State agencies are reporting more fraud cases to the Comptroller’s office, especially for direct deposit payments. Agencies must be vigilant when setting up and/or changing direct deposit account information for employees and vendors.
Review the Fraud Prevention Recommendations on TexPayment Resource, which include Don’t Be a Target of Fraud, Vendor Impersonation Fraud and Payment Processing Tips.
The procedures in Travel Advance Account and Petty Cash Account (APS 010) (FPP A.044) have been updated, including:
The Petty Cash Account Request form (74-213) has also been updated.
State agencies and institutions of higher education sometimes send documents with confidential information to Fiscal Management.
Email is not a secured transmission. Agencies must send confidential information as an encrypted email attachment as prescribed by your agency’s information security policy.
See Confidential Information Must be Encrypted Before Emailing to Fiscal Management (FPP D.004) for details.
General revenue (GR) reimbursement deadlines for statewide allocated costs for agencies listed in Fiscal 2021 Statewide Cost Allocation Summary of Fixed Costs by Agency are:
See General Revenue Reimbursement for Statewide Allocated Costs (FPP A.022) for instructions, contacts and forms.
Every two years, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts requires all state agencies and institutions of higher education to renew their Agency Authorization for Warrant Pickup form (74-189).
Return the completed and signed form by close of business April 15. All authorization forms on file terminate at 5 p.m. on April 30. New forms are effective May 1.
See Authorization for Warrant Pickup for the form and more information.
Contact Payment Services with questions.
A CAPPS HR/Payroll user group meeting will be held March 22, 9 – 11 a.m.
A CAPPS Financials user group meeting will be held March 24, 9 – 11 a.m.
See CAPPS HR/Payroll User Group Meetings or CAPPS Financials User Group Meetings for more information. The agenda and meeting materials will be available the morning of the meeting.
The audited State of Texas Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2021, is now available. This report presents the financial position and results of operations for Texas state government in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as prescribed by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.
Agencies can purchase bound copies of the 2022-23 General Appropriations Act (GAA) for $15 each, including postage.
All orders must be made online and prepaid with an interagency transaction voucher (ITV) or by check.
Printed copies will be mailed in May 2022.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) groups it expired on Dec. 31, 2021. The SSN/ITIN/EIN Validation Rules on TexPayment Resource were updated to reflect the current valid ITIN ranges.
In addition, Payment Services implemented a new policy to define the acceptable dates on an IRS renewal notice when an ITIN group is expired and the individual needs to be set up in TINS.
Contact Payment Services with questions.
March 15 is the maintenance and corrections deadline for the fiscal 2022 second-quarter Veteran Workforce Summary Reports (Dec. 1 to Feb. 28). Copies of the quarterly reports will be sent via electronic file transfer (EFT) on March 16. The online quarterly report acknowledgment form (with required complaint reporting included) will be available March 16 and must be submitted by March 23.
See Veteran Workforce Summary Reports and Veteran Complaint Reporting (FPP F.038) for more information.
State agencies and institutions of higher education must report payables and binding encumbrances for second quarter fiscal 2022 appropriations by March 30 to the Comptroller’s office.
Quarterly certification must be entered in the online form.
See Encumbrance Report and Lapsing of Appropriations (APS 018) (FPP A.019) for more information.