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(Madison) Shipping and Overhead Charges

Instructions on entering invoice lines for shipping, overhead, and similar charges.

For ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT INVOICES:

  1. Click the “Use Pro Rata” checkbox to avoid extraneous invoice lines.  

  2. Do NOT enter any shipping, overhead, or other fees into the summary page. Workday will double-add any amounts that appear in the pro-rata fields.

Correct use of pro-rata section for Accounting Department invoices:
Screen shot of pro-rata section in an Alma invoice with pro-rata marked as yes and the additional charges amount reading "0.00"

For ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT INVOICES where shipping, overhead, etc. combined is $15 or greater:

  1. Choose “Add invoice line”

  2. Add an “Other” line.

  3. Add the full amount of shipping, overhead, etc. combined.

  4. Each fund that is present on the invoice will be added to one combined shipping, overhead, etc. invoice line to cover a portion of the additional cost.  

    1. Add funds one by one, making sure that all are entered at the same percentage.  The percentage as entered does not have to equal 100%.

    2. When all funds are entered, click the “Redistribute lines” button.  This will calculate the fund split.

    3. If you need to add an additional fund after clicking “Redistribute lines,” add the fund, then set all fund amounts to $0 and click “Redistribute lines” again.

    4. If the shipping is not perfectly divisible by the number of funds, Alma will adjust a line to account for the difference.

    5. Example:  If an invoice has 5 lines, one for Art, one for Music, one for SCIENG, and 2 for Cairns, add 4 funds to the shipping, overhead, etc. line (Art, Music, SCIENG, Cairns).

    6. BOTH 1st and 2nd reporting codes must be entered. The reporting codes for all shipping, overhead, etc lines are:

      1. 1st reporting code: SC00147 - Freight in for Libraries

      2. 2nd reporting code: 4950 Library shipping and related charges

For ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT INVOICES where shipping, overhead, etc. combined is less than $15:

  1. Choose “Add invoice line”

  2. Add an “Other” line.

  3. Add the full amount of shipping, overhead, etc. combined.

  4. Add the Postage Fund to the line for the entire amount of shipping, overhead, etc. combined.

    1. EXCEPTION:  If the invoice has a non-101 fund (gift, grants, etc) split the shipping, overhead, etc. among all funds using the method for shipping amounts of $15 or greater.

  5. BOTH 1st and 2nd reporting codes must be entered. The reporting codes for all shipping lines are:

    1. 1st reporting code: SC00147 - Freight in for Libraries

    2. 2nd reporting code: 4950 Library shipping and related charges

For ALL OTHER INVOICES:

  1. Shipping, overhead, and all other fees may be added using the pro-rata fields on the invoice summary.

  2. This includes pcards, deposit invoices, and wire transfers.



Keywords:
invoice invoices postage shipping shipment charge cost fee overhead prorata pro-rata pro rata additional charges
Doc ID:
153259
Owned by:
Leia V. in UWLSS
Created:
2025-07-16
Updated:
2025-07-16
Sites:
UW Libraries Shared Systems, UW-Madison Libraries