CHART OF ACCOUNTS

In using chart segments, they must be presented in the following format: This format or coding scheme is described below:

The account code or classification of expenditures identifies that which is received in return for the expenditures. Account codes are an important tool for management and should be considered complementary to the classification of expenditures by organizational units. Four major account classifications are found in Georgia Perimeter College's accounting system: Personal Services, Travel, Operating Supplies & Expenses and Equipment.

Most financial documents originating from the department or budget unit will require the department ID and account code. The following pages list the account codes that are currently in use by Georgia Perimeter College.
 

CHART OF ACCOUNTS

Includes expenditures for salaries and wages to all employees and persons in the employ of the various departments. Also includes the employer's share of payments for FICA, retirement, group insurance, or other employer payments for employee benefits. All charges to Personal Services are handled via the Payroll/Personnel System.
 

500000 - REGULAR SALARIES

Includes all salaries for permanent, temporary, and part-time employees.

511100 SALARIES - REGULAR FACULTY - This includes all faculty positions budgeted for teaching.

512100 SALARIES - PART-TIME FACULTY - Includes only those part-time faculty members employed on a quarter to quarter basis.

513100 SALARIES - SUMMER FACULTY - Includes only salaries paid to regular and part-time faculty during the summer quarter.

521100 SALARIES - PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE - Includes positions which would be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, and are not included elsewhere. These individuals are budgeted and paid on the monthly payroll.

521150 PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENTS - Include salary payments to an exempt employee above the employee’s base compensation for additional duties over and above the normal job assignment.

522100 SALARIES OR WAGES - STAFF - Includes all other budgeted positions working 20 hours or more per week who are subject to fringe benefits and paid on a bi-weekly payroll. These positions are subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act.

522800 SALARIES OR WAGES - STAFF OVERTIME - Payment for hours worked in excess of 40 hours during a work week exclusive of annual, sick, holiday, or administrative leave. Overtime must be approved and budgeted in advance.

525100 SALARIES  - PART-TIME STAFF - Includes all other budgeted positions working less than 20 hours per week. These positions are not line items in the budget and may be paid on bi-weekly or monthly basis.

Includes personal services for students employed by the institution. This object does not include funding for the College Work-Study Program. See Non-personal services for additional information concerning College Work Study.
 

539100 – SALARIES – JOINT STAFF

This account is to receive charges or credits arising out of more than one institution utilizing the services of an employee.
 

551100 - F I C A - EMPLOYER

Employer's share paid by the College.

551200 - F I C A - MEDICARE

Employer's share paid by the College.
 

552100 – TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM- EMPLOYER

Employer's share of Teacher's Retirement paid by the College.
 

552200 – OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PLANS- EMPLOYER

Employer's share of an Optional Retirement Program paid by the College.
 

553000 - GROUP INSURANCE - EMPLOYER

553100 GROUP INSURANCE - HEALTH  - Includes employer's share of the cost of health insurance.

553200 GROUP INSURANCE - LIFE  - Includes employer's share of the cost of life insurance.

557100 – EMPLOYEE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT
 

561100 – EMPLOYEE DRUG TESTING
 

640100 - TRAVEL OF EMPLOYEES

Includes all expenses for lodging, meals, use of personal vehicle, leased vehicles, or other costs incurred by employees of Georgia Perimeter College in job related activities. Registration cost must be charged to object 727130 - Other Operating Expense Dues and Registration. See Travel Regulations for additional information.

650100 - TRAVEL OF NON-EMPLOYEES

Includes costs of travel (lodging, meals, and transportation) for student travel only.
 

712100 - MOTOR VEHICLE EXPENSE

Includes expenses for fuel, service, repair or other costs of vehicles owned and operated by the institution.
 

714000 - SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

Includes all types of consumable materials used in operation of the institution.

714100 - SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS - GENERAL
714120 - SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS - JANITORIAL
714140 - SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS - EDUCATIONAL
714160 - SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS - POSTAGE
714170 - SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS - COPIERS
714190 - SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS - OTHER
714900 - PURCHASE CARD EXPENSE

715100 - REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

Expenditures for parts, repairs, maintenance, and alterations of buildings, grounds or equipment performed by department personnel or contracted from outside. Included are expenditures for replacement of fixtures when such fixture is attached to or part of a building; such as water heaters, furnaces, boilers, exhaust fans, etc
 

715110 - REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE - WASTE DISPOSAL

Expenditures for the disposal of Bio-medical waste material.
 

