TFX Glossary

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A

Accommodation Exchange Transaction

Account Servicing

Account Symbol (also known as the Treasury Account Symbol or TAS)

Accountable Officer

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Accrued Interest

Active Collection

Active Treasury Account Symbol (TAS)

Activity Indicators

Actual Debt Service

Actual or Constructive Knowledge

Additional interest

Adjusted Trial Balance (ATB)

Adjustment, Correction, or Rescission (ACR) Request Form

Administrative Monetary Award

Administrative Offset

Administrative Wage Garnishment

Agency Depositor or Federal Agency Depositor

Agency Financial Report (AFR)

Agency Identifier (AID)

Agency Location Code (ALC)

Agency Participating Agreement (APA)

Agency Profile Form

Agency Reimbursement Obligation

Agency Transaction Module (ATM)

Agency/Organization Program Coordinator (A/OPC)

Agreement of Indemnity

Allocation Account

Amounts in Federal Custody

Annual Appropriations

Appropriation Warrant

Approving Official (AO)

Arrears/Overdue

Assessable Unit

Authorizing Agency

Automated Clearing House (ACH)

Automated Clearing House (ACH) 45-Day Amount

Automated Clearing House (ACH) Rules

Automated Enrollment (ENR)

Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP)

Automated Teller Machine (ATM)

Automatic Stay in Bankruptcy

Available Check Cancellation (ACC)

Available Receipts

Award Action Date

B

Bank Management System

Bank Posting Date

Barring Delinquent Debtors

Base Consumer Price Index (Base CPI)

Benefit Payment

Borrowing Authority

Budget Clearing Account (suspense)

Budget Clearing Account - F3880 Unavailable Check Cancellation Over-Payments (Suspense)

Budget Reports Branch (BRB)

Budget Subfunction Code (BSF)

Budgetary Funds

Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service)

Business Event Type Code (BETC)

C

Calendar Year-End Entity

Card Acceptance Device (CAD)

Cardless Account

Cash Accounting Branch (CAB)

Cash Concentration or Disbursement (CCD)

Cash Held Outside of the Treasury

Central Accounting Reporting System (CARS)

Centralized administrative offset

Centralized Offset or Treasury Offset Program (TOP)

Centralized Receivables Service

Centrally Billed Account

Certifying Officer Training

Certifying Official

Certifying Payment

Charges for Subsistence, Laundry and Health Services

Charges for Testing, Inspection, and Grading Services

Check Forgery Insurance Fund (CFIF)

Check Reclamation

City Income or Employment Taxes

Claim Number Prefix

Claim Number Suffix

Claims Collection Litigation Report (CCLR)

Claims Disposition Notice (CDN)

Claims Outstanding

Classification, Transactions, and Accountability (CTA) Module

Clearing and Default Account

Closed Out Contract

Collateral Management System (CMS)

Collection Float

Collections Information Repository (CIR)

Combined Presentation

Commercial Risk

Commitment Date

Compromise Agreement

Consolidated Working Fund Account

Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Contingency Mail In Treasury General Account (CMITGA)

Contingent Liability

Continuing Resolution (CR)

Contract Authority

Contract Disputes Act

Contributions to Conscience Fund

Control Objectives

Control Technique

Corporate Trade Exchange (CTX)

Corrective Actions

Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Alternative to Assessment of Late Charges

Counterfeit Check

Country Use Currencies

County Income or Employment Taxes

Courtesy Disbursement

Coverage Expiry Date

Credit Extension

Credit Gateway Account

Credit Gateway Customer Care

Credit Reporting Agency

Credit Reporting Agency or Credit Bureau

Creditor Agency

Creditor Reporting System (CRS)

Creditor/Lender

Cross-Servicing Fees

Cross-Servicing Program

Current Period Reporting

Currently Not Collectible (CNC)

Custodial Account

D

Daily Advice of Status (DAS)

DATA Act Broker

DATA Act Broker Submission (DABS)

DATA Act Information Model Schema (DAIMS)

DATA Act Information Model Schema (DAIMS) Interface Definition Document (IDD)

DATA Act Information Model Schema (DAIMS) Practices and Procedures

DATA Act Information Model Schema (DAIMS) Reporting Submission Specification (RSS)

DATA Act Information Model Schema (DAIMS) Validation Rules

DATA Act Information Model Schema (DAIMS) Validation Warning

DATA Act Sub-Tier Agency

DATA Act Top-Tier Agency

Death Notification Entry (DNE)

Debt Collection

Debt Collection Center

Debt Collection Improvement Act (DCIA)

