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In this section

  • Abandoned Property
  • Accounts Payable
    • AP Payment Schedule
    • Direct Deposit
    • Check and Electronic Payments
    • Foreign Currency Payments
    • Help for Payees
    • Help for BSCs
  • Accounts Receivable
    • Interdepartmental Billings
      • Authorized Direct Charge Processors
    • Writing Off Uncollectable Receivables
  • Deposits
  • External Organizations
  • Gift Funds
    • Indirect Cost on Gifts
    • Receiving Gifts
    • Gift Restrictions
    • Managing Restricted Gift Accounts
  • Interdepartmental Activity
  • Inventory Accounting Guidelines
  • Lease Classification
  • Petty Cash and Cash Drawers
  • Plant Construction Funds
  • Reconciliation Guidelines
    • Reconciling Asset and Liability Object Codes
    • Monitoring Operating Activity
    • DFA Review of Object Codes
    • Correcting Unknown Variances
  • Reserve Accounts
  • Revenue Classification
    • Tuition and Student Fees
    • Government Appropriations
    • Grant and Contract
    • Gifts and Contributions
    • Medical Services
    • Investment Earnings
    • Auxiliary Enterprises
    • Educational Activities
    • Other Sales and Services
    • Interdepartmental Revenues
    • External Organization Income
    • Accounts Receivable
    • Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Bad Debt Expenses
    • Accruals/Deferred Revenue
    • Revenue vs. Expense Reimbursement
    • Revenue Matrix
  • Sales Tax
  • Transferring Funds
  • Travel Advances and Prepaid Expenses
  • WCM Accounts
    • Processing Entries to WCM

See also

  • Sponsored Financial Services
  • Capital Assets
  • Cost Analysis

External Organizations

Within the Cornell accounting system, accounts formerly referred to as “agency accounts” now are known as “external organization accounts.” This change is currently being applied to the forms and agreements needed to request a new external organization account.

If you would like to request a new external organization account, please complete the form below.

Application to Open an External Organization Account with Cornell (PDF, 95 KB)

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