Business and Financial Services
Budget and Financial Terms

Adjusted Budget Report:
A report used to reflect permanently budgeted organizations and their sub-accounts.

Downgrade Savings:
The amount of funding transferred from a department's permanent budget when a POSITION is reduced to a lower classification or salary grade.

Merit Increase:
Performance based salary increase granted in accordance with various personnel policies.

Operating Budget:
Financial plan for current year. It includes the July 1 appropriations plus unexpended balances carried forward from the previous year.

Permanent Budget:
An annual financial operating plan used primarily for budget planning purposes. It is adjusted only to reflect changes with continuing permanent
impact on appropriations. It also provides the BASIS for JULY 1 APPROPRIATIONS in the operating ledger.

Permanently Budgeted Staff Salary:
Non-Academic positions supported by permanently budgeted funds reflecting permanent funding designations on the PAF form.

Promotion:
The movement of an employee from one established title code or salary grade to a higher one as a result of an appointment to a VACANT POSITION.

Range Adjustment:
The adjustment of staff salary ranges based on a variety of pay factors and funding from the state.

Reclassification:
The movement of an EMPLOYEE to another title code or salary grade in a related series based on expansion of job duties.

Regular Staffing Block:
A distribution line reflected on the PAF which is used for the purpose to support permanently budgeted personnel. A percentage value CANNOT be reflected in the "Dist% field on the PAF form.

Six-Month Increase:
Performance based salary increase granted following the completion of 6 months qualifying service for specified title codes.

Staffing List:
A list of permanetly budgeted personnel which is separated according to ORG-FUND-PROGRAM.

Transfer:
The movement of an employee from one department to another laterally or as of a result of a promotion.

Turnover Savings:
The amount of funding transferred from a department's permanent budget when an employee resigns, transfers, retires, etc, if that employee was funded above the entry level of the classification.

BFS Budget and Finance / Business & Financial Services / Business Affairs / University of California, San Diego
Last updated: December 4, 2002 by Laura Osante