Finance regularly reviews the University’s expense eligibility policies based on feedback from faculty and staff. Based on this feedback, Finance is announcing changes to the expense eligibility procedure as it relates to highway tolls, advanced seat selection, preferred seating fees, and meal expenses incurred within the GTA. Finance has also implemented several changes to documentation […]
Background As previously communicated to the community, on October 1, 2016, The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada [NSERC], the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada [SSHRC] and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research [CIHR] announced changes to its Financial Administration Guide, disallowing the reimbursement of home internet charges against NSERC, […]
The Finance Department has made enhancements in Concur which will streamline the expense claim process. Changes made to some of the Concur forms include: Hotel Form - nightly itemization no longer required Meal/Per Diem Form - updated to reflect changes to the University policy on the use of per diems Hospitality Form - claimants no […]
Faculty and staff may now prepare claims for external individuals* in Concur. York University often reimburses travel expenses incurred by external individuals* who conduct research or other business on its behalf. Expense claims for external individuals* are often prepared by University faculty and staff using manual claim forms. Benefits of using Concur to file expense […]
The Ontario Government has recently revised the Broader Public Sector Expense Directive issued under the Broader Public Sector Accountability Act, 2010. The directive was revised to align with recent changes to the Ontario Public Service Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expense Directive. As a result of the changes, original itemized receipts for meal claims are no […]