| VOLUME: I |
POLICIES RELATED TO ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATION |
| SUBJECT: |
Administrative Allocations |
| SOURCE: |
Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) 9905.501 Consistency in estimating, accumulating and reporting costs by educational institutions. Cost Accounting Standards. (CAS) 9905.502, Consistency in allocating costs incurred for the same purpose by educational institutions, Chief Accountant
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| DATE ISSUED: |
July, 1996 |
| POLICY NO.: |
I-360 |
| RATIONALE: |
The Cost Accounting Standards require the University to be consistent in all aspects of costing methodologies. Many units of Indiana University allocate administrative costs. This policy would give the University assurance that the accounts being billed are charged for the service only once. |
| POLICY: |
The allocation of administrative costs should be reviewed by University administration. This review will include verification that the allocations are consistent with the other administrative costs allocations and that there are not any accounts being charged more than once for the same costs. |
| DEFINITIONS: |
Administrative Allocation of Costs is the process of accumulating a group of administrative expenditures and allocating these costs to a group of accounts. |
| PROCEDURE REFERENCE: |
Organizations that implement an administrative allocation will be required to provide a copy of the allocations and the corresponding rationale to the office of the campus business officer and then the University Budget Office. |
| RESPONSIBLE ORGANIZATION: |
Financial Management Support |
