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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Important Notice: ACH and Wire Payment issue with HSBC USA

We want to inform our suppliers and payment recipients that there is an ongoing issue affecting all Automated Clearing House (ACH) and wire payments processed…
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Friday, February 28, 2025

Closing the front counter reception on the fifth floor of TEF 3 

Effective February 28, the front counter reception on the fifth floor of Technology Enterprise Facility 3 (TEF 3) will be closed. This closure is part…
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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Update on duplicated T4A forms

The university is aware that some T4A recipients have received duplicate T4A forms due to recent changes in the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) system and related…
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

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

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…
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Friday, February 21, 2025

Strengthening UBC’s long-term financial planning

The VPFO is strengthening its long-term financial planning capabilities by forming a new Long-Term Financial Modelling & Planning team, which will report to Treasurer, Yale…
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Your guide to Procurement at UBC: Training for faculty and staff

Need help with purchasing goods and services at UBC? A series of training courses are available throughout the year to guide faculty and staff through…
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Thursday, February 13, 2025

T4/T4A tax slips for faculty and staff expected by February 28

Each year, Finance & Integrated Services’ Payroll Operations team issues tax slips online for UBC’s faculty and staff. These tax slips are identical to the…
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Monday, January 27, 2025

UBC joins national CASPAR initiative for sustainable procurement

UBC is part of CAUBO-ACPAU-Sustainable Procurement-Approvisionnement Responsable (CASPAR), a new Canadian inter-university working group on sustainable procurement. The group is a collaborative forum with materials,…
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Friday, January 24, 2025

Leena Mahasen joins VPFO as Executive Director, Transformation and Strategy

Leena Mahasen will be joining as an Executive Director, Transformation and Strategy in the VP Finance & Operations on Monday, February 10. With a career…
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Friday, January 17, 2025

UBC supplier tax forms for 2024

UBC mails out a copy of the tax forms (T4A and T5) every year by early February. UBC mails T4A-NR forms upon issuance. If you…
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