715120 – MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS

Maintenance service contracts on equipment including computer and radio equipment. Maintenance contracts or charges for maintenance services should be charged to this account regardless of whether the department owns, rents, leases, or is lease/purchasing the equipment or other asset.
 

719100 - RENTS OTHER THAN REAL ESTATE

Includes expenditures for rental of equipment, furniture, meeting or exhibition halls by the day or week, post office box rentals, and rental of State owned aircraft. Payments on multi-year installment purchase agreements should be charged to Lease/Purchase of Equipment, Account 81800.

719110 - COLLEGE VEHICLE USE   

723100 - COLLEGE WORK-STUDY PROGRAM

The total cost of the College Work-Study Program is recorded under this account.
 

727100 - OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES

Includes all expenditures for costs not properly included in any of the preceding accounts.

733100 - SOFTWARE AND SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE

Includes expenditures of electronic data processing prepackaged software systems, or programs with or without long term product licensing agreements. This object also includes software maintenance charges. Computer hardware maintenance charges should be charged to Repairs and Maintenance under 715100. Services for system design and/or programming of individualized software systems or programs should be charged to the appropriate Per Diem and Fees account under 751000.
 

742100 - PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING

Includes costs of publications required by statute or that are deemed necessary in providing services delivered within the scope or the institution's authority. Includes all costs for printing billed by DOAS and any other costs for stationary, imprinted envelopes, imprinted forms, purchase orders, and any other billing for printed matter. Includes all local print shop and outside quick copy charges.

Does not include cost of books, pamphlets, brochures, booklets, manuals, handbooks, etc., which the institution had no involvement in the publication thereof, as these should be charged to Account 714100, Supplies and Materials. Book or volumes of books, if maintained in a library, should be charged to Account 84310, Equipment Purchases - Library Collections. Subscriptions or subscription services should be charged to Account 727120, Other Operating Expenses - Subscriptions.
 
 

743000 - EQUIPMENT PURCHASES - SMALL VALUE

Includes expenditures for a material item of a non-expendable nature; such as a movable unit of furniture or furnishings, an instrument or apparatus, a machine (including attachments), an instructional skill training device, or a set of small articles whose parts are replaceable or repairable; the whole retaining its identity and utility over a period of time which is characteristic of and definable for items of its class. Items in this group, generally, should have a life expectancy of three years or more, and cost in the range of $500 through $4,999.

743100 Equipment purchases – Small Value – Non-Inventory ($500-$2,999)
743200 Equipment purchases – Small Value – Inventory ($3,000-$4,999)
743300 Equipment Purchases – Small Value - Sponsor holds Title ($3,000-$4,999)

        744100 IT Equipment purchases - Small Value - Non-Inventory ($500-$2999)
        744200 IT Equipment purchases - Small Value - Inventory ($3000-$4999)
        744300 IT Equipment Purchases - Small Value - Sponsor holds Title ($3000-$4999)

748100 - REAL ESTATE RENTALS

Includes monthly rentals and lease contracts for office space, warehousing, and storage other than authority lease rental contracts. Costs of renovation and modifications of leased facilities would also be classified in this object class if such expenditures constitute rental payments in lease agreements.
 

751000 - PER DIEM AND FEES

Includes compensation and reimbursable expenses such as travel, postage, telephone, etc., for services rendered on a per diem, hourly, fee or consultant basis from which the employer makes no payroll deductions. Examples of expenditures classified here would be architects, attorneys, consultants or consulting firms, board members, physicians, engineers, temporary help secured from a private agency (Kelly Girls, Incorporated), etc. See Per Diem and Fees regulations for additional information. Per Diem and Fees may only be used for non-employees.

Includes contracts with units of Government, units of the University System of Georgia, public or private corporations or private business firms.
 

