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The GTAS Webinar will begin shortly.  Please put your phone on mute.

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GTASGovernmentwide Treasury Account Symbol Adjusted Trial Balance System

 Rita Cronley and Shannon Redding

September 21, 2011

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Agenda Topics
        - Webinar Rules
        - Why is Fiscal Service building GTAS?
        - Fiscal Service Standardization (f.k.a CGAC)
        - USSGL Compliance
        - Long Term Plans
        - Updates – Trading Partner Main Account, Canceled TAS, Year End Transaction Processing
        - Reporting Windows
        - SMAF Changes
        - Bulk File Update
        - Bulk File Data Verification and Validations
        - Edits
        - GTAS Reports
        - User Roles
        - Testing
        - Minimum System Requirements
        - GTAS Training

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Shannon

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Rules for Webinar
        - Please mute your phone
        - Ask questions through the live chat only – please do NOT take your phone off mute
        - Most questions will be answered at the end of the presentation OR via the interactive (live) chat
        - If your question is not answered during the Webinar, a GTAS representative will respond to your question via email by the end of the next business day

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Shannon

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Why is FMS building GTAS?
        - Improve the quality of financial data by combining budgetary and proprietary trial balance reporting, enforcing the USSGL, and implementing new edits and validations
        - Streamline agency reporting from 16 segmented trial balances to 7 combined trial balances 
        - Replace legacy systems (FACTS I, FACTS II, IRAS, IFCS)
        - Implement data standardization

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Rita

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GTAS Facts
        - Bulk File Only
        - A full budgetary and proprietary trial balance
        - Daily interfaces with GWA Central Accounting System for balance and transaction data
        - Open 24x7 for agency use
        - Required reporting 7 months per year (per the new OMB requirement)
        - GTAS goes live on December 2012 for November reporting!!!

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Rita

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FMS Standardization (FADS) and the CFO Letter (f.k.a CGAC)
        - January 14 CFO Letter ... “In order to achieve governmentwide benefits and efficiencies, all Federal agencies will be required by October 1, 2014 to submit TAS/BETC information on all transaction types (IPAC, Payments, Collections).”

How does this impact my GTAS reporting in 2013?
        - GTAS will only accept the FADS (CGAC) TAS, per the FMS Standardization (CGAC) guidelines
        - There is no “phase-in” timeframe for GTAS.
        - GTAS will only accept a 6-digit USSGL account 
        - All other data elements collected on the bulk file must be compliant with all GTAS documentation

How do I know what my new TAS is?
        - www.sam.fms.treas.gov/sampublic/tasbetc.htm

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Rita

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Mandatory USSGL Compliance
        - GTAS will implement USSGL tie points (budgetary and proprietary edits) as non-fatal in 2013
        - Total of 50+ validations and 77 accounting edits in GTAS
        - GTAS will produce the USSGL TFM starting in 2013
        - The 2013 TFM will include more detailed information, including the allowable domain values for each attribute/USSGL account relationship, new sections for validations and edits, SMAF, and bulk file format

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Rita

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Long Term Plans for GTAS Data
        - Identify material differences between receipts and revenues
        - Identify differences between quarterly financial statements provided to OMB and trial balances
        - At year-end, identify differences between agency financial statements in GFRS and trial balances

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Rita

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Update -Trading Partner Main Account On Proprietary USSGLs 
        - TP main account will be phased-in  

FY 2013: TP main account may be reported but not required

FY 2014: TP main account  required for TAS with 2014 beginning period of availability and X year TAS activity that occurred in 2014.  Trading partner main account  is not required but may be reported for activity that occurred prior to 2013. 

FY 2015 through 2018:  each year TP main account will be required for another period of availability. 

FY 2019: TP main account required for all TAS including X year. 

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Update - The Canceled  TAS for Reporting Assets 

The requirements have changed for the ‘C” TAS: 

If you are using a default fund symbol of your own creation, you must use the new "C" account in its place.  

If you are using a current year fund symbol or an "X" fund or some other variation of a real account, you may continue.  

You may also decide on your own when to move these assets from the original purchasing fund.

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Rita

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Update -Year End Transaction Processing  

Effective FY 2013 agencies will no longer cancel balances or adjust indefinite authority via the Fiscal Service 2108.

Cancellations and balance adjustments related to indefinite appropriation authority will be initiated and completed by the agency  in the Agency Transaction Module (ATM). 

