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   - Gift card purchases MUST include a Gift Card Authorization Form and must be approved prior to making the purchases. Please contact **sehdfinance@ucdenver.edu**  to check the requirements for gift cards. Gift card purchases will not be reimbursed.
   - As a public institution of higher education of the State of Colorado, the University of Colorado is generally exempt from most federal taxes and from all Colorado State and local government sales tax. The purchase must be made using the University Procurement Card or a university purchase order. (If an employee makes the purchase with personal funds - with the intention of subsequently requesting reimbursement from the University - then the purchase is not tax exempt, even if the employee presents a university tax-exemption number.)
-===== Travel =====
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-If you are a frequent traveler (3 or more trips/year), please email **sehdfinance@ucdenver.edu**  about obtaining a university travel card.
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-First, please check with your corresponding fiscal staff to ensure funds are available to cover the pending trip expenses. For international travel, please submit a Concur travel request for the Dean’s approval. Once this has been approved, you may move on to the next step and contact Christopherson.
-  - All **airfare purchases **need to be made through Christopherson Business Travel by contacting them directly or through [[https://www.cu.edu/psc/travel/christopherson–business–travel|Concur in the employee portal]]. CU travel procedures allow an exception to this policy under one of these circumstances:
-      - The fare is not available for purchases through the University Travel Program. Limitations could be related to international in-country travel, remote travel, etc.
-        - Exceptions for these fares must pe approved prior to purchase by emailing an exception request to [[psctravel@cu.edu|psctravel@cu.edu]].
-      - Significant cost savings are demonstrated to the Univesity. The quote will have to be attached to the Concur report with your airfare expense.
-        - For an internet airfare purchase to demonstrate significant cost savings, all of the following requirements must be fulfilled:
-          - Obtain comparison quote from Concur dated on or prior to the date of the internet purchase. If you cannot locate the exact fare in Concur, contact a CBT agent. The comparison quote must be for the exact itinerary- same travel dates, times, routes, and airline(s) as the planned internet purchase.
-        - When compared to the quote from Concur or CBT, the cost of the internet airfare purchase must be:
-          - $50 less for domestic flights
-          - $200 less for international flights.
-  - For **combined business and personal trips**, the **airfare**  must be booked through Concur or CBT. You will still need to obtain a comparison quote documenting the cost of the business-only fare prior to or on the date of purchase and attach it to the Concur report. If the extended trip results in a greater cost, the difference will need to be paid by the traveler.
-  - Airfare comparison quote **required**  if vehicle travel is determined to be lower cost than airfare.
-  - You will need to make your own arrangements for **lodging**. You may use a travel card to book lodging.
-  - **Conference Registration**  methods for payment are:
-      - To have your registration handled by SEHD, fill out this [[https://forms.ucdenver.edu/secure/sehd_conference_registration|Conference Registration form ]]**prior**  to the conference.
-      - Pay for the registration yourself and submit the receipt to [[SEHDFinance@UCDENVER.EDU|SEHDFinance@ucdenver.edu]] for reimbursement **after **the travel has been completed.
-      - Pay via CU Procurement Card (P-Card).
-  - To be reimbursed for items such as hotel, taxis, shuttles, parking, etc., please keep your itemized receipts and turn them in to your corresponding Concur delegate when you return. Again, reimbursement cannot occur until after travel is completed. Conference agenda MUST be provided for reimbursement! The agenda must include the name and dates of the conference as well as a breakdown of the schedule. Please refer to the following link for more information/important travel guidelines [[https://www.cu.edu/psc/travel|https://www.cu.edu/psc/travel]].
-  - Meals/food will be reimbursed at the per diem rate only per university policy. There is no need to keep food receipts when traveling. Per Diem rates can be found at the following link [[http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/104877|http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/104877]].
-  - You may NOT request per diem reimbursement for any meals that are provided at the conference, even if you don’t eat the provided meals.
-  - On days of travel, the final destination for the day determines the traveler’s per diem rate all day. However, on the day traveler returns home, the city from which the traveler leaves determines the per diem rate.
-  - On begin and end travel days, reimbursement cannot exceed 75% of the daily M&I (meals and incidentals) per diem rate. If travel is wholly within a single day and the trip lasts 12 hours or more, then meal reimbursement is allowed. Reimbursement cannot exceed 75% of the daily M&I per diem rate. Per IRS regulations, meal reimbursements for single-day trips are reportable as income for CU employees.
