Spot Awards

Reference Number NFC-26-1792777944
Published: October 29, 2026
Effective: Pay Period 24, 2026

Summary

Information on processing individual and group National Finance Center (NFC)-disbursed Spot awards during the final Pay Periods (PP) of calendar year 2026 is provided below.

Implementation

Spot awards that are processed on the nightly schedule with Nature of Action Codes 840/841/849/887/889, Authority Code PAY, and Award Code C100 will be handled in the following manner:

• If processed by the Agency during PP 24, 2026, processing and disbursement will occur during the normal processing timeframes and will be reported as part of tax year 2026.
• If processed by the Agency during PP 25 or PP 26, 2026, the awards will be held in suspense with the Personnel Input and Edit System Document Type 110-Incentive Awards, Edit Message 149, Award with Pay Auth Held to Avoid Corrected W-2. These awards will be processed by NFC in PP 01, 2027, and will be reported as part of tax year 2027.

Inquiries

For questions about NFC processing, authorized Servicing Personnel Office representatives should contact the NFC Contact Center at 1-855-NFC-4GOV (1-855-632-4468) or via the customer service portal at ServiceNow Portal for Federated Users and at ServiceNow Portal for Non-Federated Users.