Use this application to create a new U.S. Treasury File, using the information established on the Manage Savings Bonds Treasury File Data screen and the Manage Employee Savings Bonds screen. You can also recreate the file, using the history table, or delete the file information from the Savings Bond File History table. You must specify which taxable entity is used to process the application. Savings Bond files are sent to the Federal Reserve so that bonds can be purchased for the specified bond owners, co-owners, and beneficiaries.
Use this application after you have established information in the Manage Savings Bonds Treasury File Data screen, and savings bond deduction information on the Manage Employee Deductions screen and Manage Employee Savings Bonds screen.
If you are not set up to print Social Security Numbers (SSNs), blanks print on the report instead of the numbers. The ability to print SSNs is controlled by the SSN check box on the Company Access subtask of the Manage Users screen.
Use the fields in this block to create a new parameter ID or to retrieve a previously saved parameter ID. A parameter ID represents a set of screen selection parameters. After you have saved a parameter ID and its related parameters, you can retrieve them using Query.
You can use the retrieved parameters to produce reports and run processes more efficiently and with greater consistency. The saved parameters are also useful and necessary when you want to run the process as part of a batch job. Many users save a unique set of parameters for each different way they run a report or process. When you select a previously saved parameter ID or parameter description, the associated saved screen selection parameters automatically display as selection defaults. The page setup and print options are also included in the saved parameter ID if there are any. You can change any of the associated selection defaults as necessary.
Enter, or click to select, a parameter
ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter
ID that help identify the type of selections you made in the screen, such
as PERIOD or QUARTERLY.
When you save your record, all the selections made in the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query.
You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display in the screen, you can override the defaults.
Enter, or click to select, a parameter
description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.
Use these fields to enter taxable entity information.
This field always displays One.
Enter the identification code of the taxable entity that you want in the Savings Bond File, or click to select a taxable entity ID. Establish taxable entity IDs on the Configure Company Information screen.
Use these fields to determine the issue month and year information.
This field always displays One.
Enter the month and year (MM/YY) for which the file is being submitted. The value in this field is stored in the Savings Bond File history table and can be used to recreate bond files from history.
Use these fields to determine the pay period end date information.
This field always displays One.
Enter, or use to select, the month and year (MM/YY) that serves as the unique identifier when updating the Savings Bond File History table. This date is used in the bond issuance confirmation file created by the Federal Reserve.
Use these fields to determine the average issue date information.
This field always displays One.
Enter the average issue month and year (MM/YY). This optional field is for government agencies only.
Select this check box if the file must be recreated using savings bond file history information. This is necessary if you need to recreate a U.S. Treasury Savings Bond File. When you use history, the creation of the file does not affect the employee's bond activity.
Select this check box to use both Employee Earnings and Payroll Edit as a source for employee bond deduction amounts. If the payroll edit records are not posted, the employee's savings bond balance may be negative.
Select this check box to delete specific savings bond file records from the Savings Bond File History table. This feature uses the Taxable Entity, Issue Month and Year, and Pay End Date to determine which records to delete from the Savings Bond File History table. Selecting this check box disables the Base on Bond Purchase History Table and Include Payroll Edit as Data Source check boxes, and File Name and Overwrite File fields.
Use this field to specify the name of the file being created. This field is required if either the Base on Bond Purchase History or the Delete Savings Bond File from History check boxes are not selected. Name the file PSBOS.DAT before submitting it to the Federal Reserve.
Enter the location of the file you are creating. There are two ways to do this:
In the File Location field, enter, or click to select, the alternate file location where you want to store the export file. Alternate file locations are set up on the Manage Alternate File Locations screen.
or
Leave the File Location field blank. When you execute this application, the export file is saved to the Costpoint database. Use the Export Files application to retrieve it and save it to a location on the network.
Select this check box to overwrite an existing file, if it has the same file name.
Click the arrow to the right of and select Create U.S. Treasury File to create the file.
Click the arrow to the right of and select Print/Create U.S. Treasury File to create the file and print the report.