Debt Collection Strategy

Debt Management Services (DMS)

Debt Relief or Reorganization

Deceased Payee Intercepts

Delinquent Debt

Demand Deposits

Department Code

Deposit Fund Account

Deposit of Earnings, Federal Reserve System

Designated Agent

Designated Billing Office (DBO)

Designated Depositary

Designating Official

Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act)

Digital Check Image

Disbursement Process

Disbursement System

Disbursing Officer (DO)

Discharge In Bankruptcy

Discharge of Indebtedness

Discretionary Allotment

District of Columbia income tax

Dividends and Other Earnings

Do Not Pay (DNP)

Document Identification Number

Dollar Equivalent

Due or Entitled

E

Earned Interest Realized

Earnings of Government-Owned Enterprises (Capital Transfer Accounts)

Effective Date of Delegation/Designation

Effective Entry Date

Electronic Access System (EAS)

Electronic Check Processing (ECP)

Electronic Commerce

Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS)

Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)

Employees for Purposes of District of Columbia Income Tax Withholding

Employees for the Purpose of State Income Tax Withholding

Expenditure Transfer

Expired Account

F

Federal Account Symbols and Titles (FAST) Book

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB)

Federal Award Identification Number (FAIN)

Federal Borrowings Program

Federal Claims Collections Standards (FCCS)

Federal Financial Assistance

Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006

Federal Investments and Borrowings Branch (FIBB)

Federal Payment

Federal Program Agency (FPA)

Federal Reserve Bank (FRB)

Fees and Other Charges for Administrative and Professional Services

Fees and Other Charges for Services and Special Benefits

Fees and Other Charges for Special Benefits

Fees for Legal and Judicial Services

Fees for Regulatory and Judicial Services

FFATA Sub-Award Reporting System (FSRS)

Fiduciary Fund Accounts

Fiduciary Transactions

Financial Advisor

Financial Agency Agreement (FAA)

Financial Agent (FA)

Financial Agent Processing Float

Financial Assistance Broker Submission (FABS)

Financial Institution (FI)

Financial Management System

Financial Organization Master File (FOMF)

Financial Report of the United States Government (FR)

Financial Reporting Entity Code (FR Entity)

Financial System

Financing interest

Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures

Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures, Under Agricultural Laws

Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures, Under Customs, Commerce and Antitrust Laws

Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures, Under Economic Stabilization Laws

Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures, Under Immigration and Labor Laws

Fiscal Service (FS) 210 Series Forms

Fiscal Service (FS) Form 1133 - Claim Against the United States for the Proceeds of a U.S. Treasury Check

Fiscal Service (FS) Form 3858 - Claims Document

Foreign Currency

Foreign Currency Fund Account

Foreign Exchange

Forfeitures of Unclaimed Money and Property

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Fund Balance with Treasury (FBWT) Account

Funds Availability Date

G

General Control Environment

General Fund Expenditure Account

General Fund Receipt Account (GFRA)

General Services Administration (GSA) SmartPay Master Contract

Gifts and Contributions

Government Account Series (GAS) Security

Government Disbursing Office

Government Employee

Government Investment Account

Government Purchase Cardholder

Governmentwide Treasury Account Symbol Adjusted Trial Balance System (GTAS)

Guarantee of a Loan

Guaranteed Loan

H

Holder-In-Due Course

I

Immigration, Passport and Consular Fees

Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA)

Improvement Analysis

Individual Service Agreements

Inflation Compensation

Inflation-Adjusted Principal

Information System

Insurance Company

Insured Claimant

Interagency Agreement (IAA)

Interest on Foreign Loans and Deferred Payments

Interest on Loans to Government-Owned Enterprises

Interest on Loans to States, Municipalities, and Other Public Bodies

Interest Payment Date

Interest/Fees Outstanding

Internal Controls

Internal Offset

International Treasury Services (ITS.gov)

Intra-departmental Balance

Intra-governmental Payments and Collections (IPAC)

Intra-governmental Transactions or Balances

Investment Principal

Investments Held Outside of the U.S. Treasury

Investments in Federal Securities

Investments in Non-Federal Securities

IRS Form 1099-C/ Cancellation Of Debt

J

Joint and Several Liability

Judgment Fund Branch

Judgment Fund Internet Claims System (JFICS)

Judgment Fund Non-Compliance

Judgment Fund Transaction

Judgment Fund Voucher for Payment (FS Form 197)

Judicial Monetary Award

K

L

Large Dollar Notification (LDN)

