A new account code, 660990 – Guest Speakers, is available for use. Created at the suggestion of a department admin, this new account code can be used to aid departments in tracking guest speaker and guest artist related expenses. You may reclass July 2023 through December 2023 Guest speaker and Guest artist related expenses previously posted to different accounts to this new account via FTS expense transfer or journal entry request to arbilling-journalrequests@
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Important Changes to Library Account Numbers
The following five (5) account numbers have been renamed and designated for use only by the University Library.
| Account | OLD Description | NEW Description |
| 608001 | Books | Books (Library only) |
| 608002 | Book Binding | Book Binding (Library only) |
| 608003 | Library Serials | Serials (Library only) |
| 608004 | Periodicals | Periodicals (Library only) |
| 608005 | Subscriptions | Subscriptions (Library only) |
Effective immediately, all campus departments other than library should use one of the following two new accounts for books and subscriptions:
| Account | Description |
| 660962 | Books |
| 660963 | Subscriptions |
Important Changes to Equipment and Furniture Account Numbers
A new account number, 619800 (Furniture/Fixture), has been created and is available in FTS. This new account replaces account 660802 (Equipment Costing < 5000), which will be retired at the end of the 2016/17 fiscal year.
The following equipment accounts have been renamed for clarification:
| Account | OLD Description | NEW Description |
| 619800 | N/A | Furniture/Fixture |
| 660802 | Equipment Costing < 5000 | N/A |
| 619001 | Other Equipment | Equipment – Non Instructional |
| 619002 | Instructional Equipment | Equipment – Instructional |
Account 660802 is no longer available in FTS for use in requisitions, direct payments, employee/student reimbursements and expense transfers. It will remain available for use in Budget Transfers to facilitate appropriate reclassification of budget through May. To reclassify expenses, please contact Finance Support at financeconnect@sjsu.edu for assistance.
Open Purchase Orders
Open purchase orders with encumbrance balances under account 660802 must be spent down by April 1, 2017. If you anticipate the encumbrance to remain beyond April, a change order request must be submitted to Contracts & Purchasing Services. Remaining encumbrances in 660802 at year-end will not carry-forward to the next fiscal year.