Advances of Expenses

Advances Process Overview introduction Request Advance (if required) Incur expenses (and record expenditure) Reconcile expenses (and settle balance) Key financial controls

The University provides a facility where, under certain circumstances, expenses may be paid in advance. It is still necessary to obtain receipts and proofs of purchase to validate any payment made, and a further condition is that a full reconciliation of actual expenditure against funds advanced is made.

Refer to the guidelines on Advances (section 4.4) of the Expenses and Benefits Guide for circumstances when an advance payment can be made.


Version control:
30 Sept 2010: Advances of Expenses is a new set of process web pages.
20 Nov 2012: Advances of Expenses process web pages updated to combine Reconcile Expense and Settle Balance.