Treasury Confirmation Customizing 

Before you start work in Treasury Confirmation, there is some customizing to be done, falling into the following parts:

A. Public Sector Management

To do this, go to the Implementation Guide (IMG) and choose Public Sector Management ®Functions for US Federal Government ®Payment Processing ®Treasury Confirmation. Then carry out each of the steps listed below.

·        Maintain DIT and FBT Accounts

When your agency notifies Treasury of the payments that need to be made by Treasury on its behalf, the amounts are posted to the disbursements in transit (DIT) account. When Treasury notifies your agency that the payment has been made, the amount is posted from the DIT account to the fund balance with Treasury (FBT) account.

In this step, you specify which accounts are to act as the DIT and FBT accounts.

·        Maintain Payment Office

Use this step to enter the payment offices used for your agency’s transactions. The offices are prescribed by the US Federal Treasury.

·        Maintain Agency Location Code (ALC)

Use this step to enter the agency location code (ALC) to be applied to your agency’s transactions. The code is prescribed by the US Federal Treasury.

·        Define Payment Method Supplements

·        Assign ALC and Payment Office to Payment Method Supplemen

·        Assign Payment Type to Payment Method

·        Assign File ID and Agency ID

·        Maintain Regional Financial Center Derivation

In cases where a particular payment must be handled by a particular center, as opposed to simply the one closest to your agency, use this step to make the necessary specifications.

·        Maintain Fiscal Station Number

In certain cases, it may be necessary to subdivide the ALC into Fiscal Stations. Use this step to make the necessary settings.

For detailed information on the IMG steps, see the documentation accompanying them.

B. Financial Accounting

You also need to configure the Payment Medium Workbench. To do this, go to the Financial Accounting (FI) IMG, choose Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable  ® Business Transactions  ® Outgoing Payments  ® Automatic Outgoing Payments  ® Payment Media  ® Make Settings for Payment Medium Formats from Payment Medium Workbench.

The steps are:

·        Adjust Note to Payee

·        Assign Payment Medium Format and Note to Payee to Payment Method

·        Create/Assign Selection Variants

·        Adjust Payment Medium Format

·        Create Payment Medium Formats

For a detailed description of the work involved here, see the IMG documentation for these steps or the Payment Medium Workbench library documentation.