DOCUMENT PREPARATION
GENERAL DOCUMENT
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS
General instructions, as they relate to
document preparation, are as follows:
- All STARS input forms may be prepared
manually or automatically. Those prepared manually may be
printed in blue or black ink or type.
- Ditto marks are not permissible.
- The fields of all STARS input forms
which are designated for "required"
coding (R) must be completed. If the designation for the
field is "not allowed" coding (N), do not enter
coding in this field. A dash "-" indicates
coding is optional. Click here for
specific instructions on Source Document Preparation.
- All STARS input forms must be
supported by adequate documentation.
- All STARS input forms, submitted to
the Comptroller General's Office, must be accompanied by
a Transmittal Control STARS Form 100. When submitting single Journal Voucher
Form 01, Appropriation/Cash
Transfer Form 30, or Interdepartmental
Transfer Form 40, the batch
header information will be completed on the input form
and a Transmittal Control STARS Form 100 will not be required. See the
Source Document Batching Section of this manual for batching requirements.
The remainder of this section is divided
between source document preparation and source document batching.
Instructions for preparing the various types of STARS input forms
are described, beginning with Source Document Preparation. Procedures relating to batching, including
instructions for preparing Transmittal Control, STARS Form 100 begins with Source
Document Batching.