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Flexibility of Account ID

Because of the flexibility of the ASAP.gov Account ID (up to 20 characters long consisting of letters and/or numbers), the Federal Agency Encompasses Federal Program Agencies including programs administration and funding. They are organizations that establish funds into ASAP accounts. may choose to use its existing internal account identifier for the Account ID in the ASAP.gov system.

When Entering Treasury Account Symbols

If ASAP will not accept a Treasury Account Symbol, to determine why this is a problem, you can perform a TAS/BETC inquiry to identify other symbols which may be acceptable.  

Status of Account Details

If an account detail has a status of Closed, it will not appear in the list of account details when the account is retrieved for entering an authorization A proposed amount that increases or decreases an account's available balance. . If all of the account details are closed for a Control or Global Control account An account with up to 300 account details, available balance is maintained and authorizations entered at control account level, however, the payment request is performed at the detail level CSV - comma separated value. , the account will not be retrieved.

‘None’ for Rollover Reset Quarter

A quarterly A scheduling option for Maximum Draw; when set to Quarterly, the Maximum Draw will reset on the first business day of the following months: January, April, July, October. Maximum Draw The maximum amount that can be drawn from an Account Detail over the life of the account. Amount can be designated for an account. Additionally, the agency can allow any portion of the Maximum Draw Amount not used from the prior quarter to carry forward to the next quarter for up to a year. If the agency wants to allow this “Rollover” feature, a Rollover Reset Quarter must be designated, otherwise, the Maximum Draw Amount will reset to zero at the beginning of every quarter. The Rollover Reset Quarter defaults to ‘None’ , which does not allow the carryover feature. It is advisable that global and global control accounts have Maximum Draw Amounts set in order to comply with proper cash management regulations.

Limited Options for Changing TAS/BETC Distribution Method

 Once an account has been assigned a TAS/BETC distribution method (confirmation received), the only option to change it is to delete or close the account and start over.  When selecting the TAS distribution method on Step 1 Continued, it can be changed prior to clicking 'Submit' on Step 3.

TAS/BETC Distribution Methods

Percentage by Account and Percentage by Detail are the available TAS/BETC Distribution Methods available to ASAP accounts.  Percentage by Accounts allows up to 100 TAS/BETCs to be defined on an account.  The percentages assigned to all TAS’ must total 100%.  Percentage by Detail (Sub Account) allows only one TAS/BETC to be defined per Account Detail (up to 300) for a Control or Global Control account.  

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