ACH Transfers – Unique Fields

The ACH User Interface Program extends the ability to generate, import, edit, review, approve, and delete NACHA and Non-NACHA formatted ACH transfers. When you are working with ACH transfers there are certain fields that apply across most of the ACH transfer types. Subsequently, the majority of the ACH transfer types that you generate or import populate the user interface in the same fashion regardless of activity you are undertaking. However, the ACH User Interface also includes a number of transfer types that make use of fields that are unique to that particular transfer type.

The following sections display on this page:

Child Support Agencies

Transfer Overview

Pay From

Pay To

Fields Specific to Child Support Payments

Federal Tax Payment

Transfer Overview

Payments

International

Transfer Overview

Foreign Exchange

Pay From

Pay To

Correspondent Bank Information

State/local Tax Payment

Transfer Overview

Payments

Child Support Agencies

Child support agencies are one of the ACH transfer types that are available for use by financial institution users and their clients. Financial institution users and their clients can generate and manage child support payment ACH transfer types using the standard ACH User Interface functions. Child support agencies transfers include three main sections: Transfer overview, Pay from, and Pay to.

Transfer Overview

The transfer overview section is always the first block of information that the system presents when you view an ACH transfer. It contains some header information that provides a description of the transfer name (for example, New ACH - Child support agencies- PPD) and a number of fields that communicate basic information about the transfer such as the name, the effective date, and the total debit amount.

Description

Tax identification number

The combination of the company name and tax ID of the user. If the system associates the user with more than one company, then the Tax identification number lists all the companies that the system associates with the user.

Effective date

Same day

Select the Same day check box to assign the specified transfer as same day transfer. When you select the Same day check box, the system enters today's date as the Effective date and you cannot modify the Effective date.

Repeat

Select the Repeat check box to establish the frequency, the date that the recurring transfer ends, and which processing day the system uses when the date falls on a nonprocessing date.

Frequency

End date

The date the originator intends the recurring transfer cycle to end. Type the date (mm/dd/yyyy) that you want the recurring transfer cycle to end or click to select the date you want the recurring transaction cycle to end.

For non-business day use

Type

Payment (Child support agencies - CCD)

Total withdrawal

The total amount that the system debits from the account at the Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI).

Total deposits

The total amount that the system credits to the account at the Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI). For ACH Incoming transfers, payments are made to the on-us account and withdrawals are made against the account at the Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI).

Batch

Name

The name of the batch.

Company

The company name that the system associates with the ACH file.

Company description

A client-defined entry description that describes the purpose or intent of the transaction (for example, Gas bill). The maximum number of characters is 10.

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Pay From

The following fields populate the Pay From section of a child support payment.

Pay all

Click the Pay all switch to turn on the Hold option for all transfers in the batch. A hold stops the system from submitting the indicated transfers to the financial institution during processing and saves the transfer for future use. To remove the hold for all the specified transfers in the batch, click the Hold all switch to turn on the Pay option and proceed with processing all transfers in the batch.

Pay/Hold

Click the Pay switch to turn on the Hold for a single transfer. A hold stops the system from submitting the indicated transfer to the financial institution during processing and saves the transfer for future use. To remove the hold, click the Hold switch to turn on the Pay option and proceed with processing the specified transfer as part of the batch.

Account 

The account at the Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI).

Amount

The amount to be withdrawn from the account that you specify.

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Pay To

When you generate a child support payment and the system establishes the DED Segment Addendum Record is, it would look like the following example.

Pay all

Click the Pay all switch to turn on the Hold option for all transfers in the batch. A hold stops the system from submitting the indicated transfers to the financial institution during processing and saves the transfer for future use. To remove the hold for all the specified transfers in the batch, click the Hold all switch to turn on the Pay option and proceed with processing all transfers in the batch.

Pay/Hold

Click the Pay switch to turn on the Hold for a single transfer. A hold stops the system from submitting the indicated transfer to the financial institution during processing and saves the transfer for future use. To remove the hold, click the Hold switch to turn on the Pay option and proceed with processing the specified transfer as part of the batch.

Segment identifier

The DED (Data Segment Identifier for Deductions).

Application identifier

The supporting identifier for the DED segment. The system automatically populates this field as CS.

Case identifier

The alpha numeric value that represents the child support case that the system associates with the child support payment.

Pay date

The date of the child support payment.

Pay amount

The dollar amount of the child support payment to be debited from the user's account.

Non-custodial parent SSN

The Social Security Number of the noncustodial parent

Non-custodial parent last name

The last name of the noncustodial parent

Non-custodial parent first name

The first name of the noncustodial parent

Medical support

Select whether or not the individual submitting the child support payment has Coverage available or No coverage for health insurance at their place of employment.

