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Divya Shetty joins ISC Service Desk as ISC Service Centre Manager

Wednesday, March 06, 2024

Welcome Divya Shetty, New ISC Service Centre Manager

Divya joins the ISC Service Desk team to work alongside co-Manager, Liam Murphy, and Senior Manager, Veekay Padhi. Divya has been with the ISC since May 2023, in her first role as a Service Desk Support Specialist, where...

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T2200S Update – Temporary Flat Rate method of claiming home office expenses discontinued for the 2023 tax year

Friday, February 23, 2024

The “Temporary Flat Rate Method” of claiming home expenses on the T2200S form ended December 31, 2022, and is no longer available for the 2023 tax year. 

The Canada Revenue Agency introduced the “...

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Is your expense report sitting in draft mode?

Thursday, February 22, 2024

A reminder to always check if your expense report has been submitted to ensure credit card transactions are in progress. Note that transactions on draft expense reports will not appear in the list of transactions available to add to expense reports.

To find transactions on...

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T4 / T4A tax slips for faculty & staff are now available

Thursday, February 22, 2024

UBC issues tax slips online as PDFs that are identical to the printed form and are accepted by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) when filing your taxes. 

UBC faculty and staff can now access their payroll-related 2023 T4 and T4A tax slips for personal income tax returns...

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Digital Payments Program: Credit card transaction fee

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Starting February 2024, the Digital Payments Program (DDP) credit card transaction fees will be allocated using summary journal lines instead of individual entries. 

Due to an impact to the manual cash reconciliation functionality, the use of ad hoc bank transactions as...

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Preparing for 2023/2024 fiscal year end

Thursday, February 22, 2024

In preparation for the fiscal year-end, please consider the following dates and procedures to ensure goods and services expenses are recorded, approved, and/or closed in the fiscal year.

Purchase requisitions

  • Submit requisitions as soon as possible
    • ...

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New Canadian Dental Care Plan

Friday, February 16, 2024

Two legislative updates will come into effect to support the effective administration of the new Canadian Dental Care Plan. 

New reporting for the T4 and T4A ...

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HSBC Canada transition to Royal Bank of Canada

Friday, February 16, 2024

In late December 2023, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) received regulatory approval from the Minister of Finance to acquire HSBC Bank Canada (HSBC).  

HSBC Canada is UBC’s primary financial institution, and UBC is working closely with HSBC Canada and RBC to gather...

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T4/T4A tax slips for faculty and staff expected by February 22

Friday, February 16, 2024

Each year UBC’s Payroll Operations team issues tax slips online for the university’s faculty and staff.

These tax slips are identical to the printed form and are accepted by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) when filing your taxes. This year we expect Payroll-related T4 and T4A...

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2023/2024 Year End Timelines and Procedures

Monday, February 12, 2024

Join us in the call-in session on March 6 to review the fiscal year-end timelines and procedures.

The University’s fiscal year-end of March 31, 2024 is fast approaching, and similar to prior years, we ask for your assistance to ensure that all charges relating to the current...

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