SAAM Additions, Updates and Drafts as of August 7, 2017

New or updated Sections, if any, of the State of Arizona Accounting Manual (SAAM) listed below have been posted to /publications/saam.

New SAAM Drafts, if any, have been posted to /publications/saam/saam-draft.

Drafts are posted for comment and do not reflect policy statements that are in effect. Agencies are requested to review any Drafts within sixty (60) days of initial posting and send their comments to [email protected].

New SAAM Draft(s)
0040 General Information: Application and Interpretation of SAAM by Certain Political Entities Discusses how SAAM should be applied by political entities such as school districts, etc. 

 

Updated SAAM Section(s)
0015 General Information: Exceptions to Policy The time frame of two weeks to be allowed for a response to an exception request has been clarified to ten business days.
4035 Revenues and Receipts: P-Card and Travel Incentives - Collection, Distribution and Accounting  A requirement that an agency complete an ITA document within fifteen business days has been added.
5535 Payroll and Personnel: Employee Relocations Policies dealing with the use of a "moving container" have been added.
5536 Payroll and Personnel: Miscellaneous Employee Reimbursements Makes changes to accommodate the recent elimination of certain expenditure objects.
9505 Lists: Glossary Adds several definitions.

 

Comments, corrections, complaints and compliments should be emailed to [email protected].  Please include the number of the SAAM section and relevant paragraph(s) (SAAM NNNN-nn.nn.nn) in the subject line.

 

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Greg Vokoun
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