EOBOC Credit Cards

The EOBOC Procurement Center is here to assist our customers with credit card purchases, Ariba requisitions, invoices, personal payments, consulting payments and other non-personal payments.

Credit Card Access

The EOBOC no longer provides check out cards.  Cards should be available in departmental areas.  Please keep in mind the limitations below.

New P-card Receipt Guidelines

E-mail / electronic receipt is an acceptable transmission method as long as the receipt does not contain the 16-digit credit card number.  A receipt that has the first 6 digits or last 4 digits of the credit card is PCI compliant.

Prohibited Use of the Card:

  •  Prohibited Uses of the Card
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Subscriptions
  • Hotels
  • Airfare
  • Furniture
  • Capital equipment (Any tangible item costing $5,000 or more with expected useful life more than one year)
  • Controlled substances/items
  • Personal or non-business purchases
  • Computers and computer equipment of any kind (including iPads)
  • IT purchases
  • Copiers, printers, scanners, faxes, multi-function (MFP) devices
  • Toner
  • Lodging
  • Car rental
  • Fuel
  • Meals (unless under Hospitality policy)
  • Splitting large transactions

Don’t Pay Taxes!

Please remember that Purdue is a tax exempt organization and sales tax cannot be charged, except for purchases of catered food and/or prepared food, such as restaurant meals.  If the requester makes a purchase and there is a tax charge, the requester will be responsible to get this corrected.