Accounting Guidelines and Processes

Find information about Accounting Guidelines and Processes, including Capital Accounting — a set of financial processes through which the university records and reports on the purchase, maintenance, and disposal of a tangible capital asset.

Reference tables

Reference tables offer summarized guidance for recording transactions in UBC’s ledgers as well as provide details on the University’s chart of accounts and fund codes. 

Fund Codes A list of accessible fund codes containing definitions of UBC’s funds; each fund’s status as an unrestricted or restricted fund; and the applicable driver worktags for each fund. 
Revenue and Deferral Ledger Accounts – Definitions Definitions of commonly used ledger accounts pertaining to recognizing and deferring revenue. 
Revenue Categories - Grants, Contributions and Donations Definitions of commonly used ledger accounts pertaining to recognizing and deferring revenue. 
Revenue and Deferral Ledger Accounts - Applicable Fund Codes A matrix showing revenue and deferral ledger accounts that are applicable to each fund code. 
Deferral Ledger Accounts - Applicable Revenue Accounts A matrix showing deferral ledger accounts that are applicable to each revenue ledger account.