Late Charge Rate

Late Payment Interest

Legal Incapacity

Legally Enforceable

Lender Agreements

Lender and Servicer Reviews

Lender Eligibility

Letter of Agreement

Limited Liability Amount

Limited Payability

Limited Payability Cancellation

Limited Payability Cancellation Credit

Loan-to-Value Ratio

Local Conditions

Lost-In-Transit

Lump Sum Payment

M

Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)

Mail In Treasury General Account (MITGA)

Management Fund Accounts

Management Representation Letter (MRL)

Mandatory transfer

Marketable Treasury Security

Material Weakness

Means-Tested Program

Members of the Armed Forces

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

Miscellaneous Fees for Regulatory and Judicial Services, Not Otherwise Classified

Miscellaneous Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures

Miscellaneous Interest Collections

Miscellaneous Recoveries and Refunds

Miscellaneous Repayments on Loans and Investments

Miscellaneous Royalties on Natural Resources

Multiple-year Appropriations

Mutilated Check

N

National Book Entry System (NBES)

Negative Balance Account

Negative Subsidies and Downward Reestimates of Subsidies

Net Present Value

No-year Appropriations

Non-Budgetary Funds

Non-Centralized Offset

Non-Credit Reform Account

Non-Exclusive Basis

Non-expenditure Transfer (NET)

Non-Reloadable Stored Value Card (SVC)

Non-Treasury Disbursing Office/Officer (NTDO)

Nonoperating Cash Items

Nonpurchased Foreign Currency

Not Due or Not Entitled

Notice of Reclamation

Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act)

O

Obligated Balance

Office of Charge Card Management (OCCM)

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Official Custodian

Official Development Assistance (ODA)

Official Invoice

Official Obligor

Opportunity to Dispute

Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI)

Other Miscellaneous Assets

Outstanding Total

Outstanding U.S. Treasury Check

Over-the-Counter Channel Application (OTCnet) Deposit Ticket

Over-the-Counter Channel Application Network (OTCnet)

Over-the-Counter Channel Application Network (OTCnet) Check Capture

Over-the-Counter Channel Application Network (OTCnet) Deposit Reporting

P

Paid U.S. Treasury Check

Party Entitled to Payment (PEP)

Passive Collection

Patent, Trademark and Copyright Fees

Payment Agency or Requesting Agency

Payment Agreement

Payment Information Repository (PIR)

Payment Over Cancellation (POC)

Payments Claims and Enhanced Reconciliation (PACER) On-Line

Percentage Cover

Performance and Accountability Report (PAR)

Period of Availability

Personal Identification Number (PIN)

Personal Property

Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

Point-of-Sale (POS) Terminal

Pre-Authorized Debt

Prearranged Payment and Deposit (PPD)

Prevailing Rate of Exchange

Prime Recipient

Principal Repayment Schedule

Prior Period (Month) Reporting

Prior Year (Backdate) Reporting

Private Collection Agency

Private Obligor

Probable Likelihood of Loss

Problemless Loan

Proceeds from Destroyed or Lost Currency

Processing Date

Productivity Refund

Profit on Sale of Monetary Metals

Program Activity

Program Standard Loan

Promissory Note

Proof of Claim Form

Property Condition and Appraiser Comments

Provisional Credit

Purchase of Accrued Interest

Purchased Foreign Currency

Q

R

Realization Upon Loans and Investments

Reasonably Possible Likelihood of Loss

Recall of Transferred Debt

Receipts from International Financial Institutions

Receipts from Monetary Power

Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI)

Recertified Payment

Reciprocal Category (RC)

Reclamation Date

Reclassified Financial Statement

Recognized Insurance Coverage

Recovered Check

Recoveries and Refunds

Recoveries Under Foreign Aid Programs

Recurring Payments

Registration and Filing Fees

Regular Place of Federal Employment

Remittance Data

Remote Likelihood of Loss

Rent and Bonuses from Land

Rent of Equipment and Other Personal Property

Rent, Including Bonuses

Repayment Agreement

Repayment of Foreign Loans

Repayment Period/Credit Period

Repayments of Capital Investment, Government-Owned Enterprises (Capital Transfer Account)

Repayments of Loans under Federal Credit Programs

Repayments on Miscellaneous Recoverable Costs

Reporting Entity

Reporting Type Code

Representative Payee

Residual Value or Residual Funds

Restitutions, Reparations, and Recoveries Under Military Occupation

Revolving Fund Account

Risk Assessment

Routing Transit Number (RTN)

Royalties on Outer Continental Shelf Lands

S

Sale of Equipment and Other Personal Property (Other Than Repayments on Credit Sales)

