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Frequently Asked Questions

 

Q. How do I get access to Banner?

Departmental staff responsible for querying accounting information, managing funds, or initiating financial paperwork that is submitted to Financial Services are required to take training classes to gain access to the Banner Finance system.

Please see the Banner training site for details.

Q. Who do I call with labor distribution questions?

If you have any questions and/or concerns about labor distributions, please contact Position Control Ext. 75778.

Q. How do I move an employee's salary expense to another account?

If you are moving a SPA position (and/or the employee in that position) to a different account number(s) on a permanent basis, you should prepare a Budget Request to Establish or Modify the Position.  BREMP

If you are moving or splitting a Graduate Student, Faculty or EPA Staff member's appointment to a different account number(s), you should prepare a superceding AA-29 or PD-7.  http://www.provost.uncc.edu/epa/handbook.htm

If you are moving an Undergraduate Student to a different account number, prepare a superceding Student Temporary Wage
Appointment form.
http://www.hr.uncc.edu/forms/StudentEmployment/StudentTempWageappointment_form.xls

If you are moving a Non-Student Temporary Employee to another account number,
http://www.hr.uncc.edu/forms/Employment/PD17_TempStaffEmploymentRequest.xls

If you are "releasing" an employee to perform work on a grant, please contact Contracts & Grants for appropriate forms and budget approval.

Q. If I have $50,000 in budget to spend for a new position, how do I calculate the fringe Benefits?

To calculate the salary and fringe benefits use the Salary and Fringe Calulator Form

Q. What are the Benefit Rates?

For budgeting purposes, the University's portion of benefits associated with a full-time position are:

    FICA (Social Security) 7.65% of salary
    State Retirement: 8.75% of salary
    Optional Retirement: 11.86% of salary
    Law Officer's Retirement 13.54% of salary
    Medical Insurance $4,527 per year

    These rates are subject to change annually.

Q. What form do I need for?

Budget Request to Establish or Modify a Position forms to permanently change a position,
(e.g., account number, upgrade/downgrade, change to full or part-time) or to add a new position can be found: BREMP

Personnel Action Forms to appoint and/or make changes to current appointments of EPA Faculty and Staff can be found at:
http://www.provost.uncc.edu/epa/handbook.htm

Personnel Action Forms to appoint and /or make changes to current appointments of Graduate Students can be obtained from the Graduate School.

Personnel Action Forms to appoint and/or make changes to current appointments of Temporary Staff can be found at:
 http://www.hr.uncc.edu/forms/Employment/PD17_TempStaffEmploymentRequest.xls

Personnel Action Forms for SPA Staff can be obtained from Human Resources.

Q. What account code should I use?

 
Please see Account Structure for object codes.

Q. Questions about monthly Budget Status Report?

For questions regarding the transactions in a fund, see below:
Checks to vendors/Interdepartmental billings - Accounts Payable, ext. 75715
Budget Revisions- General Fund or 3-XXXXX Accounts - Budget Office, ext. 75779
All other funds - Sponsored Programs - ext. 72793
Deposits - Cashiers Office, ext. 72215
Journal Entries - General Accounting, ext. 75784

Q. How do I establish a new fund?

You must fill out a Request for New Banner Fund Form and forward to the Budget Office.

Q. Who manages my fund?

All General Fund funds (100000 - 119999) may contact the Budget Office at extension 75779 for assistance.

 For Auxiliaries and Internal Service Fund accounts, see Budget Office Contacts.

 

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