SAAM Additions, Updates and Drafts Effective January 22, 2019

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

Changes contained in updated SAAM sections can easily be identified using the instructions contained in SAAM 0007.

New  or updated 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 Sections(s)

8015

Miscellaneous: Sponsorships

Provides guidance with respect to expenditures related to sponsorships.

Updated SAAM Sections(s)

2590

Long-lived Resources: Capitalization, Depreciation, Amortization and Posting Tables

Points out that all depreciation and amortization expenses are posted to Expenditure Object 7912.

4522

Expenditures, Expenses and Disbursements: Payment Methods

Corrects the availability date of funds related to an ACH payment.

 

4530

Expenditures, Expenses and Disbursements: Advances to Non-public Entities

Removes a redundancy.

5545

Payroll and Personnel: Alternate Retirement Contributions for Reemployed, Leased and Contracted Retirees

Clarifies which plan is to receive ACR payments related to given retirees.

 

 

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. 

Author
Greg Vokoun
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