All general revenue consolidated (GCA) and full reporting agencies (FRA) must complete and submit every Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) questionnaire by Aug. 15. The GASB Questionnaires page on the AFR website provides:
- Links to each GASB questionnaire, available July 1.
- Descriptions and PDF previews of each GASB questionnaire.
- Resources specific to each GASB statement.
There is a new questionnaire for GASB 104, Capital Assets Held for Sale. Contact your agency’s financial reporting analyst with questions about any GASB questionnaire.
The Comptroller’s office will be closed for business on July 3. Warrants from the July 2 and July 3 processing cycles will be available July 6.
See Payment Distribution for warrant pickup requirements.
To ensure correct fiscal year-end USAS balances for imprest, petty cash and travel advance accounts, agencies must certify that USAS balances and agency computed balances (cash plus outstanding reimbursements) agree. Only cash accounts with funds from the state treasury are subject to this requirement.
Certification is due July 6. All corrections must be entered in USAS by July 17.
See USAS Balances for Imprest, Petty Cash and Travel Advance Accounts (FPP A.045) for more information, including the updated Petty Cash Certification web application.
On July 1, agencies can begin entering fiscal 2027 appropriation budgets in USAS and CAPPS. Submit all required documentation by July 31.
Budget entry and documentation submission must be complete before appropriation control officers can approve a budget setup. State agencies and institutions of higher education should use the Excel spreadsheets provided to complete the required schedules.
See Establishing Appropriations by Method of Finance, Rider, Capital Budget and Transfer Schedules (FPP A.020) for schedule spreadsheets, instructions, definitions, examples and the special requirements for unobligated balances.
All Annual Financial Report (AFR) web applications will open for data entry on July 1. This includes Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) and State Pass-Through Reporting (SPTR) for federal expenditure activity and state pass-through funds. Ensure proper security access exists as early in the process as possible.
Contact your agency’s security coordinator to request access for each agency number you are reporting for. All agencies are required to submit a certification within each web application by the applicable due date, even if there is no activity. SEFA is the only exception. Contact your financial reporting analyst or email sefa.texas@cpa.texas.gov with questions.
Employees may request an exception to open records requirements if making information (such as work location) public would result in a substantial threat of personal harm.
See Confidential Employee Information for Open Records Requests (FPP L.004) if your agency has employees who might qualify for the exception.
An accounting policy meeting will be held June 24, 10 a.m.–noon. Topics will include:
- Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) update and common errors.
- SPA update and common errors.
- GASB Statement No. 103, Financial Reporting Model Improvements.
- State Pass-Through Reconciliation (SPTR) update and common errors.
Attend the presentation in person or online (via webinar). See the Accounting Policy Meetings page for more information.
Note: For the webinar, use the Google Chrome browser to avoid Webex compatibility issues.
