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This topic has been updated to display the descriptions for Paid Parental Leave (PPL).

1st-Week-Hours. Number of hours worked (and paid leave taken) for the first week of the pay period. (PQ032)

2nd-Week-Hours. Number of hours worked (and paid leave taken) for the second week of the pay period. (PQ032)

Accounting-Data-Use-Code. Code that indicates whether to use T&A accounting or database accounting. (PQ023)

Code

Definition

0

Accounting data on the T&A

1

Accounting data to replace the database

2

Use the database

For lump sum, compensatory time, and cash award use:

Code

Definition

0

Accounting data on document

1

Use the database

Acct-Station CD. Code that identifies the accounting office to which the employee’s salary and related expenses are to be reported for the maintenance of accounting and budgetary records and reports. (PQ046)

Acctg-Data-Use-Code. See Accounting-Data-Use-Code. (PQ022/2)

Acctg-Dist-Appn-CD. Appropriation to which the expenses are to be charged. (PQ046)

Acctg-Dist-Appn-Code. See Acctg-Dist-Appn-Cd. (PQ025, PQ061)

Acctg-Dist-Fisc-Yr-CD. First position of the accounting distribution which represents the fiscal year. (PQ046)

Acctg-Dist-Fiscal-Yr-Code. See Acctg-Dist-Fisc-Yr-CD. (PQ025, PQ061)

Acctg-Dist-Flag. Code that indicates an invalid accounting code has been accepted and must be corrected. (PQ025, PQ046)

Code

Definition

0

No error

1

Error exists

6

Force accepted

7

Released, Management Accounting Structure Codes System (MASC) not updated

Acctg-Dist-Sub-Lev-CD. Accounting levels to which the expenses are to be charged. (PQ046)

Acctg-Dist-Sub-Level-Codes. See Acctg-Dist-Sub-Lev-Cd. (PQ025, PQ061)

Acctg-Station-Code. Code that identifies the accounting office to which the employee’s salary and related expenses are to be reported for the maintenance of accounting and budgetary records and reports. (PQ022/2)

Action-Code. Code that identifies the type of action being processed. The action will be audited based on the type of action it represents. (PQ027)

Code

Definition

1

Accession action

2

Official change action

3

Separation action

4

Unofficial action initiated by NFC only

6

Updating (unofficial) action

7

Change action initiated by NFC

ADJ-Coverage Beg PP YR. Identifies the beginning pay period for the adjustment. (PQ022/4)

ADJ-Coverage End PP YR. Identifies the end pay period for the adjustment. (PQ022/4)

Adjustment-Code. Code that indicates the type of adjustment processed. (PQ022/1)

Code

Definition

0

Computed pay/adjustment

1

Pay and update YTD

2

Pay and update YTD (update pay period number)

3

Update YTD

4

Update YTD (update pay period number)

5

No update

6

Update pay period number only

Administrative-Lv-Use-PP. Number of hours of administrative leave used during the pay period as shown under TC 66 on the T&A. (PQ024)

Adv-Deduct-Amt 1. Actual amount of money deducted for the outstanding travel advance. (PQ047)

Adv-Deduct-Amt 2. See Adv-Deduct-Amt 1. (PQ047)

Advance. See Adv-Deduct-Amt. (PQ032)

Advance-Leave-Auth-Code. Code entered when leave is advanced and continues to be entered for as long as there is a credit balance in the leave column. (PQ023/1)

Code

Definition

0

No advance leave

1

Advanced annual leave

2

Advanced sick leave

3

Advanced annual and sick leave

Agcy. Code assigned to identify Agencies within the USDA system. (PQ034/2)

Agency. See Agcy. (PQ027, PQ032)

Allowance-COLA-Code Code that indicates whether the employee is to be paid a cost-of-living allowance (COLA) and/or a non-foreign post differential. TC 45 on the T&A generates Y if COLA post differential is compatible. For employees who are not eligible for COLA, data is entered through either EPIC Web, FESI, or EmpowHR. (PQ022/4)

Code

Definition

Y

Yes

N

No

Allowance-Qtrs-Rate. Code that indicates the basis of the quarters allowance amount. (PQ022/1)

Code

Definition

1

Per day deduction tax exempt

2

Per day deduction not tax exempt

3

Per pay period deduction tax exempt

4

Per pay period deduction not tax exempt

Alternate-GEO-Pct. Field used to store the standard Office of Personnel Management (OPM) locality percent for employees with special locality rates. (PQ022/2)

Alternate-Work-Schd. Code that indicates if an employee is on an alternate work schedule. An alternate work schedule is one where the daily scheduled tour of duty generally is more than 8 hours per day, thereby providing for more time away from the employee’s official duty station (i.e., 4 - 10 hour days per week). (PQ022/1)

Code

Definition

0

Not under an alternate work schedule

3

4-10 hour days per week

5

9 workdays per pay period (5/4/9)

7

Variable workday (e.g., flexi-tour, gliding work schedule, variable day)

8

Maxiflex, variable week

9

Reset-returned to regular work schedule

Alternate-Work-Schedule. See Alternate-Work-Schd. (PQ023)

Ann-Share-Pro. Extension prorated amount of annuitant share of salary. (PQ046)

Annual-Leave-45-Day-Code. Code that identifies eligibility for certain overseas employees to carry forward from one leave year to another, a maximum annual leave accumulation of 45 days. (PQ049)

Code

Definition

N

Ineligible

Y

Eligible

Annual-Leave-Accrual-TA. Number of hours earned in a pay period (determined by the leave category). (PQ023, PQ049)

Annual-Leave-Accruals-YTD. Employee’s annual leave accruals through the current pay period. (PQ049)

Annual-Leave-Category. Annual leave earning status. If the employee is eligible to earn annual leave, the code represents the appropriate earning category. (PQ049)

Code

Definition

0

Ineligible to earn annual leave

4

Earning 4 hours of annual leave per pay period

6

Earning 6 hours of annual leave per pay period

8

Earning 8 hours of annual leave per pay period

Annual-Leave-Current-Bal. Hours of annual leave to the credit of the employee as of the current pay period of the current leave year. The current balance will be adjusted as of the beginning of the first pay period of the leave year if the balance is in excess of the number of hours to which the employee is entitled to carryover from one leave year to the next. (PQ049)

Annual-Leave-Error-Code. Code that indicates an error exists between the database and the T&A. Each pay period the annual leave balance is verified with the balance on the T&A Report. As differences occur, the employee’s record is annotated to indicate an error exists. When the difference first occurs, a message is printed indicating a new error. Once the difference exists for two or more pay periods, subsequent messages indicate that it is now a prior pay period error. (PQ049)

Code

Definition

0

No error

1

Balance error

Annual-Leave-Used-TA. Number of annual leave hours used in a pay period. (PQ023)

Annual-Leave-Used-YTD. Summary of hours of annual leave used during the current leave year. Each pay period the usage is updated by the number of hours of annual leave recorded on the Time and Attendance Report (Transaction Code 61). Reset to zero at the beginning of the first pay period of the leave year. (PQ049)

Annual-Lv-45-Day-Carryover. Annual leave hours accumulated by an employee who is being transferred back to the United States from a foreign post when the number of hours exceed the prior year carryover. The hours should not exceed 360 hours unless the annual leave in prior year carryover exceeds 360 hours. When the balance exists, it is used in Pay Period 01 to determine the employee leave ceiling and is then zeroed out. (PQ049)

Annual-Lv-Accrual-Reductn. Summary of hours of annual leave accruals that have been reduced from the employee’s annual leave balance as a result of absence without pay. When the number of hours of nonpay status during the leave year equals the number of base pay hours in a pay period, the annual leave accruals are reduced by the employee’s leave category. For leave category 6 employees, the deduction, if it occurs in the last full pay period of the calendar year, is 6 hours instead of 10. However, an employee does not earn leave if in nonpay status and the nonpay status reaches 80 hours or an increment of 80 hours during the last full pay period of the calendar year. Reset to zero at the beginning of the first pay period of the leave year. (PQ049)

Annual-Lv-Accrued-SES. Number of annual leave hours earned YTD for a senior executive employee (SES). (PQ049)

Annual-Lv-Carryover Bal. Hours of annual leave carried forward from one leave year to the next. This balance is also the leave ceiling for those employees who are entitled to carry forward more than the current limitation of 240 hours. The balance is changed only once, that is at the beginning of the first pay period of the leave year and is dependent on the employee’s leave ceiling and annual leave balance as of the last pay period in the preceding leave year. (PQ049)

Annual-Lv-Cur-Bal-Start-PP. Current annual leave balance at the beginning of the pay period. (PQ049)

Annual-Lv-PT-Carryover-Hrs. Part-time employees with a regularly assigned tour of duty accrue annual leave on the basis of the number of base hours in a pay status. Those hours of service in a pay status which do not equal the number necessary to credit 1 hour of annual leave are carried forward from one pay period to the next. (PQ023, PQ049)

Annuitant Shr. Amount of a reemployed annuitant’s salary paid as an annuity by the Civil Service Retirement System. (PQ022/1)

Appnt-Limit-Days-Balance. Number of days an employee has at the end of each pay period to work under the appointment. This field is updated at the end of each pay period as the T&A applies. (PQ048)

Appnt-Limit-Days-Total. Day limitation balance for the appointment. (PQ048)

Appnt-Limit-Dolr-Balance. Monetary amount an employee has at the end of each pay period to work under the appointment. This field is updated at the end of each pay period as the T&A applies. (PQ048)

Appnt-Limit-Dolr-Total. Monetary limitation starting balance for the appointment. (PQ048)

Appnt-Limit-Excess-Earned. Amount earned that exceeds the monetary limitation balance. (PQ048)

Appnt-Limit-Hours-Balance. Number of hours an employee has at the end of each pay period to work under the appointment. This field is updated at the end of each pay period as the T&A applies. (PQ048)

Appnt-Limit-Hours-Total. Hour limitation starting balance for the appointment. (PQ048)

Appointment-Limit-Code. Code that identifies whether or not the employee’s appointment is subject to limitations of one kind or another. This code is utilized by the computer in its routine which audits the completeness and accuracy of data with respect to those appointments with limitations. This code is one of the controlling factors for reporting employees on the notification of expiration of appointment limitations. (PQ048)

Code

Definition

0

No service year or appointment not-to-exceed (NTE) date limitation

2

Service year limitation with or without an appointment NTE date limitation

AUO-Change-Code. Code that identifies a Standby administratively uncontrollable overtime (AUO) change. (PQ048)

Code

Definition

0

Not applicable

1

Covered

2

Change

3

Out

AWOL-Used-TA. Number of hours unapproved absence this pay period. (PQ024)

AWOP-Toward-Lv-Credits. Summary of hours of absence without pay (AWOP) which includes leave without pay (LWOP), absence without leave (AWOL), and suspension that occur during the leave year. Whenever the absence equals the number of base hours in a pay period (80), the employee’s accruals for annual and sick leave are reduced and this counter is reduced by the number of base hours. Any hours remaining at the end of the leave year that are less than the number of base hours are dropped. (PQ024)

