Glossary
Account numbers
Schools could establish a School Building or Library Fund to provide the school with additional income from the public to meet school needs. Donations to these funds may have been allowable as tax deductions for the donor, when they related to voluntary payments. Establishment of these funds was reliant on Australian Tax Office (ATO) approval. Schools with ATO approval were then able to set up a 02, 03, 04 or 05 account within OASIS Finance. These were separate bank accounts to their General school account.
More than one item will be visible in the 'Account Number' dropdown for those schools who had these additional accounts within OASIS Finance. Aside from the 01 - GENERAL account, the additional accounts will be named similarly to 02 - Library or 02 - Building Fund.
Dissections/subdissections
A dissection is a broad category of income or expense. A subdissection is a more specific category within a dissection.
Each school has their own unique list of dissections and subdissections. Run the Finance 201 report using the default parameters to show a list of all the dissections and subdissections at a particular school.
OASIS school code
Multiple school codes will appear in the 'OASIS School Code' drop down for a school if that school had more than one instance of OASIS. The most common scenario in which this occurred was when there was an Intensive English Centre (IEC) located at the school. E.g. Chatswood High School has OASIS School Code 82321A for the High School and OASIS School Code 82323A for the IEC.
OASIS school financial year
When using OASIS, the school financial year was defined as the period 1 December through to 30 November of the following calendar year e.g. the 2016 school financial year was 1 December 2015 - 30 November 2016.