Accounting Resources

Month End Close and Accounting Period Schedule
Chart of Account Structures
Summary of List of General Ledger Account Descriptions
Journal Source Code Definitions
Instructions to Access Financial Reports On CNAV (PDF)
Understanding CNAV Budget Reports (PDF)

Month End Close and Accounting Period Schedule

Gettysburg College's fiscal year runs June 1- May 31^st. The fiscal year is determined by which calendar year May 31 falls. A fiscal year is further divided into accounting periods. Accounting periods are numbered starting with the first month of the fiscal year.

The Accounting office facilities processing of financial transactions from various campus administrative and service providers. CNAV reports are updated daily with previous day's information. Financial reports for a month end period will not be final (i.e. numbers will no longer change) until the Accounting Office has processed transactions from internal service providers for the respective accounting period (i.e. month has closed). Accounting periods are typically closed by the 10^th business day of the next calendar month with new CNAV reports available on the 11^th business day. Occasionally and for various reasons, processing delays are encountered. The Accounting Office will attempt to update the campus community of these delays via the digest and the Accounting office webpage.

Transaction Date	Accounting Period	Final Month End CNAV Reports Available
June 1-30, 20xx	1	(A)
July 1-31, 20xx	2	(A)
August 1-31, 20xx	3	11^th day of September
September 1-30, 20xx	4	11^th day of October
October 1-31, 20xx	5	11^th day of November
November 1-30, 20xx	6	11^th day of December
December 1-31, 20xx	7	11^th day of January
January 1-31, 20xx	8	11^th day of February
February 1-28, 20xx	9	11^th day of March
March 1-31, 20xx	10	11^th day of April
April 1-30, 20xx	11	11^th day of May
May 1-31, 20xx	12	11^th day of June (B)

Month end close processing includes posting of such items as transportation, paymentnet/pcard, telephone, dining services, postage, printing, utilities, and college store activity.

Please Note: Grant periods are unique to each grant and begin on the respective grant's award start and end date and may cross several fiscal years.
(A) Available after fiscal year end close is final and next fiscal year budget load is completed, generally mid August.
(B) Final versions are available after fiscal year end close is final, generally mid August.

Chart of Account Structure

Gettysburg College's Chart of Accounts consists of many different funds, departments, programs, and projects that allow the College to track various financial activities within its general ledger.

ACCOUNT NUMBER- Consists of 6 parts (In the following order)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

ACCOUNT - FUND - DEPARTMENT - PROGRAM - CLASS CODE - PROJECT ID

(5 digits) (5 digits) (5 digits) (2 digits) (2 digits) (7 digits)

EXAMPLE 65000-11100-61500-51-00-000000

Part 1 - ACCOUNT: represents what types of expenditure you have incurred or type of revenue generated, i.e. travel, lodging, security fines, participation fees, etc.

Account Code #s	Account Code Category	Account Code Descriptions
10000- 19999	Assets	Items College owns
20000- 29999	Liabilities	Obligations of College
30000- 39999	Fund Balance	Net Assets of College
40000- 49999	Revenues	Services provided by College
50000-59999	Payroll Expenses	Expenses related to Payroll of the College
60000-89999	Operating Expenses	Expenses related to the business of the College

Part 2 - FUND: represents the funding source for where the money resides, i.e. Operating vs. Plant fund
Fund Code #s		Fund Code Descriptions
11100-19999		Current Unrestricted Funds
20000-29999		Current Restricted funds
30000-39999		Loan Funds
40000-49999		Endowment Funds
50000-59999		Deferred Funds
70000-79999		Plant Funds
91000-99999		Agency Funds

Part 3 - DEPARTMENT: represents a true operational entity, or an activity conducted by that entity i.e. Financial Services department or Midnight Madness Program
Department #'s		Department Description
00000		Institutional Bypass (general)
10000- 19999; 64000- 64599		President/Human Resource Divisions
20000- 25999; 27000- 29999		Provost Divisions
26000- 26999		Information Technology Division
30000- 39999		Enrollment/Educational Services Division
40000-49999		College Life Division
50000-59999		Development & Alumni Relation Division
60000-69999		Finance and Administration Division
Part 4 - Program: represents an area in which a Department resides in a higher educational institution, i.e. instructional, Academic support, or student services
Program #'s		Program Description
00		Institutional Bypass (generally reserved for revenue accts)
01		Instruction
11		Research
21		Public Service
31		Academic Support
41		Student Services
51		Institutional Support
61		Operations and Maintenance
71		Auxiliary Enterprise

Part 5 CLASS CODES:

Part 6 - PROJECT/GRANT ID: represents a special grant received or a project that is being tracked separately, such as a construction project. The term of project or grant is usually for a limited period of time, such as one to three years.
Project #'s		Project ID Description
1400000- 1999999		Professional Development Grants
2200000- 3499999		Sponsored Research/Foundations Grants
3500000- 3799999		Academic Equipment Projects
3800000- 3899999		Capital Projects
3900000- 3999999		IT Projects
5750121- 5750206		Athletics Projects
4000000- 5750120; 5750207- 6590000		Facilities Plant Projects

Summary List of General Ledger (G/L) Account Descriptions<>

Account	Description	Description	Long Description
12200	A/R--Other	Asset	Monies deposited in current year, but represent revenue earned (services provided) in prior year.
13120	Prepaid Expenses--Other	Asset	Expenses paid in current year, but increase, recurred, or used in following years (i.e. multiple year contracts)

21491	Accrued Expenses--Other	Liability	Expenses incurred, items received or used in current year but not to be paid for until next year.
21530	Deferred Income	Liability	Monies received in advance of when service provided.

41158	Fees--Workshops	Revenue	Conferences, Workshops, and Clinics
41705	Ticket Sales	Revenue	Music performance and events
41708	Subscription Sales	Revenue	Magazines & Periodicals Sales
41709	Advertising/Program Sales	Revenue	Newspaper and Department Ads sales
41720	Miscellaneous Sales	Revenue	CD sales, T-shirts, Book Sales
41890	Miscellaneous Income	Revenue	Music performances, DJ services, and Campus Recreation Forfeit Fee
41895	NCAA Post Season Rev	Revenue	Revenue is related to NCAA Playoffs such as reimbursement, ticket sales, program sales, merchandise, and per diem activity.
41901	Lib Fines/Lost Goods Charges	Revenue	Library and Athletic Departments
41910	Participation Fees	Revenue	Grab, Service Learning, and Campus Recreation Intramural Registration Fees

53003	Staff Wages - Casual	Expense
53005	Staff Overtime	Expense
53020	Faculty-Honoraria Wages	Expense	Faculty Honoraria Wages
54001	Student Wages- Non Work-study	Expense
60100	Post Office Charges	Expense	Postage
60120	Air&Ground	Expense	UPS charges
60200	Telephone	Expense
60203	Wireless Service	Expense	Cellular phone expenses, including reimbursements.
60250	Cable TV	Expense
60260	Internet-Database	Expense
60300	Advertising	Expense
60400	Photocopying	Expense
60420	Contracted Printing and Dup	Expense
61500	Travel/Transportation	Expense	Airfare, taxi, transportation department use, tolls, and parking
61502	Travel/Mileage	Expense
61505	Team Lodging	Expense
61506	Travel Recruiting	Expense
61507	Travel Coaches Clinic	Expense
61508	Travel Scouting	Expense
61510	Travel--Other	Expense
61512	Meals Off Campus	Expense	Meals while traveling, off campus business meetings and foods purchased from other than College
61513	Lodging	Expense	Hotel charges
61514	Registration Fees	Expense	Training/Conference & Seminar Fees
61700	Entertainment--Other	Expense	DJ Services
61701	Meals on Campus	Expense	College catering and dining charges.
61702	Meals Recruiting	Expense
62100	Honoraria/Lecturers	Expense	Payment of Services (unless consulting or professional fee)
62140	Athletic Officials	Expense
62160	Professional-Consulting Fees	Expense	Payment for professional services/consulting
62162	Technical Consulting Fees	Expense	Payment for professional services/consulting- computer/IT related items
64110	Other Services	Expense	Photography services
64175	General Contracts & Others	Expense
64200	Repairs & Maintenance	Expense	Use for service contracts also.
64204	Hardware Maintenance	Expense	IT contracted recurring maintenance costs for hardware&telephone switch maintenance
64205	Software Maint-Instit systems	Expense	IT contracted recurring maintenance costs for software for institutional systems=PS, R25,Server
64206	Software Maint-Desktop	Expense	IT contracted recurring maintenance costs for software for desktop use.
64310	Rental--Equipment	Expense
64315	Rental--Vehicles	Expense
64360	Rental--Other	Expense
65000	Supplies & Materials	Expense
65001	Other Supplies	Expense
65004	Print Shop Supps	Expense	IKON Services
66000	Equipment & Furniture	Expense
66001	Hardware	Expense
66005	Expans-EQ/Wiring	Expense
66006	Computers	Expense
66040	Books & Related Material	Expense
66060	Software-Instit Systems	Expense	IT Dept=Newly purchased and not part of a new institutional system purchase.
66061	Software-Desktop	Expense	IT Dept=Newly purchased for desktop uses, tools, and packages.
69110	Subscriptions	Expense	Magazines and Periodicals subscriptions
69130	Memberships and Dues	Expense
69137	Copyright/License Fee	Expense
69150	Flower Arrangements	Expense
69181	Other Dept Services/Support	Expense
69700	Awards and Prizes	Expense

Journal Source Code Definitions

AP - Expenses that are processed through the accounts payable process
BSR - Development Gifts
CDC - College Store department charges
CSH - Manual journal made by financial services. These entries are similar to ONL entries except that the entry included a debit or credit to a cash account.
CTR - Dining catering charges
DIN - Dining Services charges (boxed lunches, cookies, etc.)
EOY - End of Year adjustments. These are typically entries made to record expenses in the proper accounting period/year.
HRP - HR/Payroll, Bi-weekly payroll postings for faculty, administrators, staff and students
ONL - On-line entries. These are manual entries made by financial services. These are usually "reclassification" items - or moving an expense from one expense category to another.
POS - Post Office charges
PRO - Purchases made using the college purchasing card
PSP - Print shop charges. Charges for work done in IKON.
SFC - Entries being made through the cashiering office. Generally these represent deposits posted via financial services.
TEL - Telephone charges.
TRN - Transportation department charges

Please Note: Journal Source Code AP: AP vouchers entered by the AP office on the same day and coded to the same account number will be combined into one entry on the "Actuals Ledger Journal Entries" tab. You will need to look at the "AP Detail" tab to see the individual vouchers that make up this entry.

Journal Source Code PRO: Pcard purchases made by the same employee, in the same month, and coded to the same account number will be combined into one entry on the "Actuals Ledger Journal Entries" tab. You will need to look at the "Pcard Detail" tab to see the individual charges that make up this entry.

Financial Services

Accounting Resources

Month End Close and Accounting Period Schedule

Chart of Account Structure

Summary List of General Ledger (G/L) Account Descriptions<>

Journal Source Code Definitions