Transaction Request Form

To help us fulfill your request, please complete this form as completely as possible.


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Workday Requests - Additional Pay Form Additional pay includes allowances, one-time payments, period activity pay, and temporary increases to hourly rates/salaries. Acting Rate Form


Contracts - Per University policy, all purchasing contracts must be executed (signed) by authorized individuals in Procurement Services.


Supplier Search


Paying a student (decision tree)


Individual Service Provider - If an individual is providing a service and has not gone through this process, you must submit to Corporate Tax, Compliance, and Payroll for review and final determination via a BEN Helps Support Ticket, the Service Provider Questionnaire and Evaluation PRIOR to submitting an invoice for payment or supplier request. If we are paying an LLC please verify with the company if they are a single employee. If there are multiple individuals in the LLC, you will not need to submit a SPQ or SPE.


Limited Engagement Agreement - The Limited Engagement cannot be paid to a student, an honoraria recipient, a human subject recipient, or any employee of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania or any of its entities. Only the Office of Corporate Tax, Compliance, and Payroll can make the determination if an individual is a limited engagement agreement. You must submit to Corporate Tax, Compliance, and Payroll for review and final determination via a BEN Helps Support Ticket, the Service Provider Questionnaire and Evaluation PRIOR to submitting an invoice for payment or supplier request.


Guest Travel Reimbursement and Honoraria requirements- Compensated individuals that are not employees and are identified as Independent Service Providers (ISPs) or Limited Engagement that receive “reimbursement” payments from Penn in connection with services provided should not use the Guest Travel Reimbursement (GTR) worksheet for any agreed upon expense reimbursements. These should be reflected within their fee structure. All such payments should be coded to the appropriate tax-reportable object codes and will be reported on their 1099.