County (FIPS) code

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code of the child support enforcement entity receiving the child support payment.

Employment status

Select whether or not the individual submitting the child support payment is Employed or Terminated.

Prenote 

Select the "Prenote" check box to add a zero dollar prenote transfer for the current business day. Click the "Select All" hyperlink to place a check mark in all of the check boxes. Click the "Select None" hyperlink to clear all of the check boxes.

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Fields Specific to Child Support Payments

Example: DED*CS*12345678*151203*20000*000010123*Y*ADAMS,JOH*MD001*Y\

DED = Segment Identifier
CS = DED 01 (Application Identifier)
12345678 = DED 02 (Case Identifier)
151203 = DED 03 (Pay Date)
20000 = DED 04 (Pay Amount)
000010123 = DED 05 (Non-Custodial Parent SSN)
Y = DED 06 (Medical Support Indicator)
ADAMS = DED 07 (Non-Custodial Parent Last Name)
JOH = DED 07 (Non-Custodial Parent First Name)
MD001 = DED 08 (FIPS Code)
Y = DED 09 (Employment Termination Identifier)

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Federal Tax Payment

Federal tax payments are one of the ACH transfer types that are available for use by financial institution users and their clients. Financial institution users and their clients can generate and manage federal tax payment ACH transfer types using the standard ACH User Interface functions. Federal tax payments include two sections: Transfer Overview, and Payments.

Transfer Overview

The transfer overview section is always the first block of information the system presents you when you view an ACH transfer. It contains some header information that provides a description of the transfer name (for example, New ACH - Federal taxes - CCD) and a number of fields that communicate basic information about the transfer such as the name, the effective date and the total debit amount.

The Description field appears on every ACH transfer that you generate or import.

Description

Tax identification number

The combination of the company name and tax ID of the user. If the system associates the user with more than one company, then the Tax identification number lists all the companies that the system associates with the user.

Effective date

Same day

Select the Same day check box to assign the specified transfer as same day transfer. When you select the Same day check box, the system enters today's date as the Effective date and you cannot modify the Effective date.

Repeat

Select the Repeat check box to establish the frequency, the date that the recurring transfer ends, and which processing day the system uses when the date falls on a nonprocessing date.

Frequency

End date

The date the originator intends the recurring transfer cycle to end. Type the date (mm/dd/yyyy) that you want the recurring transfer cycle to end or click to select the date you want the recurring transaction cycle to end.

For non-business day use

Type

Payment (Federal taxes - CCD)

Total withdrawal

The total amount that the system debits from the account at the Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI).

Total deposits

The total amount that the system credits to the account at the Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI). For ACH Incoming transfers, payments are made to the on-us account and withdrawals are made against the account at the Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI).

Batch

Name

The name of the batch.

Company

The company name that the system associates with the ACH file.

Company description

A client-defined entry description that describes the purpose or intent of the transaction (for example, Gas bill). The maximum number of characters is 10.

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Payments

What makes the Federal tax payment ACH transfer type unique, is the federal tax payment information that populates the Payments section. This section includes fields that are unique to Federal tax payments and are not found in any other ACH transfer type. The following fields populate the Payments section.

Pay/Hold

Click the Pay switch to turn on the Hold for a single transfer. A hold stops the system from submitting the indicated transfer to the financial institution during processing and saves the transfer for future use. To remove the hold, click the Hold switch to turn on the Pay option and proceed with processing the specified transfer as part of the batch.

Name

The name of the recipient of the federal tax payment at the Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI). By default, the ACH User Interface populates this field with the value IRS.

Tax description

The tax agency receiving the transfer. Entire states or individual state tax agencies that have been suppressed do not display in the Tax Description drop-down list.

Taxpayer ID

The tax identification number of the account owner at the Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI) that is submitting the federal tax payment.

Tax period end date

Amount

The amount of the tax payment that is submitted. You can remove the tax amounts and the associated Amount, Type, and Type description fields from a federal tax payment by clicking for the tax amount row you want to delete.

Type

The tax type code the tax payment is associated with. The Amount fields automatically populate with numeric values that represent the tax type code selection made in the Tax description drop-down list. For example, if a user selected Heavy Vehicle Tax/22097 from the Tax Description/Tax Code drop-down list, the Type field populates with the value 22097.

Type description

The description of the associated Amount Type. By default, this field is blank when a selection is made from the Tax Description/Tax Code drop-down list. For example, you can type "Annual WH of Foreign" to represent a federal tax payment made for the Annual WH of Foreign Persons / 10427 tax type.

