemendy)
- Fly America Act (U.S. Air Carrier Requirement)
- Trade Sanctions (Compliance Requirements for Travel to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria)

