State of Connecticut Office of the State Comptroller - Fiscal Year-End Instructions 98-1

May 1, 1998

FISCAL YEAR-END INSTRUCTIONS 98-1

To:	All State Agencies
Attention:	Chief Fiscal Officer or Business Manager
Subject:	General Information

The fiscal year for all departments of State Government shall end the thirtieth day of June (Sec. 4-35).
It is important that you study and closely follow all of the fiscal year-end instructions. If you have any questions, please call the following:

Accounting	- Robert Krueger, (860) 702-3380
Deposits	- Comptroller Requirements, Karen Hurst (860) 702-3381
	- Treasurer Requirements, Robert Gnocchi (860) 702-3108
Accounts Payable	- Mark Aronowitz, Director, Accounts Payable Division, Comptroller, (860) 702-3399 and for specific procedural questions, see memo 98-4 for telephone numbers.
Payrolls	- Gary Reardon, Director, Payroll Services Division, Comptroller, (860) 702-3445

The following additional year-end instructions are being issued. Call Accounting Services (860) 702-3374 if you do not receive all of them.

98-2	Receipts
98-3	Appropriations
98-4	Commitments and Vendor Payments
98-5	Transfer Lists/Corrections for FY 97-98
98-6	Payrolls
98-7	Statewide GAAP Closing/Single Audit Act

Please note that Memorandum 98-4 contains special instructions and cut-off dates for agencies which are processing their commitments and vendor payments electronically through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Paperless Processing. These extended cut-off dates are available only to MOU agencies.
You are responsible for disseminating these instructions to those in your agency required to implement the specific procedures. It is particularly important that all dates and deadlines be observed. We anticipate allowing no exceptions to these instructions.
Please note, sufficient staff must be available at each agency through June 30th to provide coverage to resolve all accounting issues to insure that all transactions are processed this fiscal year.

NANCY WYMAN
STATE COMPTROLLER