{"id":3293,"date":"2025-12-01T17:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/finance-news\/?p=3293"},"modified":"2025-12-01T17:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:59:09","slug":"christmas-deadlines-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/finance-news\/2025\/12\/01\/christmas-deadlines-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Deadlines 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Finance Shared Services (FSS) would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support through the year, and would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year when it arrives.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/livekentac.sharepoint.com\/sites\/Finance\/SitePages\/Finance-Shared-Services.aspx\">Finance Shared Services<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>In order to avoid items turning up for delivery when the University is closed, please could you get your final order requests for the year in by the <\/u><u>Friday 5th December<\/u><u>, please.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livekentac.sharepoint.com\/sites\/Finance\/SitePages\/FSS---Purchasing.aspx\">Purchasing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>All orders submitted before and after this point will have to be looked at by the FSS team, and a decision will be made based on the possibility of lead times and getting delivery prior to Christmas: if it is not high, the ordering may get postponed until the new year when the University re-opens.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Online Staff Expense Claims<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/livekentac.sharepoint.com\/sites\/Finance\/SitePages\/Staff-Expenses.aspx?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;e=yWhrAm&amp;CID=f6e1078f-6815-43cd-857b-5cc6ce1c9757\">Staff Expenses<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Will need to be submitted by <strong>Friday the 5<sup>th<\/sup> December<\/strong>, in order to meet the final payment run for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>These will be paid on Friday 19th December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Expense Claims<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/livekentac.sharepoint.com\/sites\/Finance\/SitePages\/Student-Expenses.aspx\">Student Expenses<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 240px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/livekentac.sharepoint.com\/sites\/Finance\/SitePages\/Research-Projects-Expenses-Claims.aspx\">Research Projects Expenses Claims<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 240px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/livekentac.sharepoint.com\/sites\/Finance\/SitePages\/External-Claims---Sterling.aspx?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;e=AL2jzD&amp;CID=d708e966-6459-4d64-ba5b-f930677aa6c9\">External Claims &#8211; Sterling<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 240px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/livekentac.sharepoint.com\/sites\/Finance\/SitePages\/External-Claims---Foreign-Currency.aspx?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;e=paVCHz&amp;CID=e575891e-9851-4f72-a937-0b752fa77325\">External Claims &#8211; Foreign Currency<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Specialist Payments<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livekentac.sharepoint.com\/sites\/Finance\/SitePages\/Specialist-Payments.aspx\">Specialist Payments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These need to be submitted by <strong>Friday the 5th December<\/strong>, in order to meet the final payment run for 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supplier Invoices &#8211; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Suppliers will need to have submitted their invoices to <a href=\"finsupplierinvoices@kent.ac.uk%20\">finsupplierinvoices@kent.ac.uk<\/a> by <strong>Wednesday 10th December<\/strong>, to be able to meet the final year BACS run for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The final BACS Run of 2025 will be paid on Friday 19th December.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Payments Invoices will also need to be submitted to <a href=\"mailto:fssforeignpayments@kent.ac.uk\">fssforeignpayments@kent.ac.uk<\/a> by Friday the 5th December.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Payroll Deadlines<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TIMESHEETS\/CLAIMS\/EXTRA PAYMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please note that the final date for receipt\u00a0<strong>within the Payroll Office<\/strong>\u00a0of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>timesheets \/ overtime via Staff Connect<\/li>\n<li>claims\/extra payments (e.g. Examiners)<\/li>\n<li>Exceptional Loads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>is\u00a0<strong><u>Monday 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0of December 2025<\/u>\u00a0in<\/strong>\u00a0order to guarantee payment prior to Christmas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please be aware that\u00a0all timesheet claims must be submitted and authorised on Staff Connect\/ SharePoint by this deadline.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New starters and new posts must be processed with HR People Services, prior to that date to be included in the payroll.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Claims received after this date cannot be guaranteed payment before Christmas 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Payment date for December, is 22nd December 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Paul Glover<\/p>\n<p>Finance Shared Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finance Shared Services (FSS) would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support through the year, and would like to wish &hellip; 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