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Accounts Payable

20 January 2025

The Accounts Payable procedure has been updated to reflect that procedures for accounts payable (AP) invoice processing in Quantum have been revised to ensure accurate accounting, budget management, and programmatic reporting. Users will now populate only the invoice date field, while Quantum will automatically derive other dates. These changes will apply to invoices with an accounting date of 1 January 2025 or later.

Accounts Payable

30 May 2024

Expense Management

The Accounts Payable policy has been updated to align with the requirements of the Procurement Methods policy on micro-purchasing (purchases below $5,000). These purchases now require a PO in line with the requirements stipulated in Procurement Methods Policy (paragraphs 18 - 23).

Accounts Payable

4 May 2023

Expense Management

The policy and the procedures have been updated to reflect UNDP's transition to its new cloud-based management platform Quantum in January 2023, replacing its previous ATLAS system.

Accounts Receivable | Trust Fund Management | Supplier Management | Purchase Orders (Obligations, Maintenance and Closure) | Prepayments | Accounts Payable | Disbursing Funds (Making Payments) | Raising E-requisitions | Working with External Auditors | Quantum Financial Closure Instructions

Accounts Receivable | Trust Fund Management | Supplier Management | Purchase Orders (Obligations, Maintenance and Closure) | Prepayments | Accounts Payable | Disbursing Funds (Making Payments) | Raising E-requisitions | Working with External Auditors | Quantum Financial Closure Instructions

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13 March 2020

Other Resources | Pipeline and Revenue Management | Expense Management | Working with External Auditors

The following policies are now available in Spanish. To access the content, click on the Spanish language tab of the respective policy page:Accounts Receivable Handling of Cash and Receipts Trust Fund Management Receipt of Services Receipt of Goods and Application of Incoterms Receipt of Goods DAP and Application of Incoterms Receipt of Goods FOB and Application of Incoterms Receipt of Works Creating and Approving Vendors Purchase Orders (Commitments, Maintenance and Closure) Prepayments Accounts Payable Disbursing Funds (Making Payments) Raising E-requisitions Working with External ...

The following policies are now available in Spanish. To access the content, click on the Spanish language tab of the respective policy page:Accounts Receivable Handling of Cash and Receipts Trust Fund Management Receipt of Services Receipt of Goods and Application of Incoterms Receipt of Goods DAP and Application of Incoterms Receipt of Goods FOB and Application of Incoterms Receipt of Works Creating and Approving Vendors Purchase Orders (Commitments, Maintenance and Closure) Prepayments Accounts Payable Disbursing Funds (Making Payments) Raising E-requisitions Working with External Auditors Atlas Financial Closure Instructions

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Accounts Payable

15 October 2018

Expense Management

The small value purchase threshold for non-PO vouchers was increased from USD 2,500, to USD 5,000 in section 6.a. of the Accounts Payable policy. The use of E-requisitions/POs are not mandatory but recommended for small value purchases of under USD 5,000.

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