Does not include cancellation of balances for TAS with the X availability type, partial cancellations, or TAS with extended disbursing authority

ATM will be available for year end transactions for fiscal 2013 in October 2013.  The window will open after the 224 reporting for September has been completed.

If the year end transactions are not completed before the GTAS 

	ATB is submitted, the GTAS ATB will fail edits.

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Rita

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Reporting Windows

OMB Circular A-11 Update: 

	The frequency of reporting FACTS II \ SF 133 information will increase from four times a year to seven times a year effective FY 2012.  The additional reporting will take place for the months ending November, July, and August. Agencies will use FACTS II to submit the additional information the same way they now submit their quarterly information. 

How does this affect GTAS reporting for FY 2013?

	GTAS reporting will be due seven times a year.

	GTAS will go live in December 2012!!!   

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shannon

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Super Master Account File (SMAF)

Includes TAS level attributes and balances for each TAS.

Provided by Treasury

Available to agencies via GTAS on a daily basis

Changes made in the Central Accounting and Reporting System CARS (f. k. a. GWAMP) will be reflected in the SMAF after the daily update from CARS.

Info will be used to validate and edit trial balances. 

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Shannon

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SMAF  Change – BEA Category 
        - Expenditure and receipt TASs have a BEA category on the SMAF
        - The BEA values on the SMAF are:

		N - Net Interest {New}

		G – Governmental Receipts {New}

		D – Discretionary

		M – Mandatory

		S – Split

		Blank
        - Values G (Governmental Receipts) and N (Net Interest) apply to receipt TAS except for a few Treasury expenditure TAS  that have BEA net interest.  The Treasury TAS will report BEA M on the bulk file.
        - No change to the bulk file. Agencies will continue to report D (discretionary) and M (mandatory) for the expenditure TAS.

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Rita

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Bulk File Update
        - Apportionment Category B Program Code 

Effective FY 2103 OMB is aligning the Apportionment Category B Program Code to the 6000 series line numbers on the SF 132. 

Effective 2013  the Category B Program Code reported on the GTAS bulk file will be four digits.     

Acceptable bulk file values are 6011-6159.
        - Apportionment Category A/B

Apportions budgetary resources by a combination of fiscal quarters and projects. 

Is new for FY 2012 and used on the SF 132.

No change to the GTAS bulk file. Agencies that have apportionment category A/B will report category B  in GTAS.

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Shannon

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Bulk File Update
        - Borrowing Source

Values are T (Treasury), F ( Federal Financing Bank), P (Public)

Added to USSGLs 214100 and 631000

Used with edits that bring IFCS functionality into GTAS 
        - Federal Non Federal Code

General Fund (G) {NEW}

If Federal/Non Federal Code is G, use agency ID 099 and main account 0000 for the trading partner reporting.  	

New!:  USSGL 101000 requires G 

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Bulk File Upload Data Verification

The following checks are done on each row of the bulk file before validations and edits are run:

Is it a valid TAS? (TAS must exist in CARS or be a canceled TAS)

Are the Fiscal Year and Reporting Period correct (and identical) on each row?

Is the TAS assigned to the user who is uploading the data?

Is the bulk file format correct? (Text file with correct length – see Bulk File Format document on GTAS web site.)

Are there duplicated lines? (2 or more lines on the file are identical)

Is the date consistent with the Program Reporting category and Apportionment Category B rules?

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Validations

Check each attribute included in a row on the bulk file ensuring that the attributes reported are valid for the USSGL account (per the attribute table). 

May be simple (involves 1 USSGL attribute) or special (involves 2 or more attributes). 

All validations are fatal.

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Shannon

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Trading Partner Reporting for the Budgetary USSGLs
        - Fed/NFed Indicator is required on budgetary unfilled customer orders and reimbursements earned.   
        - Effective FY 2013 trading partner agency ID and main account will no longer be required for the budgetary USSGLs.

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Fatal Edits

The current FACTS II edits

ATB balancing edits (debits + credits = zero)

New edits in FACTS II FY 2012 Qtr. 1

SF 133 line 1700 (collections) must be greater than or equal to zero.

SF 133 line 1800 (collections) must be greater than or equal to zero.

The sum of SF 133 lines 2004 and 2104 must be greater than or equal to zero.  