Add payment

You can add additional tax payments to a federal tax payment transfer by selecting the Add payment hyperlink. You can click the on the Payment Details caption bar to remove a federal tax payments.

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International

International (IAT) transfers are one of the ACH transfer types that are available for use by financial institution users and their clients. Financial institution users and their clients can generate and manage international ACH transfer types using the standard ACH functions.

Transfer Overview

The transfer overview section is always the first block of information that the system presents when you view an ACH transfer. It contains some header information that provides a description of the transfer name (for example, New ACH International - IAT) and a number of fields that communicate basic information about the transfer such as the name, the effective date, and the total debit amount.

Description

Tax identification number

The combination of the company name and tax ID of the user. If the system associates the user with more than one company, then the Tax identification number lists all the companies that the system associates with the user.

Transaction type

Effective date

Repeat

Select the Repeat check box to establish the frequency, the date that the recurring transfer ends, and which processing day the system uses when the date falls on a nonprocessing date.

Frequency

Type

Payment (International - IAT)

Total withdrawal

The total amount that the system debits from the account at the Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI).

Total deposits

The total amount that the system credits to the account at the Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI). For ACH Incoming transfers, payments are made to the on-us account and withdrawals are made against the account at the Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI).

Batch

Name

The name of the batch.

Company

The company name that the system associates with the ACH file.

Company description

A client-defined entry description that describes the purpose or intent of the transaction (for example, Gas bill). The maximum number of characters is 10.

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Foreign Exchange

Reference

The foreign exchange rate that the system uses to execute the foreign exchange conversion of a cross-border entry or another reference to the foreign exchange transaction. The Foreign exchange reference indicator defines the content in the International ACH (IAT) specifications. If you set the Foreign exchange indicator in the International ACH (IAT) specifications to a value of Fixed to Fixed Conversion, the Reference is space filled.

Indicator

Reference indicator

OFAC Screening Indicators

Gateway operator

Secondary operator

ISO Codes

Originating currency

The currency code approved by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) used to identify the currency denomination in which the transfer is originated.

Destination currency

The currency code approved by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) used to identify the currency denomination in which the transfer is received.

Destination country

The currency code approved by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) used to identify the country in which the transfer is received.

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Pay From

The following fields populate the Pay from section of international ACH payment.

Account 

The account at the Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI).

Amount

The amount to be withdrawn from the account that you specify.

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Pay To

Company

The company name that the system associates with the ACH file.

Account type 

Routing transit

The routing transit number that identifies the institution.

Foreign receiver's account number

For outbound IAT entries, the full account number of the account held by the foreign receiver. For inbound IAT entries, the full account number of the account held by the domestic receiver.

Foreign payment amount

For inbound IAT entries, the Foreign payment amount is the amount for which the entry was originated in the foreign ODFI in the currency denomination expressed in the ISO Originating Currency Code of the transfer. For outbound IAT entries originated using the Indicator of Fixed to Variable Conversion, the Foreign payment amount is zero.

For outbound IAT entries using an Indicator of Variable to Fixed Conversion or Fixed to Fixed Conversion, the Foreign payment amount is the amount for which the entry is to be received by the foreign receiver in the currency denomination expressed in the ISO Destination Currency Code of the transfer.

For inbound IAT entries by a domestic RDFI, the Foreign payment amount is copied from the original entry detail record to the entry detail record for IAT returns. For outbound IAT entries returned by a domestic originating gateway operator, the Foreign payment amount contains the entry amount returned to the original ODFI. This amount may differ from the original entry amount if the same was not used for both forward and return entry foreign exchange conversions.

Amount

The amount to be paid to the account that you specify.

Foreign trace number

The trace number that the system assigns to the entry in the originating national payments system for inbound IAT entries.

Originator

Name

The name of the originator for the International ACH (IAT) entry.

Street

The street address of the originator for the International ACH (IAT) entry.

Country

The country of the originator for the International ACH (IAT) entry.

City

The city of the originator for the International ACH (IAT) entry.

State

The state or providence of the originator for the International ACH (IAT) entry.

Postal code

The postal code of the originator for the International ACH (IAT) entry.

Originator Depository Financial Institution

Name

The name of the Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI).

Identification

The ODFI identification number that uniquely identifies the institution; usually the institution's routing transit number. For inbound IAT entries, the Identification is the National Clearing System Number of the foreign ODFI. For outbound IAT entries, the Identification is the routing transit number of the domestic ODFI.

Identification qualifier

Branch country code

The code approved by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) used to identify the country of the branch from which the IAT entry is originated.

