| Bulletin Number: | A-492 | ||
| Date Issued: | 11/13/2001 | Date Last Updated: | 11/13/2001 |
| Bulletin Name: | Revenue Contracts/Repayment Agreements | ||
| Purpose: | To remind all State departments and agencies of the procedures to account for Revenue Contract receipts and Repayment Agreements entered into by State agencies and approved by the Comptroller's Office.
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| Background: | Revenue Contracts are agreements between the State and private individuals and/or businesses. In many cases, only revenues are derived from agreements between a State agency and a contractor (e.g., license concession agreement, etc.). However, there are also instances where a State contract for goods or services contains revenue sharing provisions. For example, the State contracts with a business to print and market New York tourism materials (expenditure contract) and this same contract contains a revenue contract provision which provides that the State will receive a commission from advertising that the contractor sells in these tourism publications.
Repayment Agreements are agreements between the State and a municipality, public authority, or other third party. Generally, the terms of these agreements are detailed in the appropriation language for these State advances. Pursuant to Section 40-a of the State Finance Law, "no part of any appropriation made as an advance shall be available for expenditure until a written repayment agreement is entered into…" and all appropriated advances must be repaid to the State.
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| Authority: | The State Finance Law provides in relevant part: §8. The Comptroller shall superintend the fiscal concerns of the state and keep, audit and state all accounts in which the state is interested, and keep accurate and proper books, showing their conditions at all times. The Comptroller must also audit the accrual and collection of all revenues and receipts; and operate and maintain a state accounting and financial reporting system, which accurately and systematically accounts for all revenues, receipts, resources and property of the state and each of its agencies. §40-a. "No part of any appropriation made as an advance pursuant to this section shall be made available for expenditure until a written repayment agreement is entered into by the agency, authority, fund or corporation to which the appropriation is made and the director of the budget". Repayment agreements MUST be entered into and approved by the Comptroller's Office before budget certificates are sent to OSC to segregate an appropriation. Certificates received before a payment agreement is approved by OSC cannot be honored and processed. §112 (3) (a). The Comptroller must approve any contract made for or by any state agency, department, board, officer, commission, or institution, whenever the amount of such contract exceeds $10,000. §121 (1) . Revenues received by State agencies must be transmitted to the State Treasury no less than semi-monthly.
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| Revenue Contracts: | A Contract Encumbrance Request (AC340) must be prepared and submitted to the Comptroller's Office, together with the contract or repayment agreement, for review and approval. Instructions for preparing the AC340 can be found in the New York State User Procedure Manual, Volume III - Encumbrances and Expenditures, Section 3.03.
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| Contract Types: | Revenue Contracts and Repayment Agreements are entered and stored in the central accounting system (CAS) using the following prefixes and suffixes:
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| Contract Receipts: | Receipts related to Revenue Contracts and Repayment Agreements must be processed in the CAS using the following source documents:
Copies of the above documents are attached and may be reproduced for your use.
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| Contract Refunds: | All refunds of contract payments made to vendors must be processed in the CAS using a AC1286 - Refund of Appropriation Expense document.
OSC will use the refund to credit the appropriation from which such payments were made. The refund must contain the exact cost center, object, contract agency and contract number processed on the original payment voucher. For more information about Refunds of Appropriation Expense, please refer to New York State Accounting System User Procedure Manual, Volume IV - Revenue, Section 5. Also see Bulletin A-457, accessible from OSC's Internet home page http://www.osc.state.ny.us. It is important to note that refunds of appropriation transactions do not restore contract encumbrances. They will create payment history records and reduce expenditures in the contract if the contract originating agency and contract number are processed with the document.
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CAS Processing
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Revenue Contract documents must contain the originating contract agency and the contract number of the active contract record stored in the CAS.
Contract receipts and revenue transfers will:
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| Hybrid Contracts: |
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| CAS Reports & Manuals: | Agencies are required to reconcile their agency bank accounts no less than monthly. (See Controls and Special Procedures Manual - Volume XI, Section 4.0120, Agency Bank Accounts - Reconciliation.)
In addition to ensuring that bank account reconciliations are completed, agencies must also determine that checks sent to the State Treasury are properly credited to a State fund or account and that the revenue transaction is completely and accurately credited to the Revenue Contract or Repayment Agreement record contained in the CAS. The following tools can be used to track and reconcile Revenue Contract or Repayment Agreement transactions and master file records:
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