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Home / Tutorials / Working with Account Balances

Working with Account Balances

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This guide provides information on using the account summary screens in FAMIS for General Ledger (GL), Subsidiary Ledger (SL) and Support Accounts (SA). The guide describes how to read the screens and interpret the figures displayed on the screens.

Subsidiary Ledger Accounts

Screen 34 (SL Summary By Budget Pool) can be used for Subsidiary Ledger (SL) accounts. SL accounts always begin with non-zero numbers (e.g., 123456) and are six digits in length. The balance of the SL account shows the available amounts to be collected in revenue or to be spent for expenses in relation to the budget. If the account has support accounts (SAs), then the balance on Screen 34 includes the sum of all of the SAs.

034 SL Summary By Budget Pool

Screen 034
034 SL Summary By Budget Pool                                  05/12/20 17:52 

                        SL ACCOUNT NAME                           FY 2020 CC nn 

  Screen: ___  Account: 3xxxxxx  Fiscal Year: 2020 

               Thru Month: 5_  May         FY/PY/IN to Date: FY  Calc CM IDC: N 

Resp Person: USER, BETTER                  Bottom Line Exclusion: 

 Department: DEPT  Flags: D F B C Z G ABR            Net Dir BBA: 

   Map Code: 3xxxx        N N Y R N   001  Unprotected Available: 

 Obj     Description           Budget       Actual    Encumbrances  Available 

 ---- --------------------  ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ 

 0001 Revenue Pool            148215475-    68742217-                 79473258- 

 **** Total Revenue           148215475-    68742217-                 79473258- 

 

 1005 Lump Sum Salaries          320000                                 320000 

 1006 Salary Savings Budge 

 1000 All Expense Pool        124930733     95058657     22088494      8103582 

 9465 Rsrv - Capital Proje 

 **** Total Expenses          125250733     95103785     22088494      8103582 

 

 

 

       * Account Total        22964742-    26361440     22088494      71369676- 

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In this example:

  1. This account still needs to collect $79,473,258.00 in revenue for this fiscal year. Since revenue is a credit in accounting terms, the entry appears in FAMIS as a signed entry.
  2. This account has $320,000.00 available to spend in Lump Sum Salaries and $7,783,582.00 available to spend for all other expenses.
    The calculation is (Budget − Actual − Encumbrances = Available amount to spend).
  3. The balance available on the Account Total line, $71,369,676.00, represents the net of uncollected revenue less the total expense budget.
  4. All budget entries are included in the Budget column: Budget Brought Forward, New Budget, Budget Adjustments and Budget Transfers (including Departmental Budget Requests [DBRs]).

The default for this screen displays a rounded number. Pressing the F11 key will change the display to show non-rounded numbers. Pressing the F10 key will return the display to rounded numbers.

Support Accounts

Screen 74 (SA Summary by Budget Pool) can be used for SAs. SAs are a subset of an SL account and are five digits in length. Since SAs are a subset of an SL account, they are always displayed with the SL account (e.g. 123456-12345). An SA may be one of many linked to an SL account. The balance of the SA shows the available amounts to be collected in revenue or to be spent for expenses in relation to the budget.

074 SA Summary By Budget Pool

Screen 074
074 SA Summary By Budget Pool                                  05/13/20 11:17 

                        SA ACCOUNT NAME                           FY 2020 CC nn 

  Screen: ___  Account: 3xxxxx 14500  Fiscal Year: 2020 

               Thru Month: 5_  May         FY/PY/IN to Date: FY  Calc CM IDC: N 

Resp Person: USER, BETTER                  Bottom Line Exclusion: 

 Department: DEPT  Flags: D F B C Z G ABR            Net Dir BBA: 

   Map Code: 3xxxx        N N N N N   001  Unprotected Available: 

 Obj     Description           Budget       Actual    Encumbrances  Available 

 ---- --------------------  ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ 

 0001 Revenue Pool                             12031-                    12031 

 **** Total Revenue                            12031-                    12031 

 

 1005 Lump Sum Salaries 

 1006 Salary Savings Budge 

 1000 All Expense Pool                       1787320       171116      1958435- 

 **** Total Expenses                         1787320       171116      1958435- 

 

 

      * Account Total                 0      1775289       171116      1946404- 

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In this example:

  1. This account still needs to collect $12,031.00 in revenue for this fiscal year. Since revenue is a credit in accounting terms, the entry appears in FAMIS as a signed entry.
  2. This account as no budget available to spend in Lump Sum Salaries and has an overspent budget of $1,958,435.00 for all other expenses. This SA has the bottom-line budget checking turned off (a), allowing all of the SAs to spend based on the parent SL budget. This means that the SAs can run a negative budget as long as the SL budget remains positive.
    The calculation is (Budget − Actual − Encumbrances = Available amount to spend).
  3. The balance available on the Account Total line, $1,946,404.00, represents the net of uncollected revenue less the total expense budget.
  4. All budget entries are included in the budget column: Budget Brought Forward, New Budget, Budget Adjustments and Budget Transfers (including DBRs).

The default for this screen displays a rounded number. Pressing the F11 key will change the display to show non-rounded numbers. Pressing the F10 key will return the display to rounded numbers.

General Ledger Accounts: Balance Sheet

General Ledger (GL) accounts always begin with a zero (e.g. 023456) and are six digits in length. Using Screen 18 (GL 6 Digit List), a balance sheet display of the account is available. GL account controls represent balance sheet items.