Receiver

Identification number

The number that identifies the receiver, usually by the routing transit number for tracing purposes.

Street

The street address of the receiver for the International ACH (IAT) entry.

Country

The country of the receiver for the International ACH (IAT) entry.

City

The city of the receiver for the International ACH (IAT) entry.

State

The state or providence of the receiver for the International ACH (IAT) entry.

Postal code

The postal code of the receiver for the International ACH (IAT) entry.

Receiver Depository Financial Institution

Name

The name of the Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI).

Identification

The RDFI identification number that uniquely identifies the institution; usually the institution's routing transit number. For inbound IAT entries, the Receiving DFI Identification is the National Clearing System Number of the foreign ODFI. For outbound IAT entries, the Receiving DFI Identification is the routing transit number of the domestic ODFI.

Identification qualifier

Branch country code

The code approved by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) used to identify the country of the branch which receives the IAT entry.

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Remittance

Description

The description for the remittance.

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Correspondent Bank Information

Name

The name of the correspondent institution.

Identification

The routing transit number or institution identification number of the correspondent institution.

ID qualifier

The code that identifies the numbering scheme used in the Identification field.

Country code

The code approved by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) used to identify the country where the branch of the correspondent institution is located.

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State/local Tax Payment

State/local taxes are one of the ACH transfer types that are available for use by financial institution users and their clients. Financial institution users and their clients can generate and manage state and local tax payment ACH transfer types using the standard the ACH User Interface functions.

Transfer Overview

The transfer overview is always the first block of information that the system presents when you view an ACH transfer. It contains header information that provides a description of the transfer name (for example, New ACH - State/local taxes - CCD) and a number of fields that communicate basic information about the transfer such as the name, the effective date, and the total debit amount.

Description

Tax identification number

The combination of the company name and tax ID of the user. If the system associates the user with more than one company, then the Tax identification number lists all the companies that the system associates with the user.

State

Effective date

Same day

Select the Same day check box to assign the specified transfer as same day transfer. When you select the Same day check box, the system enters today's date as the Effective date and you cannot modify the Effective date.

Repeat

Select the Repeat check box to establish the frequency, the date that the recurring transfer ends, and which processing day the system uses when the date falls on a nonprocessing date.

Frequency

End date

The date the originator intends the recurring transfer cycle to end. Type the date (mm/dd/yyyy) that you want the recurring transfer cycle to end or click to select the date you want the recurring transaction cycle to end.

From account

The account associated with the company or user at the Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI) that is submitting the Federal Tax payment. For example, Washington Orchards DDA.

Total payment

The total dollar amount of the federal tax payment submitted for processing.

Batch

Name

The name of the batch.

Company

The company name that the system associates with the ACH file.

Company description

A client-defined entry description that describes the purpose or intent of the transaction (for example, Gas bill). The maximum number of characters is 10.

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Payments

What makes the State/Local Tax Payment ACH transfer type unique, is the state/local tax payment information that populates the Payments section. This section contains fields that are unique to state or local tax payments and are not found in any other ACH transfer type. The following fields populate the Payments section.

Pay/Hold

Click the Pay switch to turn on the Hold for a single transfer. A hold stops the system from submitting the indicated transfer to the financial institution during processing and saves the transfer for future use. To remove the hold, click the Hold switch to turn on the Pay option and proceed with processing the specified transfer as part of the batch.

Name

The name of the recipient of the federal tax payment at the Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI). By default, the ACH User Interface populates this field with the value IRS.

Tax description

A list of state and local tax payments and their associated tax type codes. Selections made from this drop-down list populate the Amount field with the numeric tax type code values denoting the type of tax payment that is being submitted.

Tax period end date

Taxpayer

Identification

The tax identification number of the account owner at the Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI) that is submitting the federal tax payment.

Verification

The entry required by some institutions for verifying the tax payer (typically, the first six letters of the company name).

The Verification field displays only if this optional item was completed in the original template.

Account

The account number of the state or local tax agency.

Routing transit

The routing transit number of the state or local tax agency.

Tax Amount 1 (2 and 3)

Amount

The amount of the tax payment that is submitted. You can remove tax amounts and the associated Amount, Type, and Type description fields from a federal tax payment by clicking for the tax amount row you want to delete.

Type

The amount type. The number of Type fields that the system displays is determined by the selected state and tax description. Some states require more amount types than others, and some prefill the types and descriptions while others do not.

Type description

The description of the associated Type.

Add payment

You can add additional tax payments to a state/local tax payment transfer by selecting the Add payment hyperlink. You can delete tax payments from a transfer by clicking on the Payment Details caption bar.

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