Accounting Office / Accounts Payable

Revised 6/1/08

If you have questions, call Bill Cahill at 294-5124.

TITLE / DESCRIPTION

OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR RETENTION OF ORIGINAL

RETENTION PERIOD

STORAGE MEDIUM

Accounting Transaction Records

A/R Budget Transfer Receipts,
Budget Transfers (BTA's), Campus Organization Vouchers, Cash
Receipt Adjustments, Cash
Reports, Correction Vouchers, Credit Memos, Debit Memos, Deposits Online (electronic cash reports and credit memos), Funds Transactional
Transfers (FTT), Refund Vouchers, Revenue & Expense Transfers (RET), Transfer Fund Balances (TFB), Vouchers [e.g., Tracking (purchasing generated), Honorarium, Invoice, Payroll].

Intramurals
For selling departments includes transaction detail and documents/data to support charges

For buying departments includes justification to
support charges

P-Card
Purchasing card transaction database

Receipts and support documentation


Accounting Office















Selling department



Buying department



Purchasing department

Initiating and/or approving department


10 Years















10 years




10 years




10 years


10 years


Various, including microfilm, electronic data storage and paper












Paper or approved electronic data storage


Paper or approved electronic data storage


Electronic data storage

Paper or approved electronic data storage
Travel Reimbursements

Airline tickets, railroad tickets, etc.,
via contracted ISU travel agencies



Ames Lab employee travel expense vouchers

Employee Travel Expense Voucher (TEV) - For ISU employees prior to web-based travel reimbursement system

Web-based employee travel reimbursement - See web-based Employee Reimbursement below

Travel reimbursement to non-employees (see Accounting Transactional Documentation-Honorarium Voucher)


Accounting Office




Accounting Office


Accounting Office








Accounting Office


10 years




10 years


10 years








10 years


Various, including microfilm, electronic data storage and paper

Same as above


Same as above








Same as above
Web-Based Employee Reimbursements

Reimbursements to employees -
Web-based transaction database

Reimbursements to employees - Receipts and other support documentation



Accounting Office


Initiating and/or approving department, college, unit



10 years


10 years



Electronic data storage

Paper or approved electronic data storage
Departmental Statements

Monthly


Annual


Accounting Office


Accounting Office


Until annual received

10 years


Microfiche


Microfiche
EASE Reports (Employee Activity Summary of Effort)

Accounting Office

10 years

Paper and microfilm

Equipment Inventory Records

Inactive records


Equipment Inventory Office


10 years after disposition


Electronic data storage
Flat Runs by Fund Account
Number


Monthly



June 30 Year-end



Sponsored Programs Accounting

Sponsored Programs Accounting



Until 6/30 year-end received

10 years



Paper



Paper
IRS Form 1099 Lists, Corrections, etc. Accounting Office 5 Years Microfiche, paper
and electronic data storage
Payroll Records

Employees' Wage-Hour Reports



IRS Forms W-2, 941 and 1042


IRS Form W-4


Form 111 and 111A Personnel Action Sheets

Electronic Personnel Actions (EPA)


Vacation / Sick Leave Summary Reports

Vacation / Sick Leave supporting documentation (requests and approvals)


Employing department


Payroll


Payroll


Payroll


Payroll


Payroll


Employing department


10 years



Retain permanently

Retain permanently

Retain permanently

Retain permanently

Retain permanently

5 years


Paper or approved electronic data storage

Microfilm and paper


Microfilm


Microfilm or
electronic data

Electronic data storage

Microfiche


Paper or approved electronic data storage
Project Statements

Monthly



Annual


Financial Accounting & Reporting

Financial Accounting & Reporting


Until annual received


10 Years


Microfiche



Microfiche
Sponsored Programs Award
Files (and related non-technical reports)
Sponsored Programs Accounting 5 years after termination Paper
Sponsored Programs Financial Reports Sponsored Programs Accounting 10 years

Microfiche

Sponsored Programs Cash Management Reports (272's,
cash drawdowns, etc.)
Sponsored Programs Accounting 10 years Paper