Guidance for Agencies

Commonwealth employees with financial and payroll responsibilities in MMARS/LCM/HRCMS can take advantage of Training offered by the Office of the Comptroller. Participation and access to some information on this page is limited to employees with a valid MMARS UAID, HRCMS UAID, Warehouse ID, or approval of a department MMARS liaison.

Training Snow-day Cancellation Policy: Comptroller Training will be cancelled if the Boston Public Schools are closed.

Fiscal Year Updates are policy/procedure memos issued for a specific fiscal year. These memos include subjects such as fringe benefit rates, late penalty interest, fiscal year opening, etc.

This page provides the key information about the Closing  and Opening of the Fiscal Years.

The Comptroller manages a Help Desk to assist departments and vendors with use of the MMARS application.

Under Chapter 647 of the Acts of 1989, the Comptroller is responsible for developing internal control guidelines for Commonwealth departments.