Bureau of Fiscal Service – Payments Acronym List

ACH   Automated Clearing House

ALC Agency Location Code

ASAP Automated Standard Application for Payments

ATB Adjusted Trial Balance

BBK Beneficiary Bank

BCP Business Continuity Plan

BDMOC Birmingham Debt Management Operation Center

BETC Business Event Type Code

BFS Bureau of the Fiscal Service, formerly known as Financial Management

Service ‐ FMS)

BNF Beneficiary Name Field

BTR Business Transaction Report

CAFE           Central Accounting Front End

CARS   Central Accounting & Reporting System

CCD Cash Concentration or Disbursement

CCR Central Contractor Registration

CFR   Code of Federal Regulations

CGAC Common Governmentwide Accounting Code

CIR Collections Information Repository

C‐Key Classification Key (used by the SAM module to translate corresponding

TAS ‐ BETCs for collection transactions)

CO Certifying Officer

CPSS Computer Program Specification Series

CRM Customer Relationship Management

CS Combined Statement (annual report of receipts, outlays, and balances

CTA             Classification Transactions and Accountability Module (replaced P224

Module)  

CTR Customer Transfer

CTX   Corporate Trade Exchange ‐ also for vendor payments with up to

9,999 addenda records

DEO Data Entry Operator

DAN Deposit Account Number

DMF Death Master File

DNP Do Not Pay

DUNS Data Universal Numbering System

ECP Electronic Check Processing
Bureau of Fiscal Service – Payments Acronym List

EFT Electronic Funds Transfer

EIN Employee Identification Number

EPLS Excluded Parties List System

ESF Exchange Stabilization Fund

FACTS I    Federal Agencies’ Centralized Trial‐Balance System I  

FACTS II   Federal Agencies’ Centralized Trial‐Balance System II  

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation

FBWT Fund Balance with Treasury

FEIN Federal Employer Identification Number

FS Fiscal Service (a.k.a. Bureau of the Fiscal Service, formerly known as

Financial Management Service ‐ FMS)

FPA             Federal Program Agency

FRB Federal Reserve Bank

GFRS Governmentwide Financial Report System

GTAS   Governmentwide TAS ATB System

GWA Governmentwide Accounting

IAT International ACH Transactions

IBAN International Bank Account Number

IDD International Direct Deposit

IFCS   Intragovernmental Fiduciary Confirmation System

IMF International Monetary Fund

IPAC   Intragovernmental Payment And Collection System  

IPERA Improper Payment Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010

IPP Internet Payment Platform

ISO International Organization for Standardization

ITS.gov International Treasury Services

KFC Kansas City Financial Center

LEIE List of Excluded Individuals/Entities

MTS Monthly Treasury Statement (statement for the receipts/outlays and

deficit/surplus of the U.S. Government)

NACHA National Automated Clearinghouse Association

NTDO Non‐Treasury Disbursement Office

OFAC Office of Foreign Asset Control

OMB Office of Management and Budget

PACER Payments, Claims and Enhanced Reconciliation

PAM Payment Application Modernization (project)
Bureau of Fiscal Service – Payments Acronym List

PAM   Payment Automation Manager (application)

PFC Philadelphia Financial Center

PII Personally identifiable information

PIR Payment Information Repository

PKI Public Key Infrastructure

PM Payment Management

PPD Prearranged Payment and Deposit Entry

PRF Payment Request File

PrinCE PRINting and Check Enclosing

PUPID Payable Upon Proper ID

RFC Regional Financial Center

ROID Recipient Organization Identification Number

RTN Routing Transit Number

SAM   Shared Accounting Module

SDN Specially Designated Nationals (listing)

SEC Standard Entry Class code

SFC San Francisco Financial Center

SNaP Savings Bond Architecture Platform

SOD   Statement Of Differences

SPR Standard Payment Request (PAM file format)

SPS   Secure Payment System

SSN Social Security Number

STAR   Treasury’s Legacy Central Accounting System

SWIFT Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication

TAS   Treasury Account Symbol

TAS‐BETC Elements

SP Sub‐Level Prefix Code (programmatic breakdown of the account for

Treasury publication purposes)

ATA Allocation Transfer Agency (agency identifier of the agency receiving

funds through an allocation transfer)

AID Agency Identifier (department, agency, or organization of the

government responsible for the TAS)

   
Bureau of Fiscal Service – Payments Acronym List

BPOA Beginning Period of Availability (identifies the first year of availability

under law that the appropriation may incur new obligations)

EPOA Ending Period of Availability (identifies the last year of availability

under law that the appropriation may incur new obligations)

A Availability Type Code (identifies 'no year' accounts (X),

clearing/suspense accounts (F), and central summary GL accounts (A))

MAIN Main Account Code (identifies the type and purpose of the fund)

Sub   Sub Account Code (identifies an available receipt or other Treasury ‐

defined subdivision of the account)

TCIS Treasury Check Information System

TCS TOP Control System

TDO Treasury Disbursing Office

TIN Taxpayer Identification Number

TOP Treasury Offset Program

TRACS Treasury Receivable, Accounting & Collection System

TRS Transaction Reporting System

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