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It’s That Time of Year … Fiscal Close Process has Started

Important Dates

Weekly “soft close” schedule: Thursday, Sept. 7; Thursday, Sept. 14; Wednesday, Sept. 20.

Payroll/Personnel
Sept. 15 (3 p.m.): Last day for Personnel Action Forms (PAFs) to be submitted to the Payroll Office
Sept. 20 (Noon): LETS time entry due for weeks ending 9/16 and 9/23
Sept. 22 (5 p.m.): LETS time entry due for the month ending 9/30/2006 and for week of 9/24 ending 9/30

AP/Procurement
Sept. 15: Recommended deadline for submitting regular purchase requisitions.

(Note: Procurement will process orders as quickly as possible. However, long lead time items or complex purchases need to be requested even sooner to ensure the items are received by Berkeley Lab Receiving BEFORE the FY06 close cut off  on Friday, September 22, 6:30 p.m.)

Sept. 21: Last day for submitting Non-PO payment requests (RFICs)
Sept. 22: Last day for purchase receipt activity to be booked in the accounting system

Sponsored Research
Sept. 12: Deadline for all FY06 WFO research proposals and awards to be submitted to the Sponsored Projects Office for any FY06 sponsored research

Travel
Sept. 15: Last day for travel expense vouchers/reimbursement requests to be submitted to the Travel Office


Further Information is Available

The OCFO FY06 Fiscal Year End Close web page contains a detailed close schedule, forms, policies, contacts, and other useful information. Links to this site are available from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer web page as well as from IRIS and BLIS home pages.
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