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Supplemental Approval
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Link to Training PowerPoint Presentation
Made effective February 1, 2007, the Supplemental Approval policy is related to the approvals of certain Travel & Business Expense policy exceptions, accompanied by a new function in AP/CAR.
Supplemental Approval was developed in connection with the revision of the Travel & Business Expense policies launched on October 1, 2006. An AP/CAR enhancement was needed for departments to easily provide this approval.
Supplemental Approval provides certain senior officers (within a school or department) with the ability to approve specific common policy exceptions.
Examples of these exceptions that would be eligible for approval by a Supplemental Approver (with an appropriate business purpose) include:
Business/first class flights for travel in excess of 5 hours or with medical need
Hotel expenses no more than 50% over the established thresholds.
With this new Supplemental Approval, an exception request to AP will no longer be needed. AP will rely upon the departmental authorization of the exception. This function seeks to streamline AP processing by relying upon the approval of those closer to the circumstances that necessitate an exception.
If there is a policy exception that is not eligible for Supplemental Approval then the exception must be fully documented in an exception request to Accounts Payable.
Training Sessions
If you would like to schedule individual training or a departmental training, please email Kristine Carballo at kc2036@columbia.edu.
