Request for Invoice (RFI)
Note: Only Accounting Services & Financial Reporting can generate invoices to external entities
Form: Request for Invoice (RFI) Form
Last Revision Date: 03/2019
Macro Enabled: No
Details Listed Below
Usage
- On-demand request for an expense reimbursement that has already been made (abatement)
- On-demand request to record accounts receivable (non-student revenue)
- Not to be used to bill another CSUF department [use Expenditure Transfer Request (ETR) app ]
- Not to be used to bill another CSU or Chancellor’s Office [must initiate Interagency Financial Transactions (IFT)]
Requirements
- Form must be approved by department requesting the RFI
- For expenditure abatements, attach back-up documentation preferably OBIEE Actuals Detail (between Accounting Periods) Report
- For revenue transactions, attach a copy of contract or any document authorizing campus to bill for services
- Purchase Order is required when billing a CSUF Auxiliary Organization
- Auxiliary Services Corporation (ASC) – Ext. 4154
- Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) – Ext. 2406
- Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation (CSFPF) – Ext. 4420
Note: In the event CSUF Auxiliary Organization disputes an invoice, a credit invoice will be processed. - Provide customer's email address on the RFI form.
- Contact Resource Planning & Budget for ALL salary related adjustments (601xxx/602xxx/603xxx accounts)
Sample Transactions
- Invoicing to outside agencies, vendors, or individuals for activities or services performed (such as Live scan or fingerprinting service, Academic advising)
- Invoicing campus auxiliaries:
- Auxiliary Services Corporation (ASC)
- Associated Students, Inc. (ASI)
- Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation (CSFPF)
- University facility rentals (such as Housing room rental, Desert Studies facility usage, Alumni House rental, Baseball field rental)
- Expense abatements
Process
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Step 1:
Submit electronic copy of Request for Invoice (RFI) Form with supporting documentation and digital signature or email approval to asfr@fullerton.edu.
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Step 2:
ASFR reviews RFI form and contacts department for questions.
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STEP 3:
ASFR generates invoice and mails original invoice to customer. An electric copy of the invoice is sent to the requesting department.
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STEP 4:
Revenue or expense abatement is posted in OBIEE the next day.
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STEP 5:
Dunning letters are mailed to all customers with an outstanding balance on a monthly basis.
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STEP 6:
If payment is not received after all collection efforts are exhausted, invoice is reversed in CFS Finance. Department revenue or expense abatement will be reversed.