Bal-Rel-Obser-Start-PP. Employee’s religious observance balance at the start of a pay period process. (PQ049)

Bargaining-Unit-St. Code that indicates whether an employee is eligible for coverage by a bargaining unit, and if covered, the specific bargaining unit. The last four digits of the Office of Labor Management Relations (OLMR) number indicates representation by a bargaining unit. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

7777

Eligible but not in a bargaining unit

8888

Ineligible for inclusion in a bargaining unit

Base-Cont-Sal. Amount of an employee’s salary stated as an annual, monthly, daily, or hourly amount as indicated by the salary rate code. (PQ022/1)

Base-Pay-YTD. Amount of base pay accumulated for the calendar year. (PQ022/1)

Base Sal. See Base-Cont-Sal. (PQ032)

Batch-No-TA. Number assigned to the last T&A. (PQ022/2)

Bill-Number. Unique identifier of a receivable. (PQ051)

Block/Batch. Block number assigned to a T&A document. (PQ032)

Block/Batch-No-TA. See Block/Batch. (PQ023)

Block-No-TA. See Block/Batch. (PQ022/2)

Bond. Bonds are no longer issued through the payroll process; therefore, this data element will not display data. (PQ032)

Bond-Authorization-Number. Bonds are no longer issued through the payroll process; therefore, this data element will not display data. (PQ050)

Bond-Carryover-Amount. Bonds are no longer issued through the payroll process; therefore, this data element will not display data. (PQ050)

Bond-Cary-Refund. Bonds are no longer issued through the payroll process; therefore, this data element will not display data. (PQ022/1)

Bond-Change-Indicator. Bonds are no longer issued through the payroll process; therefore, this data element will not display data. (PQ050)

Bond-Deduction-Amount. Bonds are no longer issued through the payroll process; therefore, this data element will not display data. (PQ050)

Bond-Denomination. Bonds are no longer issued through the payroll process; therefore, this data element will not display data. (PQ050)

Bond-No-Issued-This-PP. Bonds are no longer issued through the payroll process; therefore, this data element will not display data. (PQ050)

Bond-Purchase-Price. Bonds are no longer issued through the payroll process; therefore, this data element will not display data. (PQ050)

Bond-Previous-Carryover-Amt. Bonds are no longer issued through the payroll process; therefore, this data element will not display data. (PQ050)

Bond-Tot-Ded. Bonds are no longer issued through the payroll process; therefore, this data element will not display data. (PQ022/1)

Bus-Event-Type-Code. Business Event Type Code (BETC). (PQ046)

Cash-Award-Acc-Sta-Ch. Accounting station charged for the cash award. (PQ022/2)

Cash-Award-Ag-Charged. Agency charged for the cash award. (PQ022/2)

Cash-Award-Code. Code that defines the award. This code is followed by a three-digit authorization number. (PQ022/4)

Code

Definition

H

Honorary

C

Cash

B

Both

Char-Camp-Area-Amt-PP 1 or 2. Amount of money deducted from the employee’s salary for charitable contribution. (PQ047)

Char-Camp-Area-City-Cd 1 or 2. U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) city code for the city in which the charitable contribution campaign area is located. (PQ047)

Char-Camp-Area-State-Cd 1 or 2. GSA State code for the State in which the charitable contribution campaign area is located. (PQ047)

Char-Camp-Area-Type-Code 1 or 2. Code that indicates the type of action to be taken with regard to the charitable contributions for the campaign area designated by the employee. (PQ047)

Code

Definition

81

Revocation of charitable contributions

82

Data change or correction to charitable contributions authorization

83

Charitable contributions authorization

84

Transfer out

85

Transfer in

87

Allotment revocation

Char-Cont. See Char-Camp-Area-Amt-PP. (PQ032)

Check-Mail-Design-Agnt. Employee check-mailing-address designated agent code designating the person in the employee's Agency to whom the employee's check is mailed. (PQ022/1)

Check-Type. Code to indicate the type of payment for which the check is issued. (PQ022/4)

Code

Definition

0

Salary to employee

1

Cash award to designated agent

2

Voluntary allotment

3

Designated agent

4

Check to bank (individual check)

5

Check to bank (composite check)

6

Alimony or child support

Child/Sup & Alim. Amount of money deducted each pay period from the employee’s salary for child support and alimony. (PQ032)

Circle-TA-End. Ending date of the period covered by the T&A. (PQ023)

Circle-TA-Start. Starting date of the period covered by the T&A. (PQ023)

Citizenship-Code. Code that identifies the citizenship status of the employee. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

1

U.S. Citizen

8

Other

City Cd/Tx. Geographical location city code and the amount of city income tax withheld. (PQ032)

Ck-Mail-Design-Agnt. Code that designates the person in the employee’s Agency to whom the employee’s check is mailed. (PQ022/1)

Ck-Mail-Dist-Code. Code that indicates how the check is to be delivered to the employee. (PQ022/1)

Code

Definition

0

Not applicable

1

Mail

2

Designated agent

3

Financial organization

Check-Mail-Do-Code. See Ck-Mail-Dist-Code. (PQ022)

COLA-Percent. Percentage figure used to determine the amount of money to be paid as a cost-of-living allowance (COLA). (PQ022/4)

COLA-Post-Diff-Code. Code that indicates the employee’s entitlement to a COLA or post differential. (PQ022/4)

Code

Definition

0

None

1

Temporary duty (TDY) post differential

2

Non-foreign post differential

3

Non-foreign COLA and post differential

4

Foreign post differential

5

COLA-local retail/private housing

6

COLA-local retail/Federal housing

7

COLA-commissary/PX/private housing

8

COLA-commissary/PX/Federal housing

9

COLA-commissary/PX/military housing

Comm-Use-Govt-Auto. Computed amount charged for use of a Government-owned vehicle. (PQ022/2)

Commissary. Amount withheld for commissary deductions. (PQ032)

Comp-Leave-Error-Code. Code that indicates there is a compensatory leave error. Each pay period the total compensatory leave balance is verified with the balance on the T&A Report. As differences occur, the employee’s record is annotated to indicate an error exists. When the difference first occurs, a message is printed indicating a new error. Once the difference exists for two or more pay periods, subsequent messages indicate that it is now a prior pay period error. (PQ049)

Code

Definition

0

No error

1

Balance error

Comp-Lv-Bal-Rel-Obser. Employee’s compensatory leave balance for religious observance. (PQ049)

Comp-Lv-Cur-Bal-Start-PP. Current compensatory leave balance at the beginning of the pay period. (PQ049)

Comp-Lv-Earned-Hours. Hours of compensatory leave remaining to the credit of the employee that correspond to a specific rate of pay in effect at the time the leave is earned. (PQ024)

Comp-Lv-Earned-YTD. Hours of compensatory leave earned through the current pay period. (PQ049)

Comp-Lv-Prior-Yr-Bal. Number of compensatory leave hours which were carried over from the prior year. Used to pay prior year’s compensatory leave. (PQ049)

Comp-Lv-Total-Current-Bal. Hours of compensatory leave to the credit of the employee as of the current pay period of the current leave year. (PQ049)

Comp-Lv-Used-PP. Number of hours of compensatory leave used during the pay period. (PQ024)

Comp-Lv-Used-YTD. Hours of compensatory leave used through the current pay period. (PQ049)

Comp Travel Balance. Number of hours of travel compensatory leave that the employee currently has available. (PQ049)

Compress Wk. See Alternate-Work-Schd. (PQ032)

Coop-Emp-Hol-Rate-Furn. Hourly holiday rate for a cooperative employee if different from the rate computed from base salary. (PQ022/4)

Coop-Emp-OT-Rate-Furn. Hourly overtime rate for a cooperative employee if different from the rate computed from base salary. (PQ022/4)

Coop-Share-Amt. Portion of a cooperative-type employee’s salary which is being paid by the cooperator. (PQ022/1)

COPR-Comm-Hrs-FY. Displays the number of hours of commute overtime worked by the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Customs Officers (Customs inspectors and canine enforcement officers) during the last fiscal year. (PQ022/3)

COPR-OT-Amt. Displays the number of hours of overtime worked by CBPO Customs Officers. (PQ022/3)

COPR-OT-Hrs-FY. Displays the amount of overtime paid to CBPO Customs Officers for the current fiscal year. (PQ022/3)

COPR-Status. Displays the CBP Customs Officer-Customs Inspector (Series 1890) or canine enforcement officer pay reform act (COPR) status. (P022/3)

Code

Definition

Y

Yes covered (entitled)

Blank

Not covered (not entitled)

Correction-Code-TA. Code indicates correction or supplement to T&A submitted for prior or current pay period. (PQ023/1)

Code

Definition

0

None

1

Correction

2

Supplement

3

Personnel action adjustment

Covered-By-TA PP Yr. Pay period number and year of the history being queried. (PQ022/1, PQ023, PQ024, PQ025, PQ043, PQ045, PQ046, PQ047, PQ048, PQ049, PQ050, PQ051, PQ052, PQ053, PQ054, PQ055, PQ056, PQ061, PQ062, PQ064, PQ071, PQ075, PQ080, PQ082)

Credit-Lv-Cur-Bal-Start-PP. Credit leave pay period beginning balance. (PQ049)

CSA-Arrears-Deduct-Amt-PP. Amount of arrears deduction to be made each pay period for child support and alimony. (PQ052)

CSA-Arrears-Deduct-Ind. Code that indicates if the child support arrears deduction is to be a dollar or percentage deduction. (PQ052)

Code

Definition

0

Bypass this deduction

1

Recurring arrears dollar deduction

2

Recurring arrears percentage deduction

CSA-Arrears-Deduct-NTE-PP. Limit on the amount that may be deducted per pay period for child support/alimony arrears. (PQ052)

CSA-Arrears-Deduct-Pct-PP. Percent of arrears deduction to be made each pay period for child support and alimony. (PQ052)

CSA-Court-Cost-Amt-PP. Amount to be deducted each pay period for court costs relating to child support and alimony. (PQ052)

CSA-Deduct-Amt-PP. See Child/Sup-&-Alim. (PQ052)

CSA-Deduct-NTE-Amt-PP. Limit on the amount to be deducted each pay period for child support and alimony. This limit applies when a percentage is used for deduction of child support and alimony. (PQ052)

CSA-Deduct-Percent-PP. Percentage of the employee’s salary that is to be deducted each pay period for child support and alimony. (PQ052)

CSA-Deduct-Type-Indicator. Code that indicates if the child support arrears deduction is to be a dollar or percentage deduction. (PQ052)

Code

Definition

0

Bypass this deduction

1

Recurring arrears dollar deduction

2

Recurring arrears percentage deduction

CSA-Maximum-Percent. Used to calculate the maximum amount of deduction for child support and alimony per pay period. (PQ052)

Cty Cd/Tax. Geographical location county code and the amount of county income tax withheld. (PQ032)

Cur Bond Refund. Bonds are no longer issued through the payroll process; therefore, this data element will not display data. (PQ032)

Curr-Base-Pay. Current base hours times the current hourly rate. (PQ022/1)

