2013 TAS/BETC Technical Walkthroughs

Objective

These sessions are being held to provide Federal Program Agencies (FPAs) with training on the payment application changes related to the Governmentwide Accounting (GWA/CARS) Treasury Account Symbol/Business Event Type Code (TAS/BETC) reporting requirement which will impact their payment processing. Note: These sessions exclude training for IPAC and Collection TAS/BETC changes. Please contact GWA/CARS for information on those sessions.

Why Should I Attend?

On March 23, 2012, Commissioner Dave Lebryk, signed a follow-up memo to the January 14th, 2011, memo emphasizing the deadline of October 1, 2014. All FPAs will be required to submit valid component TAS/BETC information on all transaction types, including payments. To comply with this requirement, Agencies will be required to define TAS/BETC information in all Treasury payment applications. In addition, Agencies will be required to submit payment data using standard input formats. The formats will report your agency’s TAS/BETC information to Governmentwide Accounting (GWA/CARS) in order to satisfy the CARS reporting requirements. To view the memos:http://fms.treas.gov/cfo_lttr.html

Participating Payment Applications

Governmentwide Accounting (GWA/CARS), Shared Accounting Module (SAM), Secure Payment System (SPS) and Payment Application Modernization (PAM)

What is a TAS/BETC Technical Walkthrough?

Free sessions focused on the detailed technical changes for each payment application, including a walkthrough of file format data elements for the program upload files.

Each Payment Application Walkthrough Focus:

• GWA/CARS: Converting FPA legacy appropriations to the component TAS/BETC & reclassification upload file
• SAM: Identify FPA component TAS/BETC on the SAM public website & set up of default TAS/BETC
• SPS: 440 file format TAS/BETC changes and testing requirements
• PAM: Standard Payment Request (SPR) file format walkthrough

Who should attend the TAS/BETC Technical Walkthrough?

Target audience: Individuals who are responsible for programming, managing, or the testing of the application changes including: Programmers, testers, project leads/managers, or anyone responsible for program changes and/or implementations.

Technical Walkthrough Session Dates:

• June 6, 2013 – Washington, DC
• August 8, 2013 – Denver, CO
• October 24, 2013 – Washington, DC

Session Materials and Logistics: logistical information and instructions to view/print session material will be provided to registered participants via email one week prior to the scheduled session.

How to Register

Register for the one day session online using the form below.

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