Expenses Not Allowed Through the Petty Cash Fund

1. Employee check cashing or borrowing from the fund
2. Single purchases which exceed $25
3. Items for personal use of staff (e.g., beverages, parking permits)
4. Payment for services performed by employees or nonemployees
5. Traffic citations
6. Simultaneous purchases (stringing) made to circumvent the $25 limitation.
7. Travel expenses, meals.
8. Dues, memberships, subscriptions
9. Conference fees
10. Entertainment items
11. Office decorations
12. Alcoholic drinks
13. Electrical appliances (space heaters/fans/coffee pots)
14. Mileage, gasoline, per-diem payments
15. Personal phone bills
16. Postage stamps
17. Gifts, flowers
18. Utility bills
19. Vehicle maintenance
20. Catering services
21. Use of fund to absorb cash overages and shortages of other cash receipting activities
22. Items that should be requisitioned through Purchasing such as coffee supplies