Commonly Used Financial Forms

Below is a list of forms commonly used for financial applications. While not exhaustive, we hope you’ll find what you’re looking for. If you see something’s missing, let us know!

Tax Certificates

• Form St-2 Certificate of Exemption– Please use this form when a vendor asks to see proof that Harvard Law School is tax exempt in MA
• Form St-5 Sales Tax Exemption Purchaser Certificate-Please use this form when needing to prove that Harvard Law School is sales tax exempt in MA
• Form St-5C Contractor’s Sales Tax Exempt Purchase Certificate-Please use this form when needing to prove to a contractor that HLS is sales tax exempt in MA
• Federal Tax Exemption Letter – 501 (C) (3):-Please use this form when needing to prove that Harvard is exempt from paying federal tax in MA
• Blank W9-Attached is a form the vendors can fill out and attach to their Supplier Portal in B2P
• Harvard’s W-9-Please use this form when needing to show evidence that Harvard is a non-profit organization

Reimbursements + Citi Corporate Card + Purchasing Card

• Citibank Corporate Card Application – Please use this form to apply for a corporate card
• Concur Reimbursement Instructions–  This is a two-page document that explains how to process a Concur reimbursement
• Non-Employee Reimbursement Form – Required for reimbursements to non-employees (guest speakers, visitors, students)
• Missing Receipt Affidavit – Required for missing or inadequate (fax, copy) receipts on reimbursements, corporate card payments, and P-Card reconciliations
•  Pcard Application– Please use this form to request a new purchasing card
• Petty Cash Voucher-Please use this form when requesting petty cash from the Financial Office. Is it helpful (but not required) to have it filled out before coming to get petty cash.

Invoices + Payment Requests

• Bank Draft Authorization Form – To have the check cut in a foreign currency, enclose this form with the payment request
• Check Inquiry Request Form-Please use this form to request that a stop payment be placed on a check or to request that a check be reissued
• Deposit/Prepayment Form-Please use this form when a deposit or a prepayment is required for a particular event or service
• Foreign Wire Transfer Form-This form is used to wire payment to a vendor in a foreign currency and needs to be attached to the payment request. Please note that a foreign currency wire transfer can be submitted in any dollar amount.
• In Lieu of Invoice Form-Please use this form when an invoice isn’t available
• Wire Transfer Form – This form (and its instructions) are used to wire a USD payment to a vendor. Please enclose this form with the payment request and note that the minimum dollar amount for US wires is +$1000. Please note that while we are working remotely US wires require an exception approval from Central Finance. Otherwise they aren’t doing them.

Cash inflow + Credit Vouchers + Gifts

• Please have people wire funds as much as possible when we are working remotely to decrease the instances of credit vouchers and checks getting lost.
• For gifts to HLS, please go through the HLS Development Office. Here are the instructions on how to do so.
• Check Redeposit Form – Please use this form when you would like to request that a check be redeposited back into a specific coding string
• Credit Voucher Form – Cash and checks must be recorded on the Credit Voucher with the correct coding strings and must be typed. Please submit one CV form per type of note (i.e., one CV for US checks, one CV for cash, one for Canadian bank notes, etc.).If you have credit vouchers when we are working remotely please email the credit voucher form to Devin Advani as well as your dedicated financial contact.

Fellows Payroll

• The support for our student workforce is through our HLS Human Resources Department. Student workers have the dedicated support of  a Human Resource Generalist who can assist in the hiring and student onboarding process and answer any questions and concerns related to employment at the Law School.  Please go here for the HLS student hiring process.

Incoming Wire Transfer Information

• Wire Instructions for University Wire Account – Please contact Susanne Rossini in the Office of Treasury Management before giving this information to vendors. It is to be used when vendors want to send wire transfers instead of a check or money order.
• Sponsored Research Incoming Wire Information – Please use this information when facilitating the deposit of sponsored payments to OSP (Office of Sponsored Research) only