Per directions from the Chancellor's Office, cost recoveries are no longer allowed in the CSU Operating Fund (PeopleSoft fund 70000). To comply with this directive while minimizing disruption to the campus community, Finance has created funds in the 77xxx series (for cost recoveries from internal university departments) and the 78xxx series (for cost recoveries from outside organizations). Certain departments that have a large volume of cost recoveries have been given their own dedicated funds in these series. All other departments may use the following funds for cost recoveries from auxiliary organizations.

Fund	Fund Description	Organization Billed	Project Prefix	Cost Recovery Account
78005	Cost Recovery - RF	Research Foundation	F	580095
78006	Cost Recovery - TF	Tower Foundation	T	580095
78007	Cost Recovery - SU	Student Union	SU	580095
78008	Cost Recovery - SS	Spartan Shops	SS	580095
78009	Cost Recovery - AS	Associated Students	AS	580095

Departments incurring an expense that was to be reimbursed by an auxiliary organization must use one of the funds list above and the appropriate project ID. When billed, revenue will be credited in the same fund to the cost recovery account shown above.

Example 1

A department pays a faculty member's release time salary. The university invoices the Research Foundation.

• $1,000 monthly payroll is charged to chartfield string 601100- 78005-1245-99999
• $1,000 cost recovery is credited to chartfield string 580095- 78005-1245-F2115093623 when invoiced

Example 2

A department enters an Expense Journal in Financial Transaction Services to reclassify to the appropriate project ID an expense that will be reimbursed by the Tower Foundation.

• The Journal credits $200 to the original chartfield string 660003-70000-1245

• The Journal charges the $200 reimbursable amount to chartfield string 660003- 78006-1245-T3415010374
• The billing system automatically creates an invoice, which credits chartfield string 580095- 78006-1245-T3415010374

Departments are responsible for coding the appropriate chartfield string, including the new fund, for all other transactions such as:

• Employee profiles for  faculty release time appointments - use project 99999 (Faculty Release Time/Do Not Bill)
• Requisitions or Direct Payment Vouchers in Financial Transaction Services for expenses to partially reimbursed by an auxiliary organization
• Expense Journals or Interdepartmental Expense Transfers in Financial Transaction Services reclassifying an expense to a project with one of the above prefixes

Whenever possible, expenses to be charged 100% to an auxiliary organization should be paid directly via that organization's procurement system, rather than being paid by the university and coded for reimbursement as described above.

For cost recoveries from other CSU Campuses, including the Chancellor's Office, see Cost Recovery from Other CSU Campuses.