Payment Search
State Agency Payment Search
If you have security access, you can login to State Agency Payment Search to research payments for your agency or university.
- Agency number(s) you have access to are listed in the Agency Number dropdown field.
- Governing agencies can view payments for the agencies they oversee.
You can enter 1, 3 or 7 TINs into the first field on the Payment Search screen. Search results contain data for the current and past three state fiscal years up to 1,000 results. Options include:
- Paying Agency
- Payment Date Range (Default is 30 days; may be left blank)
- Mail Code
- Payment Type (Direct Deposit, Warrant or Held)
Advanced search options include:
- Payment Amount Range
- Invoice Number
- Document Number
- Payment Number
Search results are downloadable to a printable text file or a raw data comma-separated value (CSV) file.
CAUTION: Hold Results Not Updated in Real Time
- The View Reported State Debt button appears on the search results page even if no payments are on hold.
- The application provides a snapshot of hold information for existing vendors, which can assist with research.
- The Payee Hold Information (PYHOLD) screen in TINS remains the system of record for hold information.
To change your password for State Agency Payment Search:
- Enter the new password from the Comptroller mainframe prompts
–OR–
- Use the Change Your Comptroller Password utility on FMX
Adding the Login to Your Favorites or Bookmarks
You must either use a login link from FMX or follow these steps to add the login to your Favorites in Internet Explorer or Bookmarks in Firefox or Chrome.
Internet Explorer
- Copy and paste https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/vipadmin/index.jsp in the browser window.
- Click on Favorites.
- Click on the Add to Favorites button at the top of the window.
- Click the Add button.
- Go back to Favorites and right-click on the State Agency Payment Search link.
- Choose Properties.
- Under the Web Document tab, paste in the same URL from the first step: https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/vipadmin/index.jsp
- Click OK.
Firefox
- Copy and paste https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/vipadmin/index.jsp in the browser window.
- Go to the drop-down menu in the Firefox tab at the left top of the page or right click.
- Select Bookmarks and then Bookmark This Page.
- Choose where you want the bookmark saved.
- Click Done.
- Go to the Firefox drop-down menu again and select Bookmarks and then Show All Bookmarks.
- Find the folder where you saved the Bookmark.
- Click on the State Agency Payment Search link.
- In Location field at the bottom of the window, paste in the same URL from the first step: https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/vipadmin/index.jsp
- Close the window
Chrome
- Copy and paste https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/vipadmin/index.jsp in the browser window.
- Click on the star in the upper right corner to open the Bookmark box.
- Click Edit.
- In URL field, paste in the same URL from the first step: https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/vipadmin/index.jsp
- Click Save.
