Business Office

The business office provides financial services for the Reed community, including students, faculty, and staff.

Students

Tuition Account Information

Important information for incoming students: Instructions for setting up the student's online student account and authorizing access to other users are found on our manage your online student account pageOnly students have access to IRIS. Students, when logged into IRIS may click on Student Account Center, under the Student tab. Students may invite authorized users to set up their own access in student account center.

Important Business Office Dates and Information

Please read our fall semester tuition overview for more information regarding the fall semester.

Business Office Forms were due: June 1, 2024 for fall semester, but are still accessible in IRIS.  

Academic year 2024-25 tuition and fees are posted to the tuition and fees page.

  • Fall 2024 semester billing begins: July 15, 2024, billing Information and guidance can be found on Reed's billing basics page.
  • Tuition payment due: August 16, 2024, payment options, including monthly payment plans, can be found on Reed's payment options page.
  • All undergraduate students are automatically enrolled and billed for tuition insurance unless they complete a waiver to opt out of coverage. Learn more on our Tuition Insurance page.
  • Health insurance waivers, for those that waive the college plan, are to be filled out each year the student is waiving coverage. More information regarding student health insurance can be found here.
    • Students that are on the Reed health insurance plan may print their ID card here. Please select the "Print your ID Card" under the "Quick Links" selection.
SEMESTER PAYMENT DUE DATES
Fall 2024: August 16, 2024
Spring 2025: January 10, 2025

 

Faculty & Staff

Disbursements and Purchasing Cards

Payables and reimbursements are entered into Etrieve Disbursement form for payment and are processed as received. Please see our Accounts Payable website for more information regarding paying invoices, getting reimbursed for expenditures, and documentation requirements.

Reminders: The deadline for submitting disbursement requests via Etrieve is 12:00 p.m. on Wednesdays for inclusion in that week's Friday check run. Disbursement requests received after 12:00 p.m. on Wednesdays will be paid on Friday the following week.

Per IRS guidelines, receipts for meals and entertainment must include the names of attendees and purpose of the event. Please include this information on all PCard and disbursement request receipts. Disbursement requests missing this information should be referred back to the submitter by the person approving the request. If this is missed during the approval process, the business office will refer the request back and the payment could be delayed.

More information regarding Purchasing Cards or PCards can be found on our PCard website or by contacting the PCard administrator.

Mileage Rate for Reimbursement

Effective 1/1/2024, the IRS standard mileage rate is 67 cents a mile. All requests for mileage reimbursement will be reimbursed at this rate and require documentation, via Google Maps or another mapping application, of the total miles traveled for business purposes.

The fiscal year ends on June 30th, here's what you need to know:

News from the business office:

  • FY24 ends on June 30, 2024.
  • All equipment, supplies, etc. booked in the current fiscal year (FY24), must be received on campus by June 30th.
  • All cash transactions to be included in FY24 must be received by the cashier, no later than 11:30 a.m. on Friday, June 28th; we cannot back date cash.

News from the bookstore:

  • All FY24 bookstore department charges will need to be completed by 5p.m. on Friday, June 28th.
  • All Staples Advantage orders will need to be submitted by Tuesday, June 18th to guarantee they will be included in the FY24 billing cycle.

News regarding Etrieve disbursements:

  • The final check run is Friday, July 19th, for FY24.
  • Disbursements for FY24 must be submitted via Etrieve no later than noon, Wednesday July, 17th. Please submit earlier if possible.
  • Additional submission deadlines for disbursements via Etrieve (due to holiday observances):
    • The week of June 17th (disbursements due Tuesday, June 18th, by noon).
    • The week of July 1st (disbursements due Tuesday, July 2nd, by noon).

News regarding the PCard reconciliations:

  • End of the year submission deadlines:
    • No changes for the cycle ending June 15th;
    • The July 15th submission will have a very quick cut off due to end of the year processes.
      • Cardholders must reconcile their purchases by July 17th and approvers must approve these expense reports no later than July 19th.
      • All descriptions, accounting and charges will be posted, as submitted, on July 19th.
      • Please read the additional information in the monthly cardholder emails sent from pcard@reed.edu. Copies of each are here: June PCard Email and July PCard Email.

Ice Cream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream

The business office cordially invites you to ring in the new fiscal year with ice cream and
camaraderie. Please join us on Monday, July 1st from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in the lounge on the 3rd floor of Eliot Hall. We look forward to seeing everyone!