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UConn departments are frequently required to bill other state agencies for goods and services. These bills are referred to as State Transfer Invoices. Frequently billed state agencies have already been uploaded to KFS. 

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If you cannot locate the agency when setting up an invoice, contact accountsreceivable@uconn.edu, as the agency may have been consolidated with another agency. 

To bill another state agency,

  1. Navigate to Accounts Receivable & Cash.

  2. Click on Customer Invoice.

  3. Within the Document Overview folder, click on the Description field.

  4. Enter descriptive text for the invoice eDoc (ex. New Core-CT Inv for CCSU - CEN11718).

  5. Click on the General folder.

  6. Navigate to the Customer Number field.

  7. If you have the Customer Number, enter it in the space provided. Alternatively, you can use the search function to locate the Customer Number by clicking on the magnifying glass to the right of the Customer Number field.

    1. Once you click on the magnifying glass, the Customer Lookup screen will appear. Tab to the Customer Name field.

  8. Enter a portion of the agency name, surrounded by asterisks (*).

  9. Click Search.
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  10. The results will display all active customers who have Central as part of their Customer Name. Once the correct customer is located, click on the

    Return

    Return Value link.

  11. After selecting

    Return

    Return Value, KFS will route back to the invoice screen.  

    • At this point, you can enter additional data that may be helpful for the agency to identify (i.e., PO#, Attention Line Text, etc.).

  12. Once you enter the customer information, enter the Accounting Lines.

    • In the Chart field, enter UC.

  13. Tab to Account.

    • Enter the KFS account number.

  14. Tab to Object.

    • Enter the KFS object code.

  15. Tab to Invoice Item Quantity.

    • Enter the amount of item(s).

  16. Tab to Invoice Item Description.

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      Enter the billing details; state why the customer is being invoiced.

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      (warning) Note: This field appears small, but it can accommodate up to 400 characters. If necessary, type the description in the notes section, and then paste it into the Item Description field.

  17. Tab to Invoice Item Service Date.

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      Enter the date of service or the current date.

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      (warning) Note: This date is required by state auditors. It is often referred to as the Billing Period.

  18. Tab to Invoice Item Unit Price.

    • Enter the amount per unit.

  19. Click the green (+)button in the Actions column

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    in the far-right corner.

  20. Once you click the green (+), the accounting lines will be totaled.

  21. Navigate to the Notes and Attachments section to enter important notes or attach backup.

    1. Backup can be any type of documentation that provides support regarding the charges being billed to the customer like emails, letters, reports, etc.

  22. Navigate to Ad Hoc Recipients.

    1. Enter KFS-AR in the Namespace Code field.

    2. Enter CORE-CT Receivables in the Name field.

    3. Click FYI from the drop-down menu in the Action Requested field.

    4. Click the ADD button.


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      1. Ad hoc’ing the KFS-AR group notifies AR to set up the invoice in Core-CT.

      2. Once the state transfer invoice is set up, AR emails the newly-created transfer invoice to the individual who created the KFS Invoice.

      3. At that point, the entire packet (KFS Invoice, Core State Transfer Invoice, and Backup Documentation) is emailed to the agency contact by the department.

      4. If the department does not have a contact name for the agency, they may forward to the general AP email address

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      Customer
      1. Customer Address screen.

  23. Click Submit. You will receive a message in the top left corner indicating that the document was successfully submitted. Submitted invoices will automatically receive a status of FINAL so long as you received the Successfully Submitted notification).
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Completed KFS Invoice Sample

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Ad Hoc/Pending Action Requests & Route Log

Once an AR Manager notices the Ad Hoc of the Core-CT invoice, AR will:

  1. Create the invoice in Core-CT.

  2. Email the PDF of the State Transfer Invoice (STI) created in Core-CT to the individual who created the KFS invoice.

  3. The KFS invoice creator will then forward the STI to the other state agency requesting payment. (See the sample STI in the warning below.)

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When emailing the STI and all backups requesting payment to the other agency, you must include the wording (boxed in red) in the image below to ensure the other agency enters the proper account codes for UConn.

The email subject should also state the State Transfer Invoice (ST) Number.

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For questions regarding billing another state agency, contact the AR office at accountsreceivable@uconn.edu.

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