Curr-Employ-Status. Current employment status of the employee. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

0

Active

1

Military furlough

2

LWOP (excess 30 days)

3

Reduction in Force (RIF)

4

Furlough (seasonal)

5

Suspension

6

Furlough (Intergovernmental Personnel Act)

7

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-LWOP

8

LWOP pending approval of disability retirement application

Curr-Gross-Pay. Total gross pay that is computed from the hours recorded on the T&A for all hours worked. This amount is the total money earned in a pay period. (PQ022/1)

Curr-Net-Pay. Total net pay computed in the system from the hours reflected on the T&A. This is for base pay and all premium pay and is what the employee will receive. (PQ022/1)

Current-Bond-Carry-Refund. Bonds are no longer issued through the payroll process; therefore, this data element will not display data. (PQ050)

Date-Agency-EOD. Date entered on duty in the Bureau/Agency where the employee is currently employed. (PQ022/4)

Date-Appointment-NTE. Date the employee’s appointment will expire. (PQ048)

Date-Bond-Issue-Mo. Bonds are no longer issued through the payroll process; therefore, this data element will not display data. (PQ050)

Date-Bond-Issue-Yr. Bonds are no longer issued through the payroll process; therefore, this data element will not display data. (PQ050)

Date-Document-Eff. Date document is effective. (PQ022/4)

Date-Lump-Sum-Carries. Date through which the lump sum payment is computed. (PQ048)

Date-Of-Birth. Date the employee was born. (PQ022/2)

Date-Of-Separation. Date the employee separated from the rolls. (PQ048)

Date-SCD-WGI. Commencing date of service for completion of the within-grade increase period. (PQ022/2)

Date-Service-Year-Start. Commencing date of the service year. (PQ048)

Date-TA-Received. Date the T&A was received. (PQ023)

DD/EFT. Direct deposit/electronic funds transfer. (PQ032)

Ded-OASDI-YTD. Cumulative amount of Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) taxes deducted from the employee’s pay. (PQ022/1)

Deduction-Refund. Deductions other than the standard deduction to reduce withholdings. (PQ022/3)

Ded-Tax-Fed. Amount of Federal income taxes deducted from the employee’s pay during the period covered. (PQ022/1)

Ded-Tax-OASDI. Amount of FICA taxes deducted from the employee’s pay during the period. (PQ022/1)

Deducts-Other. Amount of money deducted from the employee’s pay for other deductions during the period. (PQ051, PQ052)

Deducts-Tax-State. Amount of State or country taxes deducted from the employee’s pay during the period. (PQ064)

Deducts-Union. Amount deducted for union dues. This amount may be for one pay period or more than one (adjustments). (PQ071)

Department-Code. Code that identifies the Department of Government. (PQ022/1, PQ027)

Desg-Agent. Code that designates the person in the employee’s Agency to whom the employee’s check is mailed. (PQ032)

Diff-Sub-Object-Class. Classification code used to record financial transactions. (PQ046)

Diff-Tran-Amt-Wk1. Differential pay for the first week of the pay period. (PQ046)

Diff-Tran-Amt-Wk2. Differential pay for the second week of the pay period. (PQ046)

Diff-Tran-Code. Code that identifies the work item for differential pay. (PQ046)

Diff-Tran-Rate. Rate for differential pay. (PQ046)

Differential-Rate. Differential pay rate. (PQ022/4)

Dr-Cr-Code. Code that indicates if the transaction is a debit or credit. (PQ022/1)

Code

Definition

1

Credit

2

Debit

3

Both a debit and credit

Dt-Circle-TA-End. Ending day of the period covered by the T&A. (PQ022/2)

Dt-Circle-TA-Start. Starting day of the period covered by the T&A. (PQ022/2)

Duty-Station. City code of the employee’s permanent duty station. In the event the duty station is located outside one of the 50 States, the continent code is alphabetic. (PQ022/1)

Earn-Income-Cre. Payments made biweekly to eligible employees who have income under the designated amount and have children living with them. Eligibility is determined by answering questions on Form W-5, Earned Income Credit Advance Payment Certificate. (PQ022/1)

Earn-Limit-Amt-Capped-Ytd. Amount of the employee’s earnings that have been capped YTD. (PQ045)

Earn-Limit-Amt-Cap-Ytd-PR. Amount of the employee’s earnings projected to be capped in the calendar year. (PQ045)

Earn-Limit-Earnings-Ytd. Amount that employee has earned YTD. (PQ045)

Earn-Limit-Earnings-Ytd-PR. Amount that employee is projected to earn in the calendar year. (PQ045)

Earn-Limit-Type-Code. Codes that indicates whether the amount is subject to the Aggregate Cap (Code AG) or the Annual Cap (Code AP). (PQ045)

Earn-Limit-Use. Reserved for future use. (PQ045)

Earning-Limitation-Cd. Code that indicates whether the employee is subject to the earnings limitation based on the maximum rate for grade General Schedule (GS)-15. (PQ022/1)

Code

Definition

Y

Yes, the employee is subject to the earnings limitation

N

No, the employee is not subject to the earnings limitation

Employee Name First. Employee’s first name. (PQ034/1)

Employee Name Last. Employee’s last name. (PQ034/1)

Employee Name Middle. Employee’s middle name or initial. (PQ034/1)

Employee-Ceiling-Ind. Code that indicates employment under a special program which does not count against the Agency ceiling. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

1

Stay in school (Sch A213.3102W)

2

Summer aid (Sch A 213.3102V)

3

Worker trainee (CS Register - WT)

4

Junior Federal fellowship (Sch A213.3102Q-JFF)

Employee-Transfer-Ind. Code that indicates that an employee is transferring to another Department/Agency. (PQ022/2)

Emply-Type. Indicates which object class is charged for Government Accountability Office (GAO) employee salary expenditures. (PQ022/2)

Environ-Diff-Rate. Hourly rate of Wage Grade (WG)-10 step 2 in the coordinated Federal wage system’s area in which the employee works. Used only for Wage Board employees in computing environmental differential reported on the T&A. (PQ022/2)

Extra Fed. Additional amount of money withheld for Federal taxes at the request of the employee. (PQ032)

Extra State1. Additional amount of money withheld for State taxes at the request of the employee. (PQ032)

Extra State2. See Extra-State 1. (PQ032)

Fed Tax. Number of exemptions claimed by the employee for Federal tax purposes. (PQ032)

Code

Definition

XT

Employee is exempt from Federal taxes

Fed-Tax-Ex-Beg PP Yr. Pay period and year in which the extra exemptions for Federal tax take effect. (PQ022/1)

Fed-Tax-Ex-Ded. See Extra Fed. (PQ022/1)

Fed-Tax-Deducts-YTD. Amount of Federal taxes deducted YTD. (PQ022/4)

Fed-Tax-Lump-Sum-PA. Code that indicates if Federal tax is to be deducted from the lump sum payment at a 25-percent rate. (PQ048)

Code

Definition

0

Not applicable

1

Deduct at 25 percent

Fed-Tax-No-Exemp. See Fed-Tax. (PQ022/1)

Fed-Taxable-Wages. Amount of Federal taxable wages. (PQ022/4)

Fed-Taxable-Wages YTD. Amount of Federal taxable wages YTD. (PQ022/4)

Feeder-System-ID. PACS which produces the feeder record. (PQ051)

FEGLI Code. Code that indicates eligibility for participation in the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) program. If eligible, the code further indicates whether the employee waived coverage, is participating in the regular coverage plan only, or has elected to be covered under the optional insurance plans as well as the regular plan. (PQ032)

Code

Definition

A

Ineligible

B

Waived all life insurance

C

Basic life only

D

Basic life plus standard option

E

Basic life plus family option

F

Basic life plus standard option and family option

G

Basic life plus additional option with one times pay

H

Basic life plus additional option with one times pay and standard option

I

Basic life plus additional option with one times pay and family option

J

Basic life plus additional option with one times pay and standard and family options

K

Basic life plus additional option with two times pay

L

Basic life plus additional option with two times pay and standard option

M

Basic life plus additional option with two times pay and family option

N

Basic life plus additional option with two times pay and standard and family options

O

Basic life plus additional option with three times pay

P

Basic life plus additional option with three times pay and standard option

Q

Basic life plus additional option with three times pay and family option

R

Basic life plus additional option with three times pay and standard and family options

S

Basic life plus additional option with four times pay

T

Basic life plus additional option with four times pay and standard option

U

Basic life plus additional option with four times pay and family option

V

Basic life plus additional option with four times pay and standard and family options

W

Basic life plus additional option with five times pay

X

Basic life plus additional option with five times pay and standard option

Y

Basic life plus additional option with five times pay and family option

Z

Basic life plus additional option with five times pay and standard and family options

FEGLI-Cont-Pro. Agency FEGLI contribution (prorated). (PQ046)

FEGLI-Coverage-Code. See FEGLI-Code. (PQ022/2)

FEHB-Coverage-Code. Code that indicates eligibility for participation in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program and, if eligible, whether or not the employee is participating. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

1

Enrolled

2

Ineligible

3

Waived

4

Eligible-pending

5

Canceled

FEHB-Cont-Pro. Agency FEHB contribution (prorated). (PQ046)

Fin Org. Amount deducted each pay period for a financial allotment(s). (PQ032)

Fin-Org-Allot-Acct-EFT. Account number of the financial allotment being credited. Used for EFT. (PQ083)

Fin-Org-Allot-Amt. Amount to be deducted each pay period for financial organization allotment. (PQ083)

Fin-Org-Allot-DO. Code for the disbursing office that issues the allotment check. The code is computer generated by matching on the State name and the ZIP Code table which contains the disbursing office code. (PQ083)

Code

Definition

0

Not applicable

1

Birmingham

2

Chicago

3

Kansas City

4

Washington

5

San Francisco

6

Denver

Fin-Org-Allot-Rte-No. Routing number used by the Federal Reserve Bank to identify financial institutions used for EFT. (PQ083)

Fin-Org-Allot-T-C. Code that indicates the type of allotment action requested. (PQ083)

Code

Definition

01

Cancel allotment

02

Change allotment

11

New allotment

12

Regular deduction

13

Non-pay

14

Insufficient pay

21

Net pay (1189)

30

Net pay EFT

40

Federal TSP loan

50

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) TSP loan

Fin-Org-Allot-Type-Acct. Code that indicates whether the account is a checking or savings account. (PQ083)

Code

Definition

C

Checking

S

Savings

Final-TA-Code. Code that identifies the final T&A for all employees being removed from the USDA payroll. (PQ023)

Code

Definition

0

Not final

1

Final

Flexfactor-Particip-Code. Code that represents the employee’s participation in the Flexfactor program. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

Y

Participates in the Flexfactor program

N

Does not participate in the Flexfactor program

C

Canceled participation in the Flexfactor program

Flexfund. Amount deducted for the Flexfund flexible spending account. (PQ032)

FLSA. Code that indicates whether the employee is covered by the minimum pay and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. (PQ032)

FLSA-Code. Code that indicates entitlement to be paid under the provisions of FLSA. Indicates if the employee is exempt or nonexempt from the FLSA. (PQ022/1)

