Financial Policies

The purpose of this policy is to ensure proper collection, reporting and payment of Pennsylvania State and Local Sales and Use Taxes and Other States Sales and Use Taxes.

To ensure proper reporting of Unrelated Business Taxable Income (UBTI).

The filing and prosecution of patent applications as well as maintaining issued patents are necessary for the University to protect the ownership of inventions and discoveries.

This policy describes requirements for using AirPennNet-Device network with a Wi-Fi enabled credit card terminal.

This policy governs the lending of Clover Flex credit card terminals to authorized personnel for official transactions at the University of Pennsylvania. It ensures compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) and protects sensitive cardholder data.

This policy outlines the University of Pennsylvania's requirements for accepting payment card information over the phone to ensure compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). All departments accepting credit/debit card payments via telephone must adhere to this policy to protect cardholder data and minimize institutional risk.

To ensure that funds provided from external sources to support research and other projects are administered in accordance with University policies as well as those of the sponsor. External sources include both governmental and private organizations

To ensure that proposals submitted for external support of research and other sponsored projects comply with University financial and other policies.

To ensure that funds received for the clinical testing of pharmaceuticals and medical devices (“clinical trials”) are administered in accordance with University policies, sponsor requirements and federal regulations.