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NOTE: Use only one cost transfer worktag per transaction line: the highest relevant category number and either a department reporting or department reporting roll worktag type, not both.

In the rare circumstance that a department already has required uses for both the department reporting and department reporting roll worktags on a a transaction line, the text of the appropriate CTR worktag can be included in the line memo.

Category/Description90-day rule applies?CTR form adjustmentsCTR worktags (Department Reporting Roll / Department Reporting)
1 – Transposition error
Additional documentation not needed (beyond the original transaction); error could be swapped numbers within the account or the wrong selection from a list of accounts; typos. The Cost Transfer AND the Cost Transfer Worktag serve as the justification for the correction.
YesHow error occurred: “See department reporting worktag”

Preventing error: “See department reporting worktag”
DR05845 KED-Category 1 – Transposition Error 

D4399 KED-Category 1 – Transposition Error
1 – Intra-award adjustment
Moving an expense from one grant account to another under the same Award (e.g. main project account to child account, participant support to main account). Not considered a cost transfer. Correcting one or more Worktags (e.g. Spend Category, Academic Employee, Position Number, Close Date) but the Grant Worktag stays the same. The Cost Transfer AND the Cost Transfer Worktag serve as the justification for the correction. Transferring an expense from an account under a consortium (interrelated) award to an account under a different award under the same consortium. Not considered a cost transfer.  
NoHow Error Occurred: “See department reporting worktag”

Preventing Error: “See department reporting worktag”
DR05847 KED-Category 1 – Intra-Award

D4401 KED-Category 1 – Intra-Award
1 – Non-sponsored
Transferring an expense from a sponsored (grant) account to a non-sponsored (general operating or local account). Does not require a cost transfer form. Due to Financial Services and PeopleSoft limitations, CTR worktags are not used on these types of transactions.
NoNon-Payroll
No CTR form required

Payroll
Answer Q1 Only, Why Being Moved
N/A
1 – Cost Share
Moving an expense from a non-sponsored account (general operating or local) to a cost-share grant account.
NoHow Error Occurred: “See department reporting worktag”

Preventing Error: “See department reporting worktag”
DR05853 KED-Category 1 – Cost Share 

D4408 KED-Category 1 – Cost Share 
2 – Department CTR approval

Non-Payroll
Transfer is within 90 day transfer window AND  <$1,000 and more than 90 days prior to the end of the project

Payroll
Transfer is less than 91 days after the end of the semester (the close of the month in which the final pay period posted) and ATF report has not been acknowledged
Not an error – pay being transferred within semester window
Yes(Payroll Only) How Error Occurred: “See department reporting worktag”

(Payroll Only) Preventing Error: “See department reporting worktag”
DR05851 KED-Category 2 – Department CTR Approval

D4405 KED-Category 2 – Department CTR Approval
3 – ORSPA CTR approval

Non-Payroll
Outside 90 day cost transfer posting window [Exception Approval Required] OR
Items above $1,000 threshhold OR
Within last 90 days of grant period OR
After grant has ended

Payroll
[Exception Approval Required]
Transfer is greater than 90 days after end of semester OR
Transfer to/from award where ATF report has already been acknowledged
YesProcess form as usualDR05852 KED-Category 3 – ORSPA CTR Approval

D4406 KED-Category 3 – ORSPA CTR Approval