Sale of Government Property

Sale of Minerals and Mineral Products

Sale of Other Real Property

Sale of Power and Other Utilities

Sale of Products

Sale of Public Domain

Sale of Publications and Reproductions

Sale of Scrap and Salvage Materials

Sale of Timber, Wildlife, and Other Natural Land Products

Scheduled Debt Service

Secondary Market

Secure Payment System

Senior Accountable Official (SAO)

Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities (STRIPS)

Service Payments

Settlement Agreement

Settlement Date

Shared Accounting Module (SAM)

Significant Deficiency

Significant Entities

Simplified Acquisition Procedures

Special Fund Expenditure Accounts

Special Fund Receipt Accounts

Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons List

Stale-Dated Check

Standard Form (SF)

Standard Form (SF) 1098 - Schedule of Canceled or Undelivered Checks

Standard Form (SF) 1195 - Recommendation for Designation and Revocation of Agent To Receive and Deliver Checks and Savings Bonds

Standard Form (SF) 1218 - Statement of Accountability (Foreign Service Account)

Standard Form (SF) 1219 - Statement of Accountability

Standard Form (SF) 1220 - Statement of Transactions (According to Appropriations, Funds, and Receipt Accounts)

Standard Form (SF) 1221 - Statement of Accountability (According to Appropriations, Funds, and Receipt Accounts Foreign Service Account)

Standard Form 133: Report on Budget Execution and Budgetary Resources (SF-133)

State Income Tax

State U.S. Disbursing Officer (USDO)

Statement of Account

Statement of Required Services (SRS)

Statements of Changes in Net Position (SCNP)

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Position (SOCNP)

Stop Reason Code

Store Value Cardholder

Stored Value Card (SVC)

Summary of Debt Statement

Summary of Uncorrected Misstatements (SUM)

Super Master Account File (SMAF)

Surplus Warrant

Suspension of Collection Action

System for Award Management (SAM.gov)

System of Records

T

Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Policy

Taxpayer Identifying Number (TIN)

Termination of Collection Action

The General Lockbox

The General Lockbox Network (GLN)

The Privacy Act

Third Party Processor

Time and Savings Deposits

Trace Request (Fiscal Service 150.1)

Trading Partner (TP)

Trading Partner Agency Identifier (TPAID)

Trading Partner Code

Trading Partner Main Account (TPMA)

Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol (TAFS)

Treasury Check Information System (TCIS)

Treasury Collateral Management and Monitoring (TCMM)

Treasury Collateral Management and Monitoring (TCMM) Operations Team

Treasury Disbursing Office (TDO)

Treasury Disbursing Office (TDO) Payment Systems

Treasury Disbursing Office (TDO) Payments Application

Treasury Financial Manual (TFM)

Treasury Financial Manual (TFM) Volume I

Treasury Financial Manual (TFM) Volume II

Treasury Financial Manual (TFM) Volume III

Treasury Financial Manual (TFM) Volume IV

Treasury Financial Manual Volume I

Treasury General Account (TGA)

Treasury Offices

Treasury Offset Program (TOP)

Treasury Offset Program (TOP) Fees

Treasury Receivable, Accounting, and Collection System (TRACS)

Treasury Report on Receivables (TROR)

Treasury Security

Treasury Specials

Treasury’s Operating Cash Balance

Treasury’s Tax and Loan (TT&L) Account

Trust Fund Expenditure Account

Trust Fund Receipt Account

Trust Revolving Fund/Trust Non-Revolving Fund Account

U

U.S Treasury Check

U.S. Treasury Check Cancellation

U.S. Treasury Check Number

U.S. Treasury Check Serial Number

U.S. Treasury Check Status Inquiry

U.S. Treasury Check Symbol Number

Unamortized Premium and Discount

Unavailable Check Cancellation (UCC) Credit

Unavailable Check Processing

Unavailable Receipts

Unavailable U.S. Treasury Check

Unclaimed Asset Recovery Official

Unclaimed Assets

Undeliverable U.S. Treasury Check

Undelivered Unpaid Orders

Undistributed Intra-governmental Payments Account

Unfilled Customer Orders

Unfit Paper Currency

Unique Record Identifier (URI)

United States (U.S.) Treasury

United States Standard General Ledger (USSGL)

United States Use Currencies

Unobligated Balance

Unrealized Discount

Unreimbursed Deductible Amount

V

Value Date of Foreign Currency Purchase

Vulnerability Assessment

W

Waiver of Interest, Penalties, and Administrative Costs

X

Y

Year-end Module