We recently agreed (kicking and screaming) to one which not only requires support documentation for every non-labor line item, but they demanded we invoice at an hourly rate.  So we put a half-time administrative support person in the budget and explained that the administrative person would handle the extra burden of manually generated invoices (with strong disclaimers for the hourly rate) and the collection of support documentation. 

 

It’s a nightmare.  Avoid it like the plague.

 

Ruth Tallman

Director, Office of Research Administration and Advancement

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

P. O. Box 775

Cambridge, MD  21613-0075

Phone:  410-221-2015

FAX:  410-228-9265

xxxxxx@umces.edu

www.umces.edu

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Can anyone share your institution policy or business practices regarding accepting awards that have invoicing terms that require receipts to be attached?  Much appreciated!

 

Thanks!

Joyce

 

Joyce H. Ferland

Director, Sponsored Programs Accounting

Tufts University

Sponsored Programs Accounting

136 Harrison Avenue

Boston, MA  02111
Phone: 617-636-3416
Fax: 617-636-0384

http://finance.tufts.edu/spa/

 

 

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