-  - Mileage calculations MUST deduct **normal round-trip commute**  to primary work location–regardless of type of transportation used for normal commute; see [[https://www.cu.edu/psc/calculating-reimbursable-miles-0|mileage calculation guidelines]].
-==== Reimbursement is NOT appropriate for: ====
-  * On-campus parking (Be sure to apply for re-entry privileges if you come & go to prevent payment more than once a day.)
-  * Parking tickets from the police
-  * Driving off-campus to have lunch with other professionals, even for purposes of business
-  * Lunch with SEHD/University colleagues
-  * Other expenses that are denied by a dean (Please check in advance if you think there will be any concerns or questions!)
-===== Student Travel =====
-All student travel must be approved prior to making any travel arrangements by the faculty member or program paying for their expenses. Students are able to book their flight through Concur Travel & Expense System or Christopherson as long as they are provided with a speed type. Students are also able to submit a conference registration request using the SEHD Impact Form ([[https://ucdenverdata.formstack.com/forms/sehd_conference_registration|https://ucdenverdata.formstack.com/forms/sehd_conference_registration]]__)__  to have the conference registration handled by and paid for by SEHD. For all other expenses, students will have to use personal funds and then submit receipts for reimbursement upon their return to the corresponding Concur delegate. Contact [[SEHDFinance@UCDENVER.EDU|SEHDFinance@ucdenver.edu]]for general fund, extended studies and professional development account purchases and services, and **Jamie Purevsuren**  for grant related purchases.
-Following is a link to the Procurement Service Center website which answers all questions about travel including a step by step guide: [[https://www.cu.edu/psc/payables/travel.htm|https://www.cu.edu/psc/payables/travel.htm]]
-If additional assistance is needed, please email [[SEHDFinance@UCDENVER.EDU|SEHDFinance@UCDENVER.EDU]].
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 Please contact **[[SEHDFinance@UCDENVER.EDU|SEHDFinance@ucdenver.edu]]**to obtain your professional development fund balance prior to making purchases.
-===== Professional Development Funds Policy =====
-==== Purpose of PD Funds ====
-The purpose of Professional Development (PD) funds in the SEHD is to support faculty research and creative activities. These funds may be used in a variety of ways including: travel, conference attendance/presentations, GA/RA/student support, books, professional memberships, software, workshops, and other purposes approved by the dean.
-==== Definitions ====
-=== Allocated PD* ===
-Amount given to faculty annually (from Program funds or School funds), at the beginning of the fiscal year, based on faculty rank (Sr. Instructor, Associate Professor, etc.). Allocation amounts are established by the SEHD, applied consistently across programs, and are prorated if less than 1.0 FTE.
-=== Earned/Awarded PD ===
-Includes all funding such as awards from ORS, YUMPS, RIA, Center for Faculty Development, additional pay as PD, etc. Please keep in mind that it is an irrevocable choice to take PD funds instead of salary.
-=== Spending Policies ===
-If a faculty member is awarded a large RIA, ORS, or other similar funds, a separate speed type is created. Research Faculty provide their own PD funds through RIA.
-Earned/Awarded funds are not affected by annual adjustments by the School.
-Purchases from PD funds must adhere to purchasing rules and are considered university property.
-University property must be returned to the school upon separation of employment with the SEHD.
-Upon retirement/resignation/termination of appointment with SEHD, the faculty member’s unspent PD fund balance (allocated and earned/awarded) goes to the school’s administrative account.
-=== Time Limits ===
-Offer letters will state a 5-year limit to use startup funds. Individuals can apply for a one-year extension with a plan for how funds will be used. (//Note: I am extending the start-up funds to 5 years because these are meant to support quest for tenur//e.)
-=== Dollar Threshold ===
-**Beginning in FY21-22**, **allocated** PD funds are capped at two years’ allocation amount (current 1.0 FTE rates are $4,000 for tenure track, $2,400 for clinical, and $2,000 for senior instructors; prorated at less than 1.0 FTE). An individual’s annual allocation will be adjusted, if necessary, so as not to exceed this threshold.
-**Effective FY21-22**, if an individual’s **allocated **PD balance is over the cap, **allocated **funds will be reduced and returned to the original source until the PD balance reaches the threshold amount. **Earned/awarded **funds will **not** be reduced or returned.
-==== *Footnotes ====
-**Current 1.0 FTE annual allocation amounts (pro-rated at less than 1.0 FTE): **
-   * $2,000 to Tenured/Tenure track faculty
-  * $1,200 to Clinical faculty
-  * $1,000 to Instructors/Sr. Instructors