Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) creates all new budget groups except for 26 accounts. (For 26 accounts, contact the Office of Sponsored Projects).

New account request forms
To have a new account or budget group created, first fill out the appropriate form:
Forms listed with "*" are interactive PDF documents.

• Non-Educational and General Accounts*
• Educational and General Accounts *
• Requests for 18-accounts (Service Centers) should also be accompanied by an official Rate Request packet.

Approval of forms
All requests should be approved by the Dean's Office and then sent to the appropriate person for approval:
14 accounts: John McGeady, Director, Budget Office new14-20acct@austin.utexas.edu
18 accounts**: Leann Lopez, Senior Financial Analyst oa.sc@austin.utexas.edu
     **These must be accompanied by an approved Service Center Rate request
19 accounts: Financial Accounting and Reporting
20 accounts: John McGeady, Director, Budget Office new14-20acct@austin.utexas.edu
26 accounts: Consult the OSP/SPAA section regarding 26 accounts Office of Sponsored Projects
29 accounts: Financial Accounting and Reporting
30 accounts: Financial Accounting and Reporting
32 accounts: Financial Accounting and Reporting
36 accounts: Plant Manager AustinDL-oa.plt@austin.utexas.edu
41 accounts: Financial Accounting and Reporting

Processing of forms
After approval, the new budget group request is sent to FAR for processing. After the budget group is created in the accounting system, email messages are automatically sent to the unit head and to the electronic office manager for the unit code to which the budget group has been assigned. The original approval letter is sent to the accountant who oversees the account.

FAR reviews and processes new budget group requests once a week. During peak periods processing occurs more frequently.