“What’s New” on FMX

Due to inclement weather, warrants will not be distributed Wednesday, Feb. 1.

Additional Comptroller office building closures or delayed openings will be announced on FMX.

Contact Payment Services at (512) 936-8138 for more information.

Due to inclement weather, warrants will not be distributed Tuesday, Jan. 31.

Additional Comptroller office building closures or delayed openings will be announced here on FMX.

Contact Payment Services at (512) 936-8138 for more information.

To make payment information available to the public promptly, the Comptroller’s office must be able to distinguish confidential and nonconfidential payments. State agencies and institutions of higher education must properly mark confidential transactions to protect payee confidentiality, per USAS and CAPPS Confidentiality Indicator (FPP E.045).

The agency or institution submitting a transaction is responsible for determining confidentiality. Transactions are legally considered public unless specifically excluded by the Public Information Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 552).

An agency or institution that marks a transaction as confidential should be prepared to cite the law or attorney general opinion that excludes the payment from public disclosure.

The Comptroller of Public Accounts is statutorily required to report to each Legislature the results of overpayment recovery audits of certain state agencies by Feb. 1 on odd-numbered years.

See the State of Texas Overpayment Recovery Audit, Report to the 88th Legislature on the Recovery Audit Reports page for more information.

Unclaimed property transferred to the state includes property that might belong to state agencies or institutions of higher education. Money not claimed by May 31 will be deposited into unappropriated general revenue.

See Unclaimed Property Annual Notification for more information, including contact information for the Comptroller’s Unclaimed Property Division.

The 2024-25 Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE) is available on Comptroller.Texas.Gov, following its release to the Texas Legislature. Lawmakers use this constitutionally mandated estimate to create a balanced budget during the legislative session. 

See the Comptroller’s news release for more on the 2024-25 BRE.

A combined CAPPS HR/Payroll and Financials user group meeting will be held Jan. 26, 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.

Jan. 30 is the last day to adjust the 1099-reportable data and request 1099s in USAS.

Payments of $600 or more to a non-corporate payee for services or interest during a calendar year must be reported to the Internal Revenue Service on Form 1099-Miscellaneous (MISC), Form 1099-Nonemployee Compensation (NEC) or Form 1099-Interest Income (INT).

See USAS Procedures for 1099 Reporting for Calendar Year 2022 (FPP E.001) for more information.

The biennial Report to the 88th Legislature: CAPPS — ERP in Texas is available now for view or download. The report details the progress of statewide deployment of the Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System (CAPPS).

See the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) topic page for more information.

Effective Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2023, the maximum mileage reimbursement rate for state employee travel in a personal vehicle will increase to 65.5 cents per mile (up from 62.5 cents in 2022). This rate is consistent with the Internal Revenue Service’s standard mileage rate.

See Current Rates or Transportation: Mileage in Personal Vehicle in Textravel for more information.

Multifactor authentication (MFA) is one of the best practices an agency can use to prevent unauthorized access to its data, devices and networks. MFA requires users to present multiple pieces of information that must be validated by the system before the user can access the system.

It is essential that agencies implement strong password policies to enhance the protection of MFA. However, MFA for CAPPS is only as effective as the surrounding controls that each agency implements. It remains each agency’s responsibility to secure the entire infrastructure supporting the MFA factors (e.g., agency email accounts and voice call). If any of the systems supporting MFA are compromised, it could lead to account takeover.