Code

Definition

E

Exempt

N

Nonexempt

FLSA-Code Wk1. Code that indicates entitlement to be paid in the first week under the provision of the FLSA. (PQ022/1)

FLSA-Code Wk2. Code that indicates entitlement to be paid in the second week under the provision of the FLSA. (PQ022/1)

Foreign-Diff-Pct. Percentage figure used to determine the amount of money to be paid as foreign difference. (PQ022/4)

Foreign-Post-Diff-Pct. Percentage figure used to determine the amount of money to be paid as foreign post difference. (PQ022/4)

Foreign-Post-Pay-Diff-Cd. Code that indicates whether an employee is to be paid a post differential. Payment is started and stopped by use of a TC on the T&A. Initial recording of the appropriate TC generates Y (Yes). (PQ022/4)

Frequency-Paid-Code. Code that indicates the frequency an employee is paid for payroll deduction computation purposes. (PQ022/1)

FS-Alternator-Change-Code. Code that identifies those employees (1) who are assigned tours of duty which vary between full-time, part-time, and/or intermittent, and (2) whose conditions of employment permit making these changes from codes in the Alternator Change block of the T&A without processing a personnel action. These employees are designated as alternators because their tours of duty alternate during the year. (PQ024)

Code

Definition

N

No

Y

Yes (Code Y is generated if the special employee code is 09, Forest Service WAE-regular; 10, Forest Service WAE with differential; 25, Forest Service Job Corps WAE; 26, Forest Service Job Corps WAE with differential)

1

Full-time weekly tour

2

Part-time weekly tour

3

Intermittent-no established tour of duty

FS-Alternator-Change-Hours. Number of hours worked during this pay period by Forest Service alternator employee. (PQ024)

FWS-FEGLI-Shift. Federal Wage System employees, the code that indicates at which shift rate the system computes life insurance. (PQ023)

Code

Definition

Blank

Compute the annual FEGLI coverage amount based on the first shift rate

2

Compute the annual FEGLI coverage amount based on the second shift rate

3

Compute the annual FEGLI coverage amount based on the third shift rate

4

Compute the annual FEGLI coverage amount based on the varied shift rate.

4

GS employees, employee exceeds the earnings limitation for the pay period

Geo-Adj-Percent. Percent used to compute an employee’s pay adjustment due to specific geographic location. (PQ022/2)

Geo-Adj-Rate. Dollar amount for geographic adjustment. (PQ022/2)

Grade/Step. Employee’s grade as provided under the pay plan and step for within-grade increases for the position. (PQ032)

Gross Pay. Amount of pay before deductions. (PQ032)

Gross-Pay-YTD. Amount of gross pay accumulated for the calendar year. (PQ022/1)

HB-Action-Code. Health benefit code that defines the type of change being accomplished during the current pay period. Most codes for FEHB would apply to other plans. (PQ053)

HB-Action-Source. Health benefit code that indicates the source document which established the action code. (PQ053)

Code

Definition

0

Not applicable

1

Health benefit document

2

Personnel action

HB-Adjust-Flag. Health benefit code to determine if retroactive collection should be computed on new enrollments. (PQ053)

Code

Definition

Y

Yes

N

No

HB-Begin-Date. Date that the health benefits began. (PQ053)

HB-Benefit-Type. Health benefit code that differentiates between governmentwide and non-governmentwide plans. (PQ053)

Code

Definition

1

Governmentwide

2

Non-governmentwide

3

OPM Dental and Vision Plans

HB-Change-Code. Health benefit code that indicates if a change occurred for the pay period being processed. The code is reset to No after reporting requirements have been met. (PQ053)

Code

Definition

N

No change

Y

Change occurred, reported unpaid

HB-Cont-NF-Pro. Extension non-Federal health benefit contribution amount prorated to base pay. (PQ046)

HB-Contrib-Health-Ben. Amount of health benefit paid by Agency contribution. (PQ022/3, PQ053)

HB-Control-Number. Health benefits number assigned by the carrier for identification. Spaces if SSN is used. (PQ053)

HB-Coverage-Date. The day of the beginning date of coverage for the FEHB plan. (PQ053)

HB-Coverage-Code. Code that records the employee’s eligibility for participation, and if eligible, whether or not participating. (PQ053)

HB-Date-Effective. Date health benefits coverage became effective. (PQ053)

HB-Deduction-Indicator. Code that indicates if a deduction was made for the current pay period. (PQ053)

Code

Definition

Y

Yes

N

No

HB-Deducts-Health-Ben. Amount deducted for health benefits. (PQ022/3, PQ053)

HB-Deducts-YTD-Def. Employee’s YTD health deductions that are tax deferred. (PQ053)

HB-Deducts-YTD-Non-Def. Employee’s YTD health deductions that are taxable. (PQ053)

HB-End-Date. Date the health benefits ended. (PQ053)

HB-Enrollment-Future-Use. Reserved for future use. (PQ053)

HB-Merger-Indicator. Set by BEAR to indicate an FEHB plan is being merged. (PQ053)

Code

Definition

Y

Yes

N

No

HB-Option-Code. Code that indicates a plan-specific option such as self only or family. (PQ053)

HB-Plan-Code. Code that identifies the carrier of the applicable benefit. The code will be assigned by NFC as new plans are implemented. (PQ053)

HB-Proration-Indicator. Indicates health benefits deductions and contributions that will need to be prorated between two FEHB plans in the pay period which contains January 1. (PQ053)

Code

Definition

Y

Yes

N

No

HB-Tax-Deferred-Code. Code that identifies if health deductions are tax deferred. (PQ053)

Code

Definition

Y

Deferred

N

Not deferred

HB-Termination-Indicator. Set by PAYE to indicate an employee's FEHB plan should be terminated. (PQ053)

Code

Definition

Y

Yes

N

No

HB Code. HB-Plan-Code plus the HB-Option-Code identifies the Health Benefit Code. (PQ032)

HB-Use. Reserved for future use. (PQ053)

Health Ins. Amount withheld for health insurance premiums. (PQ032)

Hit-Cont-Pro. Agency hospital insurance tax contributed (prorated). (PQ046)

Hits Tax. Amount deducted for hospital insurance tax. (PQ032)

Hits-Ded-YTD. YTD amount of money deducted for hospital insurance tax. (PQ022/1)

Hits-Deduct. Amount of money deducted for hospital insurance tax during the pay period. (PQ022/1)

Hits-Wages. Wages subject to the hospital insurance tax. (PQ022/1)

Hits-Wages-YTD. YTD wages subject to the hospital insurance tax. (PQ022/1)

Home-Lv-Cur-Bal-Start-PP. Home leave pay period beginning balance. (PQ049)

Hourly Rate. Hourly salary the employee is receiving for the position held and which is fixed by law, regulation, or administrative action. (PQ032)

Impres Fund. Amount deducted as a result of payment made from an imprest fund. (PQ032)

Inter-Days-Wkd-PP. Number of days worked during the pay period by intermittent employees and employees limited to a specified number of days in a service year. This field may be blank or values 01-14. (PQ022/4)

Inter-Days-Wkd-Pay-Period. See Inter-Days-Wkd-PP. (PQ024)

Interest-Amount. Interest due an employee for late personnel actions causing an increase in pay. (PQ022/2)

IP/MR-No. Agency-assigned number for the employee’s position. (PQ022/2)

Job-Ident-TA. Identifies a processing job. (PQ023)

Leave-Error-Code. Code that indicates the type of leave error on the T&A. (PQ023)

Code

Definition

0

No error

1

Annual leave

2

Sick leave

3

Sick and annual leave

4

Compensatory leave

5

Annual and compensatory leave

6

Sick and compensatory leave

7

Annual, sick, and compensatory leave

LEO-Ind. Code that indicates the employee is a law enforcement officer (LEO) entitled to special pay. (PQ022/1)

Code

Definition

A

Position is classified as an LEO under FLSA 7(a)

Y

Position is classified as an LEO under FLSA 7(K)

N or Blank

Position is not classified as an LEO position

LI-Action-Code. Code that indicates the action being taken. (PQ054)

Code

Definition

0

No action

1

No deduction

2

One-half deduction

3

Full deduction

4

New enrollment

5

Waived-regular or option

6

Waived-option only

7

Ineligible

8

Change in coverage

LI-Adjust-Flag. Life insurance code to determine if retroactive collection should be computed on new enrollments. (PQ054)

Code

Definition

Y

Yes

N

No

LI-Age-Bracket-Cd. Age bracket for an employee. It is regenerated as of the first pay period which begins on or after January 1 each year. (PQ054)

LI-Basic-Cost-Alter. Code that indicates whether or not an employee’s basic life insurance cost is based on an alternate basic cost. (PQ054)

Code

Definition

N

No alternative basic cost or the employee is not required to pay for the insurance or is responsible for the first alternate cost

Y

Alternative basic cost and the employee is responsible for paying the second alternate cost

LI-Basic-RT-Determinant. Code that determines if the basic rate depends on age or coverage code. (PQ054)

Code

Definition

0

Not applicable

1

Age bracket

2

Coverage code

3

Age bracket and coverage code

LI-Benefit-Type. Code that differentiates between governmentwide and non-governmentwide benefit plans. (PQ054)

Code

Definition

1

Governmentwide

2

Non-governmentwide

LI-Cont-NF-Pro. Extension non-Federal life insurance contribution amount prorated to base pay. (PQ046)

LI-Contrib-LI-Ins. Amount the Agency contributes for life insurance. (PQ054)

LI-Cov-Amt-Furnish. Coverage amount of life insurance furnished by the Agency. (PQ054)

LI-Coverage-Amt. Amount of insurance coverage for those employees enrolled in a life insurance program. (PQ054)

LI-Coverage-Code. Depicts the employee’s coverage including any combination of options available. (PQ054)

LI-Date-Eff. Date the applicable life insurance action becomes effective. (PQ054)

LI-Ded-Life-Ins. Amount deducted for basic life insurance. (PQ054)

LI-Ded-Option-1. Amount deducted for optional life insurance biweekly. (PQ054)

LI-Ded-Option-2. See LI-Ded-Option 1. (PQ054)

LI-Ded-Option-3. See LI-Ded-Option 1. (PQ054)

LI-Deducts-Life-Ins. See LI-Ded-Life-Ins. (PQ022/3)

LI-Deducts-Option-1. See LI-Ded-Option 1. (PQ022/3)

LI-Deducts-Option-2. See LI-Ded-Option 1. (PQ022/3)

LI-Deducts-Option-3. See LI-Ded-Option 1. (PQ022/3)

LI-Option-1-Factor. Depicts the characteristic of the selected option. If the option is not selected, the element will have spaces. If the coverage is stated in thousands of dollars, then the element should depict the amount selected in thousands. If the coverage is a percent of basic coverage, the element should depict the percent. If coverage is in multiples of the base contract salary, the element should depict the number of multiples with leading zeros. If coverage is a fixed amount, the element should depict zeros. Where a fixed amount option has sub-options available, then the first character of the element should be 1, 2, 3, 4, followed by three zeros. (PQ054)