753100 CONTRACTS
753200 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTS

760100 - COMPUTER CHARGES - OTHER

Includes all expenditures for computer services except those billings for computer charges from DOAS. Account 760100 should be used to record computer charges only. Charges which relate to a computer but are not charges for computer services should be made to their proper account. Examples of these computer related charges are: data telecommunications should be charged to 771800; computer equipment charges should be charged to 744200 or 843300, except that lease/purchases or installment purchases should be charged to 818100; rentals of computer equipment should be charged to 719100; computer maintenance services charges or charges for maintenance service agreements should be charged to 715120. It should be noted that no direct Per Diem and Fee activity should be charged to this object.

771000 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Includes all charges for data telecommunications.

771100 Telecommunications-Local - Includes expenditures for telephone, telegraph, and all other communications.

771200 Telecommunications-Long Distance/GIST - Includes the monthly GIST network charge and all long distance calls.

771300 Telecommunications-Cellular

771400 Telecommunications-Pager

771500 Telecommunications-Radio

771600 Telecommunications-Video – GSAMS

771700 Telecommunications-Wire & Cable

771800 Telecommunications-Data - Includes any charges identified by DOAS, Information and Computer Service billings for data telecommunications.

771900 Telecommunications-Other
 

Includes those amounts awarded students on the basis of scholastic achievement. Financial need may or may not be a determining factor. No service would be rendered nor repayment made for financial assistance classified in this account. This object is not to include the College Work-Study Program. State funds may not be used for scholarships.
 

782100 – FELLOWSHIPS

Only those awards called fellowships and requiring no service to be rendered should be recorded here. Other fellowships should be included in account 524100.
 

781100 – STIPENDS

Includes payments to individuals under training grants which are intended to provide financial assistance during the period of training. Services are rendered by the trainee which such service is required of all students involved in the program.
 

784100 – TUITION

This object of expenditure is to be used only in situations where a grant or contract specifies payment of tuition as a part of the project budget.
 

818000 - LEASE/PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT

Includes the payments made on multi-year lease/purchase or installment purchase agreements even if interest constitutes a portion of the payment. All equipment received for which charges are made to this account should be recorded on the property inventory system when received and for the total agreement acquisition price.

818100 LEASE PURCHASE : PRINCIPAL
818200 LEASE PURCHASE: INTEREST

841100 - MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT PURCHASES

Includes automobiles, station wagons, vans, buses, motor homes, light duty trucks, and heavy duty cargo carry trucks. Aircraft or other motorized vehicles should be recorded in 843100, Equipment Purchases.
 

843200 - LIBRARY COLLECTIONS

This account shall include those funds expended to purchase books, periodicals, microfilm, microcards, catalog cards, and other material making up the collection of resource material maintained in a library. FOR LIBRARY USE ONLY.

843200 - LIBRARY COLLECTIONS - BOOKS
843220 - LIBRARY COLLECTIONS - NON PRINT/MEDIA
843240 - LIBRARY COLLECTIONS - PERIODICALS
843260 - LIBRARY COLLECTIONS - MICROFORMS

843100 - EQUIPMENT PURCHASES - INVENTORY

Includes expenditures for a material item of a non-expendable nature; such as a movable unit of furniture or furnishings, an instrument or apparatus, a machine (including attachments), an instructional skill training device, or a set of small articles whose parts are replaceable or repairable; the whole retaining its identity and utility over a period of time which is characteristic of and definable for items of its class. Also includes motorized vehicles not used on public roads; such as aircraft, boats, lawn mowers, farm tractors, road building equipment, etc. Items in this group, generally, should have a life expectancy of three years or more, cost in excess of $5,000.00, and be controlled by a perpetual inventory. All equipment purchases must be inventoried on the institutional inventory system.
 

843300 – COMPUTER PURCHASES - INVENTORY

Includes expenditures for material electronic data processing items of a non-expendable nature. Items in this group would include, but not be limited to, computer mainframes, tape and disk drives, printers, firmware, CRT terminals, modems, acoustic couplers, and personal computers. Items charged to this account will have a normal life expectancy of three years or more and cost in excess of $5,000.00, and must be inventoried.
 

843390 – OTHER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PURCHASES
 

843400 – CAPITALIZED COLLECTIONS