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If you’ve ever purchased or arranged for payment of goods or services on behalf of Cornell, our new focus team is interested in hearing about your experience. This is your opportunity to impact enhancements to Cornell's procurement process, from purchasing to paying.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued the 2020 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.

We have made it to the end of our project to implement the Concur travel system at Cornell! Now that all faculty and staff travelers and travel arrangers are using Concur, here are some things you'll need to do in the new year:

University Business Service Center (UBSC) customers in East Hill Plaza, East Hill Office Building, and the CISER building can now take advantage of the UBSC’s petty cash for small-dollar reimbursements up to $75 per transaction.

The University Policy Office announces the issuance of University Policy 3.26, Financial Internal Controls.

The newly revamped Procurement Certification Program begins in October, and registration is now open in CULearn! The program includes five core courses and four electives.

Some new and updated finance training classes are available from the Division of Financial Affairs (DFA) and other departments, from September 2019 through June 2020, including the Accounting and Procurement certificate programs.

Procurement and Payment Services has restructured its organization in a step toward fulfilling a strategic initiative to simplify the procure-to-pay process. The three new functional areas are Campus Services, Supplier Services, and Payment Services.