LI-Option-2-Factor. See LI-Option-1-Factor. (PQ054)

LI-Option-3-Factor.See LI-Option-1-Factor. (PQ054)

LI-Plan-Code. Unique code that identifies the carrier of the applicable benefit. The code will be assigned by NFC as new plans are implemented. (PQ054)

LI-Plan-Type. Code that depicts whether or not the plan and/or any of the associated options are group term life insurance where the cost of such insurance is included in the employee’s gross income and reported on the Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement. (PQ054)

Code

Definition

0

Not included in gross pay

1

Basic only

2

Basic and option 1

3

Basic and option 2

4

Basic and option 3

5

Basic and options 1 and 2

6

Basic and options 1 and 3

7

Basic and options 2 and 3

8

Basic and options 1, 2, and 3

LI-Tax-Deferred-Code. Code used to identify life insurance premium as tax deferred. (PQ054)

Code

Definition

Y

Yes

N

No

LI-Taxable-Cost. Taxable cost of life insurance. (PQ054)

Life Ins. Amount withheld for basic life insurance premiums. (PQ032)

Line-No. Line identification of transaction code entries on a document. (PQ043, PQ046)

Line-Number. See Line-No. (PQ025)

Locality-Table-Code. Pay table code to identify salary tables associates with the geographic adjustment tables. (PQ022/4)

Location-Code. Code that indicates the location of the employee’s duty station. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

2

Territory

3

Foreign

4

Washington, D.C., metropolitan area

5

Continental U.S. outside Washington, D.C., metropolitan area

6

Alaska

7

Hawaii

Longevity-Percent. Percent computation of longevity (Secret Service). (PQ022/1)

Lump-Sum-COLA-Code. Code that indicates if cost-of-living allowance (COLA) is to be paid in the lump-sum payment. (PQ048)

Code

Definition

0

No

1

Yes

Lump-Sum-Ending Hrs. Number of hours applicable to the last day of the lump-sum payment. (PQ048)

Lump-Sum-Pay-Code. Code that indicates if the action is a payment or an update action. (PQ048)

Code

Definition

0

Pay and update

1

Update only

2

Update only (except quarter to date (QTD))

LWOP-Used-TA. Number of hours used this pay period of approved absence without pay. (PQ024/1)

Man-Adj-Flag. Code that indicates a manual adjustment has been processed against the applicable pay period. (PQ022/1)

Code

Definition

Y

Yes

N

No

Meals. Amount deducted for meals. (PQ032)

Military-Lv-Days-PP-Reg. Number of regular military leave (TC 65) days used this pay period. (PQ024)

Military-Lv-Days-YTD-Reg. Number of days of regular military leave (TC 65) used during the fiscal year. Limited to 30 calendar days (with carryover) in a fiscal year. Reset to zero as of the end of the fiscal year. (PQ049)

Military-Lv-Hours-YTD-Reg. Number of hours of regular military leave (TC 65) used during the fiscal year. Reset to zero as of the end of the fiscal year. (PQ049)

Military-Lv-Hrs-PP-Em. Hours of emergency military leave (TC 68) used during the current pay period. (PQ024)

Minus-Sick-Lv-Code. Code that indicates that advanced sick leave is forgiven when computing lump-sum payment. (PQ048)

Code

Definition

0

Not applicable

1

Forgiven

Mult-Jobs-Spouse-Works. Indicates that an employee holds more than one job at a time or single/married filing jointly and spouse also works. (PQ022/3)

Net Pay. Amount of the employee’s salary check. (PQ032)

NFC-ASD-Pay-Hist-Use 1st and 2nd. Element is available until a database change. An element may be created by redefining NFC-ASD-Pay-Hist-Use until the next database change. (PQ022/4)

NFC-ASD-TA-Hist-Use. Element is available until a database change. An element may be created by redefining NFC-ASD-TA-Hist-Use until the next database change. (PQ023)

OASDI-Contr-Pro. Agency FICA contribution (prorated). (PQ046)

OASDI Tax. Amount deducted for Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) tax. (PQ032)

OASDI-Wage-YTD. Total wages subject to FICA tax paid during the current calendar year. (PQ022/1)

Occup-Function-Code. Categorizes Federal professional, scientific, and engineering personnel. (PQ022/2)

Occup-Series-Code. Identifies the exact occupational group to which the employee’s position has been classified. (PQ022/2)

Opt Ins. Amount deducted for optional life insurance. (PQ032)

Org-Structure-Code. Code that identifies the location of the employee’s position by each level of the organizational structure. (PQ022/1)

Org-Structure-Code-Agcy. First level of the organizational structure codes which identifies the Agency, by code, as assigned by the USDA, Office of Personnel. (PQ023)

Other Ded. .Tax withheld for other income. This may include interest, dividends, and retirement income. (PQ032)

Other-Income. Tax withheld for other income. This may include interest, dividends, and retirement income. (PQ022/3)

Other-Time-Hours-Total. Total of other hours recorded this pay period (nonpay, comp time, etc.) (PQ024)

Other-Time-Week-1-Hours-1. Number of other hours recorded this pay period week 1, first entry. (PQ024)

Other-Time-Week-1-Hours-2. Number of other hours recorded this pay period week 1, second entry. (PQ024)

Other-Time-Week-1-Hours-3. Number of other hours recorded this pay period week 1, third entry. (PQ024)

Other-Time-Week-1-Hours-4. Number of other hours recorded this pay period week 1, fourth entry. (PQ024)

Other-Time-Week-2-Hours-1. Number of hours recorded this pay period week 2, first entry. (PQ024)

Other-Time-Week-2-Hours-2. Number of hours recorded this pay period week 2, second entry. (PQ024)

Other-Time-Week-2-Hours-3. Number of hours recorded this pay period week 2, third entry. (PQ024)

Other-Time-Week-2-Hours-4. Number of hours recorded this pay period week 2, fourth entry. (PQ024)

Other-Tran-Code-Ln-1. Transaction code for other hours recorded this pay period, first entry. (PQ024)

Other-Tran-Code-Ln-2. Transaction code for other hours recorded this pay period, second entry. (PQ024)

Other-Tran-Code-Ln-3. Transaction code for other hours recorded this pay period, third entry. (PQ024)

Other-Tran-Code-Ln-4. Transaction code for other hours recorded this pay period, fourth entry. (PQ024)

Other-Tran-Descrip-Ln-1. Code to be used in conjunction with the current transactions code prefix and suffix in order to further describe the type of pay transaction, first entry. (PQ024)

Other-Tran-Descrip-Ln-2. Code to be used in conjunction with the current transactions code prefix and suffix in order to further describe the type of pay transaction, second entry. (PQ024)

Other-Tran-Descrip-Ln-3. Code to be used in conjunction with the current transactions code prefix and suffix in order to further describe the type of pay transaction, third entry. (PQ024)

Other-Tran-Descrip-Ln-4. Code to be used in conjunction with the current transactions code prefix and suffix in order to further describe the type of pay transaction, fourth entry. (PQ024)

PACS-City-Tax-City-Code. Code that indicates the city for which city income taxes are applicable. (PQ075)

PACS-City-Tax-Deducts-Tax. Amount deducted from the employee’s pay for city taxes during the period. (PQ075)

PACS-City-Tax-Extra-Deductions. Additional amount of money withheld for city income taxes at the request of the employee. (PQ075)

PACS-City-Tax-Indication. Code that indicates if information has been received and if so, whether or not the employee is a resident or non-resident of the city for city income tax purposes. (PQ075)

Code

Definition

1

150 resident

2

150 non-resident

3

No 150 resident

4

No 150 non-resident

PACS-City-Tax-No-Exemptions. Number of exemptions claimed by the employee for city income tax purposes. (PQ075)

PACS-City-Tax-Percent. Percent of work performed outside of the duty station for city tax purposes. Used to reduce the amount of city tax calculated. (PQ075)

PACS-City-Tax-Status. Code that indicates if withholding of city income tax is based on duty station or residence. (PQ075)

Code

Definition

1

Duty station

2

Residence

3

Both duty station and residence

4

Voluntary

5

Exempt (duty station) voluntary (residence)

PACS-City-Tax-State-Code. Code of the State in which the city is located that city income taxes are applicable. (PQ075)

PACS-City-Tax-Trans-Code. Code that indicates the status of the tax record. (PQ075)

Code

Definition

A

Active

I

Inactive

PACS-City-Tax-YTD. Amount of city tax withheld YTD. (PQ075)

PACS-Cnty-Tax-Cnty-Code. Code that indicates the county for which county income taxes are applicable. (PQ082)

PACS-Cnty-Tax-Deducts-Tax. Amount withheld for county tax. (PQ082)

PACS-Cnty-Tax-Extra-Deductions. Additional amount of money withheld for county income taxes at the request of the employee. (PQ082)

PACS-Cnty-Tax-Indication. Code that indicates if a county tax form has been received and if so, whether or not the employee is a resident or non-resident of the county for county income tax purposes. (PQ082)

Code

Definition

1

150 residence

2

150 non-resident

3

No 150 resident

4

No 150 non-resident

PACS-Cnty-Tax-No-Exemptions. Number of exemptions claimed by the employee for county income tax purposes. (PQ082)

PACS-Cnty-Tax-Percent. Percent of work performed outside of the duty station for county tax purposes. Used to reduce the amount of county tax calculated. (PQ082)

PACS-Cnty-Tax-State-Code. Code of the State in which the county is located that county income taxes are applicable. (PQ082)

PACS-Cnty-Tax-Status. Code that indicates if withholding of county income tax is based on duty station or residence. (PQ082)

Code

Definition

1

Duty station

2

Residence

3

Both duty station and residence

4

Voluntary

5

Exempt (duty station), voluntary (residence)

PACS-Cnty-Tax-Trans-Code. Code that indicates the status of the tax record. (PQ082)

Code

Definition

A

Active

I

Inactive

PACS-Cnty-Tax-YTD. Amount of county tax dollars deducted YTD. (PQ082)

PACS-Date-Flexfund-Eff. Date the Flexfund Flexible Spending Account became effective. (PQ080)

PACS-Flexfund-Amount. Amount deducted for the Flexfund Flexible Spending Account. (PQ080)

PACS-Flexfund-Balance. Amount remaining in the Flexfund Flexible Spending Account. (PQ080)

PACS-Flexfund-Benefit-Type. Code that differentiates between governmentwide and non-governmentwide plans. (PQ080)

Code

Definition

1

Governmentwide

2

Non-governmentwide

PACS-Flexfund-No-PP-Deducted. Number of pay periods the flexfund amount has been deducted in a tax year. (PQ080)

PACS-Flexfund-Option-Code. Code that identifies options within the Flexfund Flexible Spending Account. This code is assigned by NFC. (PQ080)

PACS-Flexfund-Plan-Code. Code that identifies the Flexfund Flexible Spending Account. This code is assigned by NFC. (PQ080)

PACS-Flexfund-Tax-Defer-Code. Code that determines if the Flexfund Flexible Spending Account is tax deferred. (PQ080)

