What’s New on FMX?

The State of Texas Annual Cash Report for fiscal 2026 is now available. The report presents the state’s financial condition and details revenues and expenditures on a cash basis, as required by Texas Government Code Section 403.013.

Comptroller Don Huffines has made transparency, putting taxpayers first, and eliminating fraud, waste, abuse and corruption the top priorities of this office. Suspected fraud involving taxpayer dollars can be reported through the new Law Enforcement Operations whistleblower portal.

State agencies are responsible for collecting and depositing earned federal funds (EFF) and indirect cost reimbursements to the general revenue fund. Effective Sept. 1, the EFF collection totals have been updated per the General Appropriations Act.

See Earned Federal Funds and Indirect Cost Reimbursements to the General Revenue Fund (APS 023) (FPP A.017) for defined conditions and deadlines.

Contact your agency's appropriation control officer with questions.

State agencies that receive, spend or administer funds or revenues held outside the state treasury (local funds) are required to submit financial data on those funds to the Comptroller’s office.

Fiscal 2027 projected data must be submitted by Dec. 15, using the updated Excel reporting spreadsheet provided in Requirements for Local Operating Funds and Associated Local Funds (FPP S.009).

See Additional Reporting Requirements per the GAA for more information.

A combined CAPPS HR/Payroll and Financials user group meeting will be held Nov. 19, 9–11 a.m.

See CAPPS HR/Payroll User Group Meetings or CAPPS Financials User Group Meetings for more information.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

• Review the instructions for the Semiannual Verification of Users’ Security Access Levels (FPP K.009) (login required).
• Download and review the Agency Security Coordinator Reports (login required).
• Complete and return the Attestation form (73-326) to the Comptroller’s office by Nov. 9.

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

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.

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.