018 GL 6 Digit List

Screen 018
  018 GL 6 Digit List                                            05/13/20 15:50
                        GL ACCOUNT NAME                           FY 2020 CC nn
  Screen: ___  Account: 0xxxxx ____  Fiscal Year: 2020
               Thru Month: 5_  May
    Department: DEPT    Resp Person: USER, BETTER          Flags: D F
                                                                  N N
 Account                             YTD         Current Month     YTD Thru
 Control     Description         Begin Balance        May             May
  ----  ----------------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
  1100  Claim on Cash               1643778.06         8483.33-     1331812.86
  1125  Petty Cash - Dept Worki        3000.00                         3000.00
  1300  Accounts Receivable          341336.30        10296.00-       26883.00
  1310  Accounts Rec - Students          95.98           95.00-         299.08
  1400  Inventory for Resale          12077.32                        12077.32
  2100  Accounts Payable                392.30-                         121.00-
  2130  Over-payments on Accoun        6000.36-         255.00            0.36-
  2750  Unearned Revenue             216446.92-
  2797  Reserves for Inventory        12077.32-                       12077.32-
  3300  Fund Bal-Auxiliary          1765370.76-       18619.33      1361873.58-
  5920  Non-Mand Trn To Designa                                      334156.00
  5930  Non-Mand Trn To Auxilia                                      379170.27
  9110  Un-Restricted Revenue B                                     3589168.00-
  9120  Un-Restricted Expense B                                     2903043.73
  9130  Un-Restricted Surplus/D                                      686124.27-
  9330  Revenue Sum Ledger 3                            108.00      1787691.13-
  9530  Expense Sum Ledger 3                          18511.33      1477862.04
  9630  Encumb Sum Ledger 3            4925.00         3036.96-      385022.91

        * Account Total                   0.00        18619.33       403497.18
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In this example:

  1. Account controls 1100 through 1999 are assets. Assets are debit entries in accounting, so in FAMIS positive balances for these are displayed as unsigned.
  2. Account controls 2000 through 2999 are liabilities.
  3. Account controls 3000 through 3940 are fund balances. Liabilities and fund balances are credit entries in accounting, so in FAMIS positive balances for these are displayed as signed.
  4. Account controls 4000 through 9999 are accumulators that affect fund balance but are not a true part of the balance sheet.
  5. The sum of the assets ($1,374,072.26) less the sum of the liabilities ($12,198.68) equals the fund balance ($1,361,873.58).

General Ledger Accounts: Reserve Balance

In addition to using Screen 18 to see the balance sheet for a GL account, Screen 702 (GL 6 Digit Reserve Balance)allows users to see both the current status of the GL account (and the sum of all the SL accounts mapped to the GL account) as well as the future status.

702 GL 6 Digit Reserve Balance

Screen 702
  702 GL 6 Digit Reserve Balance                                 05/13/20 16:17
                                                                  FY 2020 CC nn
  Screen: ___  Account: 03xxxx ____         GL ACCOUNT NAME
               Thru Month: 5_  May
    Department: DEPT    Resp Person: USER, BETTER          Flags: D F
                                                                  N N
                                           Year to Date Balance
                                              Thru May
                                         ----------------------
 Special Reserves                                         0.00
 Fund Balance                                     1,361,873.58
 Reserve for Encumbrances                           385,022.91
   Accrued Cash Balance                             976,850.67

 Fund Balance                                     1,361,873.58
 Revenue Budget - Unrealized                      1,801,476.87
 Unobligated Remaining Budget                     1,040,158.78
 Reserve for Encumbrances                           385,022.91
   Estimated Uncommitted Fund Balance             1,738,168.76  *

            * If negative - corrective action may be necessary
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Current Status

The top half of the screen shows the current status of a GL account. In the display above, this GL account has $1,361,873.58 in fund balance, or “true cash,” and $385,022.91 committed in encumbrances. If an encumbrance is reduced, the commitment is released and added back to the accrued cash balance. The accrued cash, or fund balance less encumbrances, is equal to $976,850.67.

Future Status

The bottom half of the screen is a management tool showing the future status or what the account would look like if all of the budgeted revenue is collected and all of the budgeted expenses are expended for the fiscal year. If this were to happen, at the end of the year this account would have $1,738,168.76 available to roll forward to the next fiscal year.

Finding Negative Account Balances

To quickly identify accounts in the department with negative balances, use Screen 80 (Inquiry by Subcode).

080 Inquiry By Subcode

Screen 080
  080 Inquiry By Subcode                                         05/13/20 16:38
             Subcode 1000: All Expense Pool                       FY 2020 CC nn
 Screen: ___  Subcode: 1000  Fiscal Year: 2020   Page  1__ Of  1   Viewed Pg(s)
    From Acct: 100000 00000  To Acct: 300000 00000  Thru Month: 5_   May
    Dept: DEPT_  Subdept: _____  SL/SA/GL/BK: SL  FY/IN: FY  Zero Balance: N
 S   SL     SA         Title              Budget        Actual     Encumbrance
 - ------ ----- --------------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
 _ 1xxxxx       ACCOUNT 1 NAME           318134.53
 _ 2xxxxx       ACCOUNT 1 NAME            16782.36-


               Grand Total for 1000:     301352.17
             *** Press ENTER to view more SL Accounts ***
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Input the following into the action lines:

  • Subcode 1000 for the All Expense Pool, or other budget pool for SL/SA account
  • Desired Fiscal Year
  • From Acct
  • To Acct
  • Thru Month (This will include September through the month specified.)
  • Dept and Subdept codes
  • SL/SA/GL/BK (Choose SL or SA.)

In the example above, Account 2xxxxx has a negative budget balance of $16,782.360. Next, proceed to either Screen 34/74 or 19/69 for more information about the account.

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