Code

Definition

Y

Tax deferred

N

Not tax deferred

PACS-Flexfund-Total-Amt. Total amount in the Flexfund Flexible Spending Account. (PQ080)

PACS-Flexfund-Trans-Code. Code that denotes the type of action which is being processed. (PQ080)

Code

Definition

1

New enrollment

2

Change

3

Cancelation

PACS-Tax-Extra-Exemption. Additional exemptions claimed for city or county taxes because of anticipated deductions in excess of those usually claimed. (PQ075, PQ082)

PACS-Type-Extension. Code that indicates the type extension to the basic record. (PQ080)

Part-Time-FEHB-Coverage. Code that indicates if a part-time employee’s FEHB contributions are prorated. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

0

Not applicable

1

Part-time with partial coverage

2

Part-time with full coverage

Pass-No-Created. Last digit of the schedule number. (PQ022/2)

Pay-Hist-Process-By-PACS. Code that indicates that the pay history record was processed by PACS0000. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

N

No

Y

Yes

Pay Period. Established times when employees in a pay group are paid. Pay periods have beginning and ending dates. (PQ032)

Pay-Per-Covered-by-TA-Yr. Year of the pay period covering time recorded on the T&A. (PQ022/4)

Pay-Period-Number. Processing pay period number. (PQ023)

Pay-Period-Number-Year. Processing pay period year. (PQ023)

Pay-Period-Yr-Cov-By-TA. Year of the pay period covering time recorded on the T&A. (PQ023)

Pay Plan. Pay plan applicable to the employee. (PQ032)

Pay-Plan/Gr/St. See Pay Plan. (PQ022/1)

Pay-Rate-Determinant-Code. Code that records whether the employee is receiving a rate of pay other than the regular rate for the position. If the employee is receiving pay other than the regular rate, this code identifies the legal and/or regulatory basis. Therefore, the pay rate determinant code will be validated using the Table Management System (TMGT). (PQ022/4)

Code

Definition

0

Not applicable

2

Saved rate, indefinite

3

Retained pay, special rate adjustment

4

Saved rate, other

5

Special and superior qualifications rate

6

Special rate

7

Superior qualifications rate

A

Retained grade, different position

B

Retained grade, same position

C

Critical position pay

E

Retained grade and special rate, different position

F

Retained grade and special rate, same position

J

Retained pay, same position

K

Retained pay, different position

M

Continued interim geographic adjustment (IGA)/LEO pay

R

Retained pay, SES removal

S

Continued SES basic pay

U

Retained grade and pay, same position

V

Retained grade and pay, different position

Pay-Table Code. Code that defines the rate of pay. (PQ022/4)

Pay-Time-Hours-Total. All hours worked during the pay period. (PQ023, PQ048)

Pay-Tran-Code. Code that identifies the work type, leave, overtime, etc. (PQ043, PQ046)

Pay-Transaction-Code. See Pay-Tran-Code. (PQ044, PQ061)

Pers-Tax-Exempt-Cd. Personal exemption tax code. (PQ032)

Position-Status-Budget. Code that records the fact that for budget purposes the employee occupies either a permanent or other than permanent position. A permanent position is one occupied or to be occupied by a full-time employee established without a time limit or for a limited period of a year or more. A position other than permanent is a budgeted position to be filled only on a seasonal or intermittent basis. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

Y

Type of appointment equals 01, 02, 06, 07

N

Type of appointment equals 03, 04, 08, 09

PPL-BIRTH-BAL. The balance of Paid Parental Leave (PPL) taken for the birth of a child. (PQ022/3)

PPL-ADOPT-BAL. The balance of PPL taken for the adoption of a child. (PQ022/3)

PPL-FOSTR-BAL. The balance of PPL taken for the placement of a child in foster care. (PQ022/3)

Prem-Pay-PP. Additional pay required for overtime, night, holiday, or Sunday work and standby duty or administratively uncontrollable work for the pay period. (PQ022/3)

Prem-Pay-Ret-PP. CBPO's pay period cap on premium pay for retirement. (PQ022/3)

Prem-Pay-Ret-YTD. CBPO's pay cap on premium pay for retirement YTD. (PQ022/3)

Prem-Pay-Ret-YTD-Pri. CBPO's pay cap on premium pay for retirement YTD for the prior fiscal year. (PQ022/3)

Prem-Pay-YTD. Amount paid to date for premium pay (computed on the base salary plus any locality and/or interim geographic adjustments). (PQ022/3)

Prem-Pay-YTD-Prior. Amount paid for the prior year for premium pay (computed on the base salary plus any locality and/or interim geographic adjustments). (PQ022/3)

Previous-Agency-Code. Code used to identify the previous Agency. (PQ022)

Primary-Fund-Code. Two-digit code relating to specific projects within the appropriation code structure. This code is assigned to the employees as they are hired and is based on the project on which the employee is expected to work at least 50 percent of his/her time. (PQ022/1)

Private-Tax-Cd. Code that indicates the type of State private tax being deducted. (PQ032)

Code

Definition

0

None

1

Private

2

Public

Pro-Amount. Amount of the prorated allowance. (PQ043)

Pro-Sub-Object-Class. Sub-object class of the prorated allowance. (PQ043)

Pro-Suffix. Suffix code of the allowance (prorated). (PQ043)

Pro-TC. Transaction code of the allowance (prorated). (PQ043)

Proc-PP-Begins-Year. Effective year for the pay period of the transaction being processed. (PQ022/1)

Prof-Risk-Con-P. Agency’s contribution toward professional risk insurance prorated to an employee’s appropriation charge extension. (PQ046)

Professional-Category. Code that indicates the type of profession. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

1

Statutory

2

Professional auditor

3

Other professional

4

Administrative technical clerical

5

Wage plan

6

Experts and consultants

Quarters. Amount of money to be deducted, either per day or per pay period, from the salary of an employee who is being furnished quarters, utilities, etc. For Forest Service, the amount entered represents the per-day deduction, and for all other Agencies, the amount is the per-pay period deduction. (PQ032)

Quarters-Deduction-Code. Code that indicates whether the deduction from an employee’s salary where quarters, utilities, etc., being furnished will be on a per-day or a per-pay period basis. (PQ022/4)

Code

Definition

1

Per-day deduction, tax exempt (Forest Service only)

2

Per-day deduction, not tax exempt (Forest Service only)

3

Per-pay period deduction, tax exempt

4

Per-pay period deduction, not tax exempt

Quarters-Deduction-Rate. Amount deducted either per-day or per-pay period from the salary of an employee who is being furnished quarters. (PQ022/4)

Rec-Acct-Acct-No. Number assigned to the first receipt account. (PQ051, PQ052)

Rec-Acct-No. See Rec-Acct-Acct-No. (PQ047)

Rec-Acct-Tax-Deferred-Code. Code used to determine whether or not the receipt account is tax deferred. (PQ051)

Rec-Acct-Type-Code. Code that indicates the reason for the deduction. (PQ051, PQ052, PQ062)

Code

Definition

00

Miscellaneous deduction

01

Salary overpayment

02

Duplicate salary payment

03

Salary advance collection

04

Lump sum overpayment

05

Lump sum recovery

06

Overdrawn leave

07

Paid leave to LWOP

09

Quick Service Wire

12

PAYE 05

13

PAYE 05

15

Major indebtedness

16

Minor indebtedness

20

Adjustment FICA and retirement

21

Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (FEHBA)

22

FEGLI

23

Quarters

24

Quarters (not taxed)

25

Meals

26

Commissary

27

Child support/alimony

28

LWOP FEHBA

29

Credit net pay

30

Bankruptcy

31

Delinquent Farmers Home Administration (FMHA) loan

33

Education loan

40

Tax levy

41

Travel advance

42

Property loss

43

Subsistence (utilities)

44

Personal phone calls

45

Parking fees

46

Jury fees recovery

47

Moving expense recovery

48

Duplicate savings allotment

49

Travel overpayment

50

Commercial garnishment

81

Revocation of authorization

82

Change of correction to authorization

83

New authorization

85

Transfer in

87

Allotment revocation

90

Other types (Disbursed)

91

Other types (Not disbursed-NFC Use Only)

93

Uniform Deductions

94

Military Service Deposit Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)

95

Civilian Retirement Re-Deposit

96

Military Service Deposit Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)

Rec-Acct-Type-Code1. See Rec-Acct-Type-Code. (PQ047)

Rec-Acct-Type-Code2. See Rec-Acct-Type-Code. (PQ047)

Rec-Acct-Type-Disb. Code that indicates if a payment is sent through DD/EFT or mailed to a specific address. (PQ051)

Code

Definition

1

DD/EFT

2

Specific address

Reg-Schd-OT-Code. Code that identifies regular-scheduled overtime. (PQ022/4)

Remote-Site-Allowance. Allowance paid to employees under certain conditions because of the work location. (PQ024)

Ret-Cont-NF-Pro. Extension of non-Federal retirement contribution amount prorated to base pay. (PQ046)

Ret-Cont-Pro. Agency retirement contribution (prorated). (PQ046)

Retire-Coverage-Cd. Type of retirement coverage held by the employee pursuant to employment. The code contained in this element is the only basis upon which deductions for retirement purposes will or will not be made. (PQ022/1)

Retire Percent. Percentage rate for retirement deductions. (PQ032)

Retirement. Amount deducted for retirement contribution. (PQ032)

Rt-Action-Code. Code that indicates the action being taken. (PQ055)

Code

Definition

0

No action

4

New enrollment

5

Canceled enrollment

8

Change in coverage

Rt-Benefit-Type. Code that differentiates governmentwide and non-governmentwide benefit plans. (PQ055)

Code

Definition

1

Governmentwide

2

Non-governmentwide

Rt-Contrib-Retirement. Amount the Agency contributed for retirement. (PQ055)

Rt-Coverage-Code. See Retire-Coverage Cd. (PQ055)

RT-CSRS-Offset-Pretax-Amt. Retirement CSRS offset pretax dollar amount. (PQ055)

Rt-Date-Deducts-Began. Date retirement deductions began. (PQ055)

Rt-Date-Effective. Date the applicable action becomes effective. (PQ055)

Rt-Ded-Retire-Def-1. First deferred amount deducted for retirement. (PQ022/3)

Rt-Ded-Retire-Def-2. Second deferred amount deducted for retirement. (PQ022/3)

Rt-Ded-Retire-Non-Def-1. First non-deferred amount deducted for retirement. (PQ022/3)

Rt-Ded-Retire-Non-Def-2. Second non-deferred amount deducted for retirement. (PQ022/3)

Rt-Deduct-Factor-Def. See Rt-Ded-Retire-Def 1. (PQ055)

Rt-Deduct-Factor-Non-Def. See Rt-Ded-Retire-Non-Def 1. (PQ055)

Rt-Deduction-Type. Code that indicates a characteristic of deduction. (PQ055)

Code

Definition

1

Percent of base pay

2

Percent of gross pay

3

Fixed amount

Rt-Deduction-YTD-Def. Deferred retirement amount deducted for the calendar year. (PQ055)

Rt-Deduction-YTD-Non-Def. Non-deferred retirement amount deducted for the calendar year. (PQ055)

