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Disbursement Control & Accounts Payable
Division of Financial and Business Services
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The Department of Disbursement Control & Accounts Payable is responsible for processing and distributing payments for university business-related services and expenses. On behalf of university departments, Disbursement Control & Accounts Payable:

  • Ensures expenditure compliance with policies set forth by the university, sponsored projects, the Internal Revenue Service, and the State Board of Equalization
  • Administers university expenditure policies and maximum reimbursable rates
  • Accrues or pays sales tax on taxable items
  • Reviews and approves payment requests for cash advances, reimbursements, fellowships, postdoctoral fellows, and student refunds
  • Issues invoice payments to suppliers
  • Processes independent contractor agreements and payments and issues 1099s
  • Processes relocation payments
  • Conducts procurement audits
  • Processes electronic deposit forms for reimbursements and supplier payments.
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Disbursement Control & Accounts Payable is a Department within Business Services. Business Services is a Department within Financial and Business Services.


What's New?

Monday, August 31, 2009
New! Submit Invoices, Check Requests, and Quick Expense Reports to Dedicated Email Addresses - For your convenience and to improve tracking, invoices, check requests, and quick expense reports can now be submitted as scanned documents to email boxes administered by Disbursement Control & Accounts Payable.

Monday, March 30, 2009
Sales and Use Tax Increase - Sales and use tax for purchases made in or delivered to Los Angeles County will increase from 8.25% to 9.25%.

Monday, January 05, 2009
2009 Mileage Rate - The reimbursable rate for use of a personal vehicle for USC business decreased from $.58 to $.55 per mile for trips commencing on or after January 1, 2009.

Thursday, November 06, 2008
Procedures for Obtaining Approvals for Consulting/Independent Contractor and Temporary Staffing Engagements - Business Services - Procurement has created a procedural website that explains how the freeze on consulting/independent contractor and temporary staffing engagements will be administered in accordance with the November 6, 2008 memorandum...

Thursday, August 14, 2008
WEBBA Tip: Removing Security Information Pop-Up Box - If a Security Information pop-up box appears on your computer when using WEBBA, you can remove the warning and significantly improve the speed at which you can process Requisitions, Check Requests, and Quick Expense reports!

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