Cash forecasting requirements instruct agencies to report to Treasury, in advance, transactions that will significantly affect Treasury’s General Account (TGA) and Treasury’s Tax and Loan (TT&L) accounts.

Financial reporting is the culmination of financial transactions into various products and reports, to include Governmentwide Treasury Account Symbol Adjusted Trial Balance System, USAspending.gov, Annual Management Reports, Monthly Treasury Statement, Daily Treasury Statement, and the Financial Report of the United States Government.

Performance and operational reporting requires general ledger information for agency-specific financial reports and verifies required financial reports can be traced to general ledger account balances.

All federal entities, either using Treasury Disbursing Office (TDO) services, or operating as a Non-Treasury Disbursing Office (NTDO) have payment reporting requirements to support disbursement and financial reconciliation activities.

In order to properly schedule payments, a payee must make sure there is an established agency relationship, a payment is properly certified, there is a clear understanding of the nessesary payment type, and how to manage payments in the event they are outside of Treasury or foreign.

When a disbursment is not succesful, there are policies, procedures, and reports regarding the resolution of various payment issues. These may include payments which were identified as not received, lost, or stolen, undeliverable, returned, or subject to reclamations.

Treasury reporting ensures required financial reports, prepared statements of accountability, and foreign currency reports can be traced to general ledger account balances.

Payment Reporting are the activities related to reporting how agencies spend their funding. Some examples of reporting include GTAS, DATA Act, Consolidated financial statements.

Current guidance on paper deposit transactions include the requirements for using depositaries to hold public money, the Lockbock Network (LBN), and instructions on how to deposit both domestic and foreign checks and cash.

Fiscal Service provides multiple services and guidance on the different payment methods federal entities can utilize to schedule and carry out payments. Some examples of payment mechanisms include Stored Value Cards (SVCs), Government Purchase Cards, and Treasury Checks.