The Fall 2020 FINDINI 4.0.18 release will be available to users on December 14. Please continue to review updated release messages and outage information posted in the November and December e-News articles, on the Oracle Financial splash pages, and on the HUIT Oracle Financial Systems website.
The Fall 2020 FINDINI 4.0.18 release will be available to users on December 14. Please continue to review updated release messages and outage information posted in the November and December e-News articles, on the Oracle Financial splash pages, and on the HUIT Oracle Financial Systems website.
Please remember that payments to individuals for services (cash prizes, honoraria, independent contractors or other services individuals supply to Harvard) cannot be charged to a credit card (university-issued or personal cards). Payment through HCOM or Buy-to-Pay is the only acceptable method of payment for individuals offering services to Harvard. See the Independent Contractor Policy for additional guidance.
The University will be in recess from Tuesday, December 24, 2019 until Thursday, January 2, 2020. Financial and Sponsored systems will be available during winter recess; however, transactions will not be posted to the General Ledger, or refreshed into HART and the Financial Data Warehouse, and the HUIT Support Center (617-495-7777) and FAD staff will be unavailable. A complete list of processing deadlines, cutoffs, and system/support availability leading up to and during the winter recess will be in the December eNews.
Recent changes to Massachusetts sales tax regulations may affect Harvard purchasers in some situations. Massachusetts now requires “out-of-state remote sellers and marketplace facilitators” – online sellers and marketplaces (like Amazon and eBay) that don’t have a physical presence in Massachusetts to collect sales tax on sales made to purchasers in the state. This means that more out-of-state online sellers might attempt to charge Harvard sales tax, or ask for Harvard’s sales tax exemption certificates. As a reminder, you can access Harvard’s sales tax exemption certificates at the...
