Collections Business Area
Collections
Cycle
Memo
Part I
Published By: Revenue Collections Management
Business Transformation Division (BTD)
Last Revised: June 2016
Table of Contents
Introduction 7
What Is the Collections Cycle Memo? 7
Who Is Responsible For the Collections Business Area? 7
What Is The Scope of the Collections Business Area? 7
What Is Outside the Scope of the Collections Business Area? 8
What Are the Advantages of Having a Centralized Collections Business Area? 9
What Are Business Lines, Collection Programs, Systems, and Services? 9
For Whom Is This Document Intended? 10
How Is This Document Structured? 10
What Requirements Does This Document Impose? 10
Who Are the Stakeholders of the Collections Business Area? 10
How Is Revenue Collections Management Organized to Manage the Collections Business Area? 11
What Are Revenue Collections Management’s Mission and Vision? 12
What Authority Does the Fiscal Service Have to Govern How Agencies Collect Public Money? 12
What Authority Does the Fiscal Service Have to Designate Agents and Depositaries? 13
How Does an Agency Engage with the Fiscal Service to Process Collections? 14
The Collections Business Area 15
What Functions Comprise the Collections Business Area? 15
Overview of Collection Activity 16
How Are These Processes Organized Into Business Lines and Programs, and Who Is Responsible for Them? 17
What Program Changes Have Occurred In 2015? 19
What Programs Comprise the Over the Counter Channel? 19
Treasury General Account Network 19
Over the Counter Channel Application, Collections Information Repository, Debit Gateway, and Card Acquiring Service 20
What Programs Comprise the Mail Channel? 21
General Lockbox Network 21
Internal Revenue Service Lockbox Network 22
Electronic Check Processing 22
Electronic Data Interchange Lockboxes 22
What Programs Comprise the Internet Channel? 23
Electronic Federal Tax Payment System 23
Pay.gov 23
Card Acquiring Service 24
What Programs Comprise the Credit Processing Business Line? 24
Credit Gateway 24
Electronic Data Interchange 24
What Programs Comprise the Debit Processing Business Line? 25
Debit Gateway 25
General Lockbox Network 25
Electronic Federal Tax Payment System 25
What Programs Comprise the Card Processing Business Line? 26
Card Acquiring Service 26
What Programs Comprise the Transaction Reporting and Image Archiving Business Line? 26
Collections Information Repository 26
Image Archive 27
What Programs Comprise the Central Account Processing Business Line? 27
FRB CA$H-LINK 27
Routing Transit Number Oversight 30
What Programs Comprise the Collateral Management Business Line? 30
Treasury Collateral Management and Monitoring System 30
What Programs Comprise the Bank Management Business Line? 31
Bank Management System 31
What is eCommerce? 31
What Changes Are Expected in the Collections Business Area in Coming Years? 31
ACRONYMS
ABA American Bankers Association
ACH Automated Clearing House
AFP Association for Financial Professionals
ALC Agency Location Code
ARM Agency Relationship Management Division
ASAP Automated Standard Application for Payments
ATS Automated Transcript System
BTD Business Transformation Division
BMF Business Master File
BMS Bank Management System
BRD Budget Reports Division
CAD Cash Accounting Division
CAFÉ Central Accounting Front End
CARS Central Accounting & Reporting System
CAN Central Accounting Reporting System Account Number
CAS Card Acquiring Service
CBAF Centralized Business Application Function
CCC Commodity Credit Corporation
CDG Collections and Deposits Group
CFD Cash Forecasting Division
CIR Collections Information Repository
CIS Citizenship and Immigration Services
CMIAS Cash Management Improvement Act System
CRG Compliance and Reporting Group
CSGL Central Summary General Ledger
DFI Depositary Financial Institution
DI Depositary Institution
DDA Demand Deposit Account
DMD Data Management Reporting and Analysis Division
DMS Debt Management Services
DW Digital Wallets
DVS Direct Voucher Submission
EASy Enterprise Accounting System
eCommerce Electronic Commerce
ECP Electronic Check Processing
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EFTPS Electronic Federal Tax Payment System
ET Eastern Time
FAM Financial Audit Manual
FBWT Funds Balance With Treasury
FI Financial Institution
FIRD Financial Institution Reconcilement Data File
Fiscal Service Bureau of the Fiscal Service
FOMF Financial Organization Master File
FPA Federal Program Agency
FRB Federal Reserve Bank
FRIT Federal Reserve Information Technology
GLN General Lockbox Network
GOALS II Government Online Accounting Link System II
GWA Governmentwide Accounting
IAS Integrated Accounting System
IHS Indian Health Services
IMF Individual Master File
IRB Investment Review Board
IRS Internal Revenue Service
ISS Information and Security Services
MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MITGA Mail-In Treasury General Account
NSF Insufficient Funds
NSS National Settlement Service
NTDO Non-Treasury Disbursing Office
OCR Optical Character Recognition
OFAS Office of the Fiscal Assistant Secretary
OFP Office of Fiscal Projections
OLBP Online Bill Payment
OTC Over the Counter
OTCnet Over the Counter Channel Application
PIR Payment Information Repository
PM Payment Management
PMS Public Money Symbol
RCM Revenue Collections Management
RDFI Receiving Depositary Financial Institution
RRM Revenue and Remittance Management Division
RTN Routing and Transit Number
SAM Shared Accounting Module
SCCN Seized Currency Collection Network
SCMA Strategic Cash Management Agreement
SF Standard Form
SSD Settlement Services Division
STP Straight-Through Processing
SVC Stored Value Card
TARB Technical Architecture Review Board
TAS/BETC Treasury Account Symbol/Business Event Type Code
TCIS Treasury Check Information System
TCD Tax Collection Division
TCMS-DVS Treasury Cash Management System-Direct Voucher Submission
TCMM Treasury Collateral Management and Monitoring System
TGA Treasury General Account
TIP Treasury Investment Program
TPI Third Party Interface
TRACS Treasury Receivable Accounting & Collection System
TRSO Treasury Relations Support Office
TSS Treasury Securities Services
TT&L Treasury Tax and Loan
TWAI Treasury Web Application Infrastructure
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