Rt-Deducts-After-OASDI. Percent or amount deducted once the FICA limit has been reached. (PQ055)

Rt-Deducts-OASDI-Limit. Code that indicates if the amount deducted is limited to the amount of FICA wages. (PQ055)

Code

Definition

Y

Yes

N

No

Rt-Deducts-Retire-Def. See Rt-Ded-Retire-Def 1. (PQ055)

Rt-Deducts-Retire-Non-Def. See Rt-Ded-Retire-Non-Def 1. (PQ055)

Rt-Plan-Code. Code that identifies the carrier of the applicable benefit. The code is assigned by NFC as new plans are implemented. (PQ055)

Rt-Plan-Code-1. See Rt-Plan-Code. (PQ022/3)

Rt-Plan-Code-2. See Rt-Plan-Code. (PQ022/3)

Rt-YTD-Ret-Contributions. YTD Agency contributions for an employee in a particular retirement plan. (PQ055)

Rt-YTD-Ret-Earnings. YTD earnings for an employee in a particular retirement plan. (PQ055)

Sal Rate Code. Pay basis for which the employee’s salary is stated. (PQ032)

Code

Definition

BW

Biweekly

PA

Per annum

PH

Per hour

PD

Per day

PM

Per month

PW

Piecework

FB

Fee basis

WC

Without compensation

Salary Rate Code. See Sal Rate Code. (PQ022/1)

Salary-Share-Code. Cooperative-Annuitants salary share source code that indicates the outside source that pays a portion or all salary of a cooperative employee or a reemployed annuitant. (PQ022/1)

Code

Definition

0

Not applicable

1

State cooperator

2

Other type of cooperator

3

Annuitant under civil service retirement

4

Annuitant and State cooperator

5

Annuitant and other type of cooperator

9

Military hourly rate-used in offset

Sched-No-Last-PD. Number of the schedule for the pay period that is currently being processed. The schedule number is assigned as follows:

Code

Definition

1-digit

Fiscal year

2-3 digits

Computer Payroll

4-5 digits

Pay period number

6th digit

Schedule number (PQ022/1)

Schedule No. See Sched-No-Last-PD. (PQ032)

Scheduled-Sal. Amount scheduled to be earned before the addition of any allowance, adjustment, or differential. (PQ022/2)

Season-Status-Quo-Cd. Code that indicates whether or not the employee is a seasonal, status quo, seasonal and status quo, or a job-sharing employee. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

0

Neither seasonal; status quo, nor job sharing

1

Seasonal

3

Status quo

4

Status quo and seasonal

5

On call

6

Job sharer

7

Seasonal job sharer

Separation-Acc-Type. Code that indicates whether employment is terminated because of a regular separation or because of death or whether an accession was processed. (PQ022/1)

Code

Definition

0

Not separated

1

Regular

2

Deceased

3

Accession this pay period

Sequence-No-TA. Number that indicates more than one action with the same effective date. (PQ023)

Severance-Pay-Code. Code that determines status of severance pay. (PQ027)

Code

Definition

0

Not applicable

1

Severance pay data established

2

Payment has started

3

Payment completed

Sex-Code. Sex of the employee. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

F

Female

M

Male

Shore-Lv-Cur-Bal-Start-PP. Pay period beginning balance. (PQ049)

Sick-Leave-Accrual-TA. Number of sick leave hours earned for the pay period. (PQ023, PQ049)

Sick-Leave-Accruals-YTD. Number of sick leave hours earned through the current pay period. (PQ049)

Sick-Leave-Carryover-Bal. Hours of sick leave carried forward from one leave year to the next. The balance is changed only once and that is at the beginning of the first pay period of the leave year. (PQ049)

Sick-Leave-Current-Bal. Hours of sick leave to the credit of the employee as of the current pay period of the current year. (PQ049)

Sick-Leave-Used-TA. Number sick leave hours used in a pay period. (PQ023)

Sick-Leave-Used-YTD. Summary of hours of sick leave used during the current leave year. Each pay period the usage is updated by the number of hours of sick leave recorded on the T&A Report (TC 62). Reset to 0 at the beginning of the first pay period of the leave year. (PQ049)

Sick-Lv-Accrual-Reduction. Summary of the hours of sick leave accruals that have been reduced from the employee’s sick leave balance as a result of absence without leave. When the number of hours of nonpay status during the leave year equals the number of base pay hours in a pay period, the sick leave accruals are reduced by 4 hours. Reset to 0 at the beginning of the first pay period of the leave year. (PQ049)

Sick-Lv-Cur-Bal-Start-PP. Current sick leave balance at the beginning of the pay period. (PQ049)

Sick-Lv-PT-Carryover-Hours. Part-time employees with a regularly assigned tour of duty accrue sick leave on the basis of 1 hour for every 20 base hours in a pay status. Those hours of service in a pay status which do not equal the number necessary to credit 1 hour of sick leave are carried forward from one pay period to the next. (PQ023, PQ049)

Special-Employee-Cd. Code that identifies the employee to a special category, thereby enabling the computer, when processing data, to perform certain operations which are applicable to this type of employee or bypass certain operations which are not applicable to this type of employee. (PQ022/1)

Spec-Employ-Pgms-Cd. Code that identifies the employee to a special employment program. (PQ022/1)

Split-TA-Code. Code that indicates if the T&A has been split for the pay period.(PQ022/1, PQ023)

Code

Definition

Y

Yes, T&A is split

N

No, T&A is not split

SPPS-Ind. Indicator used by PAYE to identify death and indebtedness cases. (PQ022/1)

Code

Definition

D

Death

I

Indebtedness

Blank

Not applicable

SSN. Nine-digit unique number assigned by the Social Security Administration. If the employee has no SSN and one cannot be obtained before the personnel action is prepared, a nine-digit ID number is assigned by the Agency.(PQ022, PQ023, PQ024, PQ025, PQ032, PQ043, PQ044, PQ045, PQ046, PQ047, PQ048, PQ049, PQ050, PQ051, PQ052, PQ053, PQ054, PQ055, PQ056, PQ061, PQ062, PQ064, PQ071, PQ075, PQ080, PQ082, PQ083)

SSNO-Old. Employee's previous or temporary Agency assigned SSN. (PQ022/1)

Staf-Diff-Rt. Rate of basic pay for some employees for recruitment purposes. (PQ022/1)

Standby-AUO-Hrs-Wk 1. Scheduled standby hours for week 1 of the pay period. Employees entitled to premium compensation on an annual basis for such hours. (PQ022/4, PQ023)

Standby-AUO-Hrs-Wk 2. Scheduled weekly standby hours. Entry made only when differential period begins, ends, or changes in the second week of the pay period. (PQ022/4, PQ023)

Standby-AUO-Percen. Differential percent for employees entitled to premium compensation on an annual basis for standby or overtime duty. This field is made up of a two-position percentage and a one-position fraction. (PQ022/2)

Standby-AUO-Percent. See Standby-AUO-Percen. (PQ023)

State 1. Code for the State for which State income taxes are withheld from the employee's salary; type and number of exemptions claimed by the employee for State tax purposes, first entry. (PQ032)

State 2. Code for the State for which State income taxes are withheld from the employee's salary; type and number of exemptions claimed by the employee for State tax purposes, second entry. (PQ032)

State-Tax-Deducts-YTD. Tax YTD summary of the employee's State tax deductions for a given State. (PQ064)

State-Tax-Doc-Proc-PP. Last pay period a State tax document was processed. (PQ064)

State-Tax-Doc-Proc-YR. Last year that a State tax document was processed. (PQ064)

State-Tax-Extra-Deductions. Additional amount of money withheld for State taxes at the request of the employee. (PQ064)

State-Tax-Extra-Exemption. Additional exemptions claimed for State taxes because of anticipated deductions in excess of that usually claimed. (PQ064)

State-Tax-No-Exemptions. Number of exemptions claimed by the employee for State tax purposes. (PQ064)

State-Tax-Pers-Exemptions. Code that indicates if the employee claims personal exemption. (PQ064)

Code

Definition

0

None

1

Whole

State-Tax-Private-Code. Code that identifies public employees from private employees whose duty station is the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (PQ064)

Code

Definition

1

Private employee who does not contribute to a Government retirement system

2

Public employee who contributes to a Government retirement system

State-Tax-Status-Duty-Sta. Indicates if State income tax is deducted for the State in which the employee's duty station is located. (PQ064)

Code

Definition

0

No

1

Yes

2

Waived

State-Tax-Wh-State-Code. State code for which State income taxes are withheld from the employee's salary. (PQ064)

State-Taxable-Wages. Amount of State taxable wages. (PQ064)

State-Taxable-Wages-YTD. Amount of State taxable wages YTD. (PQ064)

Step. Employee’s step within grade as provided under the pay plan for the position. (PQ032)

Sub-Object-Class. Identifies the budget classification. (PQ046)

Submitting-Office-No. OPM-designated number that identifies the employing or servicing personnel office. (PQ022/2)

Suffix-Code. Suffix code in the control data. (PQ064)

Supvy-Diff-Rt. Differential rate for GS supervisors who supervise higher paid employees under other pay systems. (PQ022/1)

Suspension-Hours-TA. Number of hours the employee was suspended during this pay period. (PQ024)

TA-Contact-Pt-City. City code for the T&A contact point. (PQ022/2)

TA-Contact-Pt-City-Code. See TA-Contact-Pt-City. (PQ023)

TA-Contact-Pt-State. State code for the T&A contact point. (PQ022/2)

TA-Contact-Pt-State-Code. See TA-Contact-Pt-State. (PQ023)

TA-Contact-Pt-Timekpr. Timekeeper code assigned to identify the timekeeper at a contact point location. (PQ022/2)

TA-Contact-Pt-Timekpr-Code. See TA-Contact-Pt-Timekpr. (PQ023)

TA-Contact-Pt-Unit. Unit code for the T&A contact point. (PQ022/2)

TA-Contact-Pt-Unit-Code. See TA-Contact-Pt-Unit. (PQ023)

TA-Film-Roll. Field used to identify the application used to transmit T&A reports to NFC. (PQ023)

TA-Film-Seq. Field used to identify the version number of the corresponding T&A application. (PQ023)

TA-Ident-Flag. Code that indicates in what areas of the database T&A history is located. (PQ027)

TA-Pulled-From-Data-Base. Code that allows for the bypassing of invalid records through the T&A system.(PQ023)

Code

Definition

P

Pulled from the database

Blank

New business

TA-Rejected. Code that indicates if a T&A rejected when entered into the system. (PQ023)

Code

Definition

Y

Yes

N

No

Taxable-Wages. Amount of taxable wages. (PQ075)

Taxable-Wages-YTD. Amount of taxable wages YTD. (PQ075)

Thrift Savings. Amount contributed to the TSP. (PQ032)

Tips-Received. Amount of gratuities received by an employee per pay period. (PQ022/2)

Tour-of-Duty-Hrs. Records duty hours of a part-time employee. The number of hours shown establishes the employee’s record for their tour of duty for pay, leave, service, and other requirements. Fractional hours must be entered as decimal equivalents. (PQ022/4)

Code

Definition

1/4 hour

25

1/2 hour

50

3/4 hour

75

Tot-Amt-Claim-Depnds. Total dollar amount for dependents claimed. (PQ022/3)

Total Hours. Total paid hours for the pay period. (PQ032)

Tran-Amt-Wk-1. Amount of money earned during the first week of the pay period broken down by pay transaction. (PQ046)

Tran-Amt-Wk-2. Amount of money earned during the second week of the pay period broken down by pay transaction. (PQ046)

Tran-Description. Code that further describes the TC. (PQ043, PQ046)

Tran-Diff-Per. Percentage added to the base pay. (PQ046)

Tran-Flag. Further describes certain activities about certain transactions. If COLA (TC 45) or post differential (TC 46), differentiates between the start of the allowance and regular biweekly payments. If cash award, differentiates between suggestion, performance, and special act/service. For other transactions, identifies those that have been force released for accounting data errors. (PQ046)

Code

Definition

1

Begin COLA

2

Begin post differential

3

Type award (suggestion)

4

Type award (performance)

5

Type award (special act/service)

6

Force release accounting data.

Tran-Hrs-Wk-1. Transaction hours for the first week of the pay period. (PQ046)

Tran-Hrs-Wk-2. Transaction hours for the second week of the pay period. (PQ046)

Tran-Meals-Amt. Amount paid during the pay period for meals. (PQ046)

Tran-Meals-Code-TA. Class code controls the amount of deduction for the meal. (PQ046)

Tran-Meals-No. Number of meals for this pay period. (PQ046)

Tran-Prefix-TA. Transaction code prefix for wage grade environmental pay. (PQ043, PQ046)

Tran-Rate. Hourly rate that applies to the particular transaction. (PQ046)

Tran-Suffix-TA. Suffix to the TC. (PQ043, PQ046)

Trans-Amt-AE-WK-1. Above earnings amount for week 1. (PQ046)

Trans-Amt-AE-WK-2. Above earnings amount for week 2. (PQ046)

Trans-Hrs-AE-WK-1. Above earnings hours for week 1. (PQ046)

Trans-Hrs-AE-WK-2. Above earnings hours for week 2. (PQ046)

Transaction-Amt-AE-CY. Cutback amount by applicable TC summarized for the current "above earnings" year. (PQ044)

Transaction-Amt-AE-PY. Cutback amount by applicable TC summarized for the prior "above earnings" year. (PQ044)

Transaction-Amt-CY. Paid amount by applicable TC summarized for the current "above earnings" year. (PQ044)

Transaction-Amt-PY. Paid amount by applicable TC summarized for the prior "above earnings" year. (PQ044)

Transaction-Hrs-CY. Paid hours by applicable TC summarized for the current "above earnings" year. (PQ044)

Transaction-Hrs-AE-CY. Cutback hours by applicable TC summarized for the current "above earnings" year. (PQ044)

Transaction-Hrs-AE-PY. Cutback hours by applicable TC summarized for the prior "above earnings" year. (PQ044)

Transaction-Hrs-PY. Paid hours by applicable TC summarized for the prior "above earnings" year. (PQ044)

Transaction-Amt-Week-1. See Tran-Amt-Wk-1. (PQ061)

Transaction-Amt-Week-2. See Tran-Amt-Wk-2. (PQ061)

Transaction-Description. Code that is used in conjunction with specific TC entered on an employee’s T&A. The entry of a descriptor is optional. If used, it allows Agencies to enforce restrictions and limitations for special uses. (PQ025, PQ044)

Transaction-Diff-Percent. See Tran-Diff-Per. (PQ061)

Transaction-Flag. See Tran-Flag. (PQ061)

Transaction-Hrs-Week-1. See Tran-Hrs-Wk-1. (PQ061)

Transaction-Hrs-Week-1-TA. TC hours charged in the first week of the pay period. (PQ025)

Transaction-Hrs-Week-2. See Tran-Hrs-Wk-2. (PQ061)

Transaction-Hrs-Week-2-TA. TC hours charged in the second week of the pay period. (PQ025)

Transaction-Meals-Amount. See Tran-Meals-Amt. (PQ061)

Transaction-Meals-Code-TA. See Tran-Meals-Code-TA. (PQ025)

Transaction-Meals-Number. See Tran-Meals-No. (PQ025, PQ061)

Transaction-Pay-Code. See Pay-Tran-Code. (PQ025)

Transaction-Prefix-TA. See Tran-Prefix-TA. (PQ025, PQ044, PQ061)

Transaction-Rate. See Tran-Rate. (PQ061)

Transaction-Suffix-TA. See Tran-Suffix-TA.(PQ025, PQ044, PQ046, PQ061)

Treasury-Acct-Symbol. See Treasury-Symbol. (PQ046)

Treasury-Symbol. Number assigned by Treasury to identify a payroll office. (PQ046)

TS-Action-Code. Thrift code indicates the action being taken. (PQ056)

Code

Definition

0

No action

1

Non-participation

2

Waived

4

New enrollment

5

Canceled enrollment

8

Change in coverage

TS-Base-Pay. Employee’s base pay used to compute thrift savings. (PQ022/1)

TS-Base-Pay (In). Employee’s base pay for a thrift savings adjustment debit. (PQ062)

TS-Base-Pay (Out). Employee’s base pay for a thrift savings credit adjustment. (PQ062)

TS-Base-Pay-YTD. Base pay the employee has earned YTD for which a percentage of TSP deductions have been made. (PQ022/1)

TS-Basic-Con-PR. Basic TSP contributions that are prorated. (PQ046)

TS-Benefit-Type. Code that differentiates between governmentwide and non-governmentwide benefit plans. (PQ056, PQ062)

Code

Definition

1

Governmentwide

2

Non-governmentwide

TS-Coll-Contrib (In). Agency’s contribution for the debit side of a TSP adjustment. (PQ062)

TS-Coll-Contrib (Out). Agency’s contribution for the credit side of a TSP adjustment. (PQ062)

TS-Cont-NF-Pro. Non-Federal prorated TSP contributions. (PQ046)

TS-Contrib-Thrift-Sav. Amount the Agency contributed for TSP. (PQ056)

TS-Contributions-YTD. YTD contributions for an employee in a particular TSP. (PQ056)

TS-Coverage-Code. Employee’s eligibility for participation and if eligible, records participation. Blank indicates non-Government. (PQ056)

TS-Date-Deducts-Began. Date the employee became eligible to participate in a particular TSP. (PQ056)

TS-Date-Effective. Date the applicable action becomes effective. (PQ056)

TS-Deduct-Factor-Def. Deferred TSP percent or amount to be deducted. (PQ056)

TS-Deduct-Factor-Non-Def. Non-deferred TSP percent or amount deducted. (PQ056)

TS-Deduct-Flag. Indicator used to identify current deduction. (PQ062)

Code

Definition

F

First

S

Subsequent

L

Last

TS-Deduction-Type. Indicates a characteristic of deduction. (PQ056)

Code

Definition

1

Percent of base pay

2

Percent of gross pay

3

Fixed amount

TS-Deduction-Type (In). Indicates a characteristic of a deduction on the debit side of a TSP adjustment. (PQ062)

TS-Deduction-Type (Out). Indicates a characteristic of a deduction for a credit side of a TSP adjustment. (PQ062)

TS-Deduction-YTD-Def. Amount deducted for the calendar year. (PQ056)

TS-Deduction-YTD-Non-Def. Non-deferred TSP amount deducted for the calendar year. (PQ056)

TS-Deducts-After-OASDI. Percent or amount to be deducted once the FICA limit has been reached. (PQ056)

TS-Deducts-OASDI-Limit. Code that indicates if the amount deducted is limited to the amount of FICA wages. (PQ056)

Code

Definition

Y

Yes

N

No

TS-Deducts-T-S-Def. Deferred amount deducted for TSP biweekly. (PQ056, PQ062)

TS-Deducts-T-S-Def-1. See TS-Deducts-T-S-Def. (PQ022/3)

TS-Deducts-T-S-Def-2. Additional deferred amount deducted for TSP biweekly. (PQ022/3)

TS-Deducts-T-S-Non-Def. Non-deferred amount deducted for TSP biweekly. (PQ022/3, PQ056, PQ062)

TS-Factor-Def (In). TSP deduction factor deferred for the debit side of a TSP adjustment. (PQ062)

TS-Factor-Def (Out). TSP deduction factor deferred for the credit side of a TSP adjustment. (PQ062)

TS-Factor-Non-Def (In). TSP deduction factor non-deferred for the debit side of a TSP adjustment. (PQ062)

TS-Factor-Non-Def (Out). TSP deduction factor non-deferred for the credit side of a TSP adjustment. (PQ062)

TS-Match-Con-PR. Prorated amount of Government matching contribution. (PQ046)

TS-No-Pay-Periods. Total number of pay periods the deduction is to be made. (PQ062)

TS-Pay-Period-No (In). Pay period that the collection begins. (PQ062)

TS-Pay-Period-No (Out). Pay period that the collection ends. (PQ062)

TS-Pay-Period-Yr (In). Year that the collection begins. (PQ062)

TS-Pay-Period-Yr (Out). Year that the collection ends. (PQ062)

TS-Plan-Code. Carrier of the applicable benefit. (PQ056, PQ062)

TS-Plan-Code-1. Carrier of the applicable benefit. (PQ022/3)

TS-Plan-Code-2. Carrier of the applicable benefit. (PQ022/3)

TS-Total-Deducts (In). Total amount of an employee’s correct TSP deduction. (PQ062)

TS-Total-Deducts (Out). Total amount of an employee’s erroneous TSP deduction. (PQ062)

TS-YTD-Thrift-Earnings. YTD earnings for an employee in a particular TSP. (PQ056)

TSP-Bas-Con-NF-PR. Agency's base contribution to a non-Federal TSP prorated from the employee's base pay. (PQ046)

TSP-Mat-Con-NF-PR. Agency's matching contribution to a non-Federal TSP prorated from the employee's contribution. (PQ046)

Type-Appnt-Code. Code that identifies the type of appointment given to an employee. The code indicates into which service the employee has been placed and the status with respect to the type of appointment held. The data in this field is used to audit conformity of other data relating specifically to the employee’s appointment and to produce various output reports and listings requiring identification of employee by the type of appointment held. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

1

Competitive career and SES career

2

Competitive career conditional

3

Competitive temporary appointments pending establishment of registers (TAPER), competitive indefinite, term, and SES limited term or emergency

4

Competitive temporary, SES time-limited career, competitive special need

6

Excepted permanent and SES noncareer

7

Excepted conditional

8

Excepted indefinite and excepted limited (more than 1 year)

9

Excepted temporary and SES time-limited non-career

Type-of-Employment. Code that identifies the employee’s type of employment (i.e., tour of duty). The code shown in this block is a primary factor for determining the employee’s entitlement to the various employment benefits and to premium compensation. (PQ022/2, PQ023)

Code

Definition

1

Full time

2

Part time

3

Intermittent

4

Fee basis or piecