What is a billing agreement?

A billing agreement is a binding agreement between two local institutions that is utilized when an investigator/researcher/trainee is an employee of one institution and is performing work at another local institution.  Billing agreements are for the reimbursement of salary and fringe to the investigator’s/researcher’s/trainee’s primary institution and avoids the issuance of dual paychecks and benefit plans. 

When the work is being performed at Harvard and Harvard is reimbursing another institution for its employee’s salary and fringe, the agreement is referred to as an outgoing billing agreement.

When the work is being performed at another institution and such institution is reimbursing Harvard for a Harvard employee’s salary and fringe, the agreement is referred to as an incoming billing agreement.