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Warrant Distribution Schedule

The Comptroller’s office is closed Nov. 26 and Nov. 27. There will be no warrant distribution on those dates.

Warrants from the Nov. 25 and Nov. 27 processing cycles will be available for distribution Monday, Nov. 30.

See Payment Distribution for warrant pickup requirements.

Direct Deposit Settlement Dates

When determining the direct deposit settlement date of a payment, exclude state and federal holidays listed on the System Outages and Holidays calendar.

Since financial institutions are closed, no direct deposit activity occurs on those days. Agencies must consider these dates when determining when to submit their payments to ensure prompt payment and avoid late payment interest.

USAS/TINS File Submission

If you need to submit a USAS or TINS batch file on a weekend or holiday, see the USAS/TINS Input Record File Submission Schedule.

Reminder – Benefit Replacement Pay Leveling Election Due

State agencies that permit eligible employees to level their benefit replacement pay must update their payroll/personnel systems for December payrolls paid in calendar year 2027.

See Benefit Replacement Pay (BRP) Leveling Election (FPP F.035) for more information.

Reminder – Semiannual Verification of Users’ Security Access Levels Due

Security coordinators are required to certify that their records are up to date through a semiannual security verification process that is concurrent for all Fiscal Management applications.

Email ssa.security@cpa.texas.gov with any questions.

Reminder – Annual Encumbrance Certification and Automated Lapsing

Per Encumbrance Reporting and Lapsing of Appropriations (APS 018) (FPP A.019), state agencies and institutions of higher education must submit the Annual Certification online form by Oct. 30. The recommended due date for general revenue (GR) consolidated agencies was Sept. 30.

An automatic lapse program will run in USAS as early as the Nov. 1 nightly cycle.

Reminder – AFR Deadlines

The deadlines for the fiscal 2026 annual financial report (AFR) are:

  • Nov. 1 for full reporting agencies submitting their unaudited AFR.
  • Nov. 20 for institutions of higher education submitting their unaudited AFR.
  • Dec. 15 for full reporting agencies including institutions of higher education submitting their audited AFR.

USAS closed Oct. 1 for general revenue (GR) consolidated agencies. USAS will be closed to these agencies the evening of the following dates:

  • Nov. 1 for unaudited full reporting agencies.
  • Nov. 20 for unaudited institutions of higher education.
  • Dec. 1 for audited full reporting agencies (including institutions of higher education).

The Financial Reporting section strongly recommends that agencies make and release all USAS entries related to the AFR by 7 p.m. the day before USAS closes.

Agencies must use USAS Batch Edit Mode 2 for entries made on the day USAS closes. Any later USAS entries must be made by the agency’s financial reporting analyst.

All entries for the fiscal 2026 AFR must be backdated using an effective date of 08/32/2026.p>

Contact your financial reporting analyst with questions about AFR submission requirements and deadlines.

Email MFA Option Ends in CAPPS Non-Production Environments

Effective Oct. 22, email will no longer be a multifactor authentication (MFA) option in the CAPPS non-production environments, which are User Acceptance Testing (UAT1, UAT3), Maintenance (MNT1) and the Training Sandbox (SBX1).

Employees at agencies using any of these non-production environments with their TDIS stage credentials must use a passkey, an authenticator application, or a one-time passcode received via SMS or voice call. See New MFA and Password Changes to TDIS for more information.

Final EEO Report

Final copies of the 2026 Equal Employment Opportunity Report (FPP F.016) will be available for agencies and institutions of higher education via electronic file transfer on Oct. 29.

Oct. 27 is the deadline for making data corrections. Corrections entered or submitted after this date will not be reflected in the final report. The Comptroller’s office will send the final report to the Civil Rights Division of the Texas Workforce Commission on Oct. 29.

Benefits Proportional by Method of Finance Reports Due

State agencies and institutions of higher education are required to ensure payments of benefit costs are proportional to the agency’s or institution’s method of finance, unless another legal provision prohibits proportionality.

Benefits Proportional by Method of Finance reports and related adjustments are due Nov. 19.

Agencies and institutions funded with a single method of finance must submit a letter confirming this status by Nov. 19.

See Benefits Proportional by Method of Finance (APS 011) (FPP A.010) for more information, including forms and sample letters.

Benefit Replacement Pay Leveling Election Due

State agencies that permit eligible employees to level their benefit replacement pay must update their payroll/personnel systems for December payrolls paid in calendar year 2027.

See Benefit Replacement Pay (BRP) Leveling Election (FPP F.035) for more information.

Expenditure Audit Reports

Expenditure audit reports for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 are available.

See the Audit page for all reports, forms, fiscal policies and procedures, and audit contact information.

Reminder – Budget T-Codes Effective Date Change

On Nov. 2, at 7 a.m., the effective start date for USAS budget T-codes 001, 003, 006, 009, 012, 015, 018, 021, 036, 039, 040, 041, 042 and 043 will change to 09/01/2026.

Fiscal Management’s Financial Reporting section verifies general revenue (GR) information submitted by state agencies and must ensure agencies cannot backdate entries, which would change the agency’s GR amount.

Contact your financial reporting analyst or appropriation control officer with questions.