Glossary
Here are some common financial services terms that you might hear while communicating with our departments.
Budget Adjustment
- The act of amending the budget by moving funds from one category or line item to another.
Expenditure Transfer
- The process used to move expenditures (payroll charges) from one account to another.
Fiscal Year
- ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Íø's current fiscal year begins June 1.
Fiscal Year Close / "The Close"
- The series of processes performed in May and June of every year to finalize the financial information for the fiscal year in preparation for ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Íø's annual financial statement audit.
Form W-2
- A tax form prepared by an employer and given to an employee to be filed with his/her 1040 form, listing wages earned during that year, federal and state taxes withheld, and Social Security tax information.
Form W-9
- A tax form which certifies an individual's tax identification number.
Form 990
- Informational return which is required to be filed of all not-for-profit entities. This is filed annually with the Internal Revenue Service.
Form 1099
- The Internal Revenue Service’s tax form used for independent contractors and investors to report income, whether from work or from investments.
Gross Pay vs. Net Pay
- Gross pay is what you make before any deductions. If a job is advertised at $30,000 a year, then that's the gross pay. Net pay is what's left after taxes, health benefits and other deductions are taken out of your check..
IRS Forms
- Documents and information from the Internal Revenue Service.