The petty cash reimbursement program through the Cashier's Office for immediate cash reimbursement of small dollar purchases is no longer offered. Please use Concur for all reimbursements, except for replenishing established petty cash funds.

Please note: All miscellaneous purchases of goods and services should be initiated and paid through Gateway or FlexCard. Purchases made outside these channels (i.e., purchases made by employees directly) are generally considered unauthorized and should be strongly discouraged. Visit Accounts Payable Reimbursements for more information. 

Petty Cash Funds

A petty cash fund can be established by a department when there is a continuing demonstrated need to maintain cash on hand to permit the reimbursement of allowable low-value expenses goods and services used for official University business which cannot be purchased through established procurement procedures.

Learn how to reimburse an established petty cash fund

Learn more about establishing and managing petty cash funds

Please contact Mary Lee mary.lee@bfs.ucsb.edu with questions.