AFM News

The AFM Administration Services team is moving to MAI 134, the Payroll Services suite, where the combined teams will provide payroll and accounting support starting Monday, August 16^th. Lysette Ibarra, Taylor Sherry, and an incoming work-study student will all physically relocate to MAI 134.

In This Issue:

• AFM Administration Services Team Moves to MAI 134  
• Fall 2021 Hours for Bursar’s Office and Student Accounts Receivable
• In Case You Missed It: Hodges Mitchell II Wins the 2021 Student Success Advocate Award
• Submit Newsletter Feedback and Article Suggestions to AFM@austin.utexas.edu

AFM Administration Services Team Moves to MAI 134

Hodges Mitchell II, Director of Student Accounts Receivable, recently won the 2021 Student Success Advocate award. A Student Success Advocate is an individual who works behind the scenes to impact student success at UT Austin. Hodges was recognized for his contributions to Texas One Stop and the Tuition Payment Funds Flow Committee.

UT Austin’s credit card processor, Global Payments, will be decommissioning their Global Transport credit card payment gateway in March 2022. This will affect any merchant that uses the university’s central credit card API to accept credit cards online. This will also affect any merchants that use the Global Transport Virtual Terminal.

Tax Services has published a new page on the AFM website. This page has a general overview of the topics the new department will handle including UBIT, nonresident taxation, state and local income tax, contractor payments, etc. with more coming in the future. For more information or tax-related inquiries, please email tax@austin.utexas.edu.

Effective June 1^st, the AFM Administration Services and Payroll Customer Service teams merged. The goal of this merger is to provide a continued high-level of customer support for the impending campus reopening and increased coverage for both support desks. The new team led by Sue Jones, Administrative Manager of Payroll Services, will include Lysette Ibarra, Taylor Sherry, Connor Graham and Justin Allen. The team is currently in a transition period as cross training occurs to familiarize themselves with the each other’s office duties and processes.

In This Issue:

• Hodges Mitchell II Wins the 2021 Student Success Advocate Award
• AFM Works With eBITS on Credit Card Processor Transition
• Tax Services Launches New Website
• AFM and Payroll Customer Service Teams Merge
• In Case You Missed It: AFM Works with Outside CSU’s to Complete Audit Requests
• Submit Newsletter Feedback and Article Suggestions to AFM@austin.utexas.edu

Hodges Mitchell II Wins the 2021 Student Success Advocate Award

In This Issue:

• AFM Works with Outside CSU’s to Complete Audit Requests
• Tax Services Creates New Email Distribution Lists
• AFM Collaborates with Texas Exes to Honor Class Ring Tradition
• In Case You Missed It: AFM’s Tax Department is Being Reorganized
• Submit Newsletter Feedback and Article Suggestions to AFM@austin.utexas.edu

AFM Works with Outside CSU’s to Complete Audit Requests

Per tradition, UT honors its students and alumni each fall and spring semester with the Tower Dedication and Ring Celebration. During the Tower Dedication, the class rings spend the night in the Tower which is lit in honor of the recipients. Texas Exes works in cooperation with AFM to coordinate the transportation and storage of the rings the day before the ring ceremony.

New email distribution lists have been created for Tax Services. They are tax@austin.utexas.edu, tax.ubit@austin.utexas.edu and tax.nra@austin.utexas.edu.