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Contents
Introduction
Contents & Introduction 2
Income 3
Expenditure 9
Invoicing 21
Other 27
Your notes 30
Time and time again the Union Finance Department encounters many similar mistakes when dealing with Club, Society & Project financial matters. This booklet provides examples of the most frequent errors so that hopefully you can avoid these mistakes.
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Income
Income Forms Submitted Late
In this case, money was paid to the bank on 19 March, but the Income Form was not handed in until June.
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Donations
When income for a donation is received it must be accompanied by a letter to confirm it is a donation, otherwise VAT will be incurred.
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Correct Donation Letter
This is a good example of letter confirming a donation.
Income cont...
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Refund of Deposits
If a deposit is paid and then refunded to your Club, Society or Project as a cheque, this requires paying in to the bank. This is a good example:
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Adding-up Cheques/Cash on Paying-in Slips
Make sure that the cheques and cash being paid into the bank are added-up correctly. This is an example of what happens if this is not done correctly:
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Income paid in six months late
In this example the income from a Christmas Concert was paid in on 06 June
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Correct VAT Invoice
This is a good example of a VAT invoice:
Expenditure
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Ensure Claim Form Totals are Correct & Obtain Proper VAT Receipts
Make sure to add the amounts correctly. In this case, the claim was not added properly hence the cheque was written out for £25.79 instead of £39.24.
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Also note that you should always get proper VAT receipts or invoices when you make a purchase. The ones below are not VAT receipts as they don’t have a detailed breakdown of how much money is VAT. By law, suppliers are supposed to provide VAT receipts so can always demand one if you are not automatically provided with one.
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Two Requests for Payment
A request to use the Union Credit Card and a request for a cheque for the same payment. The company would have been paid twice.
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Correctly Filling in Forms
Make sure the amounts on the Claim Forms and Invoices are the same. In this case, the cheque was written for a different amount.
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Invoices with Purchase Orders
Make sure that the Invoices received do not exceed the value of the Purchase Orders. This will be handled in the future by the eActivities PoP system.
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Correct VAT Invoice for parking
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Invoicing
Contracts
Make sure that sponsorship contracts are signed and that a signed copy is retained by the finance department.
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Wrong VAT amount on invoice
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Other
Club, Society or Project Invoices
Invoices should only be issued from Imperial College Union. Clubs, Societies and Projects must not create and send their own invoices.
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Misspending Money
Do not pay your tuition fees using Club, Society or Project money!
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Notes
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Notes
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