Tuition Remission Audit
After the final payroll for the term, an audit is run against SFS (Shared Financial System) data to verify that grad assistants actually worked a qualifying appointment. SFS pay data is used to calculate the percentage appointment that was actually worked by the student. Any questions are verified using HRS (Human Resources System) data.
Pre-audits are run during the second half of the term to identify students who might not be eligible to keep their remissions because their pay data indicates that they are working less than the equivalent of a 33.33% FTE. When a student in this situation is identified, the Bursar's Office will contact the department that notified us of the student's remission. The department can then either adjust the student's appointment to make them eligible for remission, or can confirm that we should remove the student's remission and bill him/her for the tuition.
Students who graduate mid-term are eligible to keep their remission if they remain on payroll for no less than 33.33% FTE through the date that they received their degrees. The Bursar's Office will confirm mid-term graduate dates with the Graduate School.
Students with Grader/Reader appointments need to work enough hours to meet the 33.33% FTE equivalency requirement. Grader/Reader appointments may be combined with other RA, TA, PA, or LSA (Lecturer Student Assistant) appointments to earn remission eligibility.
Contact Chris Cleary-Hinz at the Bursar's Office for help in determining eligibility requirements.
ccleary@bussvc.wisc.edu 608/262-4518