The PSC honors wire payments for international suppliers where the payment must be made to the suppliers account and/or made in a non-U.S. currency. Previously under the associated PSC Procedural Statement for Wire Transfers, the wire transfer minimum required by the policy was $500. Effective March 31, 2023, the policy has been revised to allow for wire payments to international payees with a minimum of $100. The policy still restricts wire payments to international suppliers/payees, and the department is still responsible for submitting the necessary documentation for the payment, however the PSC will begin honoring wire payments starting at $100.
Effective April 1, 2023, it will no longer be possible to submit Travel Reconciliation expense reports that were created before September 26, 2022. The Travel Reconciliation expense report header was updated last September so it is now necessary to phase out the submission of reports created prior to when the update went live in Concur. You will need to submit these older Travel Reconciliation reports before April 1st to avoid having to copy the expenses over to a new report for further processing.
The PSC was just informed this week by United Airlines of their intent to discontinue the baggage fee waiver program for CU travelers that had been in place since March of 2021. Effective March 24, 2023, all CU travelers flying United will be expected to pay for their checked bags.
If travel itineraries are being added to your calendar when you receive email reminders, your Outlook settings may need to be updated to prevent this from happening. To update, you there are five simple steps you can follow.
Departments and employees are encouraged to resolve and submit all outstanding card transactions in Concur before their last day of employment. Discovering unreconciled expenses in Concur following an employee’s last day of work should be infrequent, however we understand that it does happen. Historically, departments with an employee who terminated before reconciling all Commercial Card transactions would work with the PSC to have those charges reassigned to a remaining active employee who is also a cardholder. That active cardholder employee would then prepare and submit those expenses left by the separated employee from their own Concur profile.
The domain, THERMOFISHERLIFESCIENCE.COM, has been identified as a look-alike for one of Thermo Fisher’s registered domains. The domain is NOT owned by Thermo Fisher Scientific and is believed to have been created with malicious intent and may be used to fraudulently engage colleagues, customers, and vendors.
Cancelling a flight with CBT or directly in Concur will not remove the associated airfare charges from your Concur profile. Regardless of the reason a trip is cancelled, airfare charges need to be reconciled at the time of the cancellation in order for the charge(s) to be allocated to the appropriate department SpeedType.
If you Travel for work, now is the time to familiarize yourself with the revised Business Expense Substantiation & Tax Implications procedures. Effective January 1, 2023, requirements for timely substantiation/submission of business expenses apply to Travel Card and Airfare Card transactions, as well as to employee out-of-pocket reimbursements.
