The following Accounting Policy Statements (APSs) have been updated:
- APS 001 – Sources of Revenue Required to Pay Benefit Cost
- APS 005 – Reimbursing Retirement Contributions and Insurance Premiums
- APS 007 – Revenue Deposits Intended to Increase Appropriation Authority
- APS 008 – Deposit of Sales Taxes Collected by State Agencies
- APS 013 – Refunding Deposits
- APS 014 – Interagency Payments and Receipts for Goods and Services
- APS 019 – Salary Benefit Appropriation Allocations
- APS 021 – Correcting Bookkeeping and Cost Allocation Entries
- APS 025 – Cost Allocation From Temporary Administrative and Support Appropriations
- APS 028 – Reporting of State Debts and Hold Offset Procedures
- APS 029 – Electronic Processing of Revenues and Expenditures
Review each APS to ensure compliance with the most current policies and procedures.
Effective immediately, the state of Texas contract 946-M2 Commercial Charge Services (Citibank, N.A.) is transitioning to 946-M4 Charge Cards (U.S. Bank).
U.S. Bank will transition all existing payment and travel credit cards to the new contract’s charge cards. There will be no interruption in services during the transition, and currently issued cards will be active until each agency’s transition is complete.
U.S. Bank is emailing all program administrators information and a link to a survey about specific agency needs.
For payment instructions, see Processing Third-Party Transactions in USAS for Payment/Travel Cards, Direct Bill Payments and Reimbursements (FPP A.043)(login required).
For questions about the new contract and transition, contact the Statewide Procurement Division or email chargecardprogram@cpa.texas.gov. For questions about using payment/travel cards or payment instructions, contact your travel/purchase contact or email expenditure.assistance@cpa.texas.gov.