4201 beginning = 4201 ending in the same year

4139 beginning = 4139 ending in the same year

4149 beginning = 4149 ending in the same year

Prior year adjustment domain value B debits = credits (budgetary)

Prior year adjustment domain value P debits = credits (budgetary)

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Edits

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Edits Using Authoritative Data
        - Central Accounting and Reporting System (CARS)

	FBWT = 101000 (fatal period 12)

	Net outlays = SF 133 lines (fatal)

	Appropriation transfers = 412800, 412900, 416700, 		417000, 417300, 417500 (non fatal)

	Balance transfers = 417600, 419000, 419100, 419200, 		419300, 435600 (non fatal)

	Appropriation and balance transfers = 310200, 575500 (non fatal)

	Normal warrant activity = 310100, 310600 (non fatal) 

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Edits Using Authoritative Data

Bureau of Public Debt Edits (non fatal)
        - Investments

BPD Interest Payable = Agency Interest  Receivable

BPD Liabilities = Agency Assets

BPD Expenses = Agency Revenue, Gains and Losses
        - Loans

BPD Interest Receivable = Agency Interest Payable

BPD Asset = Agency Liability

BPD Revenue,  Gains and  Losses = Agency Interest Expense 

Federal Financing Bank Edits (non –fatal)
        - Loans 

FFB Interest Receivable = Agency Interest Payable

FFB Assets = Agency Liability

FFB Revenue = Agency Expenses

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Rita

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GTAS Reports
        - Budgetary SF 133
        - FMS 2108
        - A-136 Balance Sheet
        - A-136 Statement of Net Cost
        - A-136 Statement of Changes in Net Position
        - Reclassification Balance Sheet
        - Reclassification Statement of Net Cost
        - Reclassification Statement of Changes in Net Position
        - Super Master Account File download
        - Trial balance reports
        - Intra-governmental Differences Reports

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Rita

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User Roles
        - Agency Roles

	Preparer -Submits bulk files

	Certifier- Reviews and signs off on TAS

	Executive - Viewing rights only
        - Each user can have only one agency role
        - TAS can be assigned to more than one user

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Shannon

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Bulk File Testing

Thanks to the following agencies for submitting test GTAS bulk files:
        - Social Security Administration
        - Internal Revenue Service
        - Office of Personnel Management
        - Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
        - Federal Prison Industries
        - Small Business Administration
        - Federal Communications Commission

We want your agency on this list!

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Shannon

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GTAS Outreach Efforts

The following Agencies have participated in the GTAS outreach efforts:
        - Architect of the Capitol
        - Health and Human Services
        - Department of Agriculture
        - Department of Justice
        - Smithsonian Institution
        - Department of Interior
        - Federal Communications Commission
        - Department of Homeland Security
        - Department of Commerce – 

National Technical Information Service
        - Department of Commerce – 

Economic Development Administration
        - Department of Treasury
        - US Tax Court
        - National Credit Union Administration
        - Federal Housing Finance Agency
        - NASA
        - Department of Energy
        - Centers for Disease Control
        - Government Printing Office
        - International Trade Commission 
        - Tennessee Valley Authority
        - US Coast Guard Finance Center
        - St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp
        - Environment Protection Agency
        - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
        - Bureau of Prisons
        - DFAS – Columbus, Cleveland, Indianapolis
        - National Institutes of Health
        - Farm Services Agency
        - Financial Management Services
        - National Endowment for the Arts
        - US Census Bureau
        - National Institute of Standards and Technology
        - US Patent and Trademark Office
        - Postal Service
        - Drug Enforcement Agency
        - National Transportation Safety Board
        - Library of Congress
        - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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Rita

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Minimum System Requirements
        - Internet Access 		
        - Internet Explorer – IE 8 is required
        - Java Script Enabled

	No more “direct line” to Treasury!

	No more secure ID card!

	No more dial-up!

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Shannon

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GTAS News and Training
        - Webinars

Learn more about GTAS without leaving your office!	
        - GTAS Newsletter

Look for the GTAS newsletter in your email inbox to find out the latest news about GTAS. 
        - GTAS Class

	Want to learn more about the GTAS requirements? The class covers the edits, validations, SMAF data elements and bulk file requirements in detail.  		

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Rita

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Additional Questions?

Business Questions:  

Rita Cronley    202-874-9902

Rita.cronley@fiscal.treasury.gov

Technical Questions:

	Shannon Redding 202 874-1562

	Shannon.redding@fiscal.treasury.gov

Bulk Files:

   	Gregory Keel 202 874-9912

   	Gregory.keel@fiscal.treasury.gov

GTAS Class:

	Claudia Donovan 202 874-9783

	Claudia.donovan@fiscal.treasury.gov

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