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Source Documents and the Audit Trail

…with the cheque, use the Alternative Payee function to redirect the cheque to you for mailing. Credit memo The vendor’s credit memo is the supporting document. Credit memos for an…

Accounts to Record Deposits Received

…cash, issuing a cheque from a departmental imprest expenditure bank account, or processing a cheque through FIS Generally, the amount of the deposit will dictate the appropriate payment mechanism. If…

Purchase Order Invoices

…the refund. When the department receives a refund cheque, deposit the cheque and process the vendor refund in FIS. Receiving Reports A hard copy receiving report (or packing slip) is…

Payments Without Invoices Processed Through FIS

…for small purchases need to be made via cheque, but for which no invoice exists to support the payment. Examples of these situations may include: Conference fees, memberships Subscriptions, reprints,…

Accountable Advances

…advance cheques be converted to traveller’s cheques. This recommendation, and the security concerns with respect to traveller’s cheques, generally makes this option less convenient than using a credit card. Credit…

Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Initiative – FIS Documentation

…EFT Initiative: Increases payment transparency Reduces uncertainties associated with timing of payments Avoids lost or misdirected cheques Eliminates the inconvenience of suppliers having to deposit cheques Increases speed of payment…

Capital Assets

…that meet all of the following criteria: Are held for use in the provision of services, for administrative purposes, for production of goods or for the maintenance, repair, development or…

Preparing a Research Proposal Budget

…service is excluded from the exemption. If the research service includes the production of some tangible personal property (i.e. prototype) and a report accompanies the TPP, then the sale of…

Summary of Year-end Deadlines and Contact Information

Accounts Payable Supplier’s Invoices Departmental Business Officers will process invoices received in the current year by April 28, 2025. For queries pertaining to supplier’s invoices, email   Cheque and…

Monetary Donations

…important to determine this information as soon as possible. Cheques Cheques will be restrictively endorsed, for deposit only to the Governing Council University of Toronto prior to sending to DUA….