Da Vinci Code
of Accounts
Have Receipts,
Will Travel
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50 Shades of Pay
FINAL JEOPARDY
100

What is the 6-digit Activity used for our General Lab Supply accounts? 

557384

100

When reviewing travel in Concur, these are the 5 required parts of a Business Purpose.

Who - What - Where - When - Why

100

What does the acronym MTDC stand for?  

Modified Total Direct Costs

100

Director of A/P, Travel and Cash Mgmt

Sharon Reine

100

It's 5:02PM, you completely forgot to enter a really important data change for today's deadline, is it too late? 

No, data change deadline is different than the 4:50PM for journal entries. Data changes can be transmitted up until midnight.  

200

Epi accidentally charged an IID account. Before they transmit a correction journal, what Wasabi step is required to enable them to journal between Orgs? 

Account Access Request

200

PI purchased a business class seat this morning. To charge any of this to a federal grant, what key backup document needs to be timestamped within the next 3 days? 

Comparison Fare to get economy seat price for federal portion 

200

For awards starting 7/1/25 or later, what amount can a Prime charge IDC on a Subaward?

$50,000

200

Director of Endowments & Gifts

Emily Klingaman

200

PI forgot to give you a receipt dated 99 days ago, but they're asking for reimbursement. Can we reimburse this? If so, how do we reimburse, and will they get full reimbursement?  

Yes, via Additional Pay in Wasabi, and No, it will be taxed as income.  

300

A lab member submitted a service contract requisition in B2P, should the object code be 8140 or 8141? 

8141 for service contracts, 8140 is for one-time repairs or maintenance 

300

Why won't Concur let my PI submit their expense report for a $1,000 credit they received. 

Concur won't let you submit negative reports.

300

What are the four cost principles for federal awards? 

Reasonable, Allocable, Allowable, and Consistently Treated

300

Director of Budget and Planning

John Dobrowski

300

A postdoc got a fancy fellowship, which object code is used for their stipend payments: 6440 or 6450

6450

400

A lab wants to charge a supply to an endowment with 27000 root, which Activity is appropriate: 556001 or 556009

556001     (know your A-21 definitions!) 

400

A student needs to get reimbursement for business travel. Which system do we use for the reimbursement?

B2P - a non-employee reimbursement

400

What are 2 ways to submit a prior approval request for an effort reduction greater than 25% for an individual named on the NOA?

RPPR or prior approval letter

400

Controller

Denise Rich

400

You're journaling salary for a previous fiscal year. What extra step do you need to take?

Update bypass fringe from N to Y. Apply manual fringe calculator. 

500

A PI receives an internal award. What does the Gifts/Endowments office need to do for us to use the account?

Relax the Cross Validation Rule (CVR)

500
What are Harvard's 3 preferred travel agencies?

Egencia, The Travel Collaborative, and Milne Travel

500

What is the maximum you can budget for a student?  

Postdoc Level 0 

500

CFO

Liz Wallat

500

You need to journal payroll crossing Sept and Oct, which HART column should you include in your DL backup?  

PYRL Month

500

What percentage does sponsored funding account for in IID's overall annual operating budget (per most recent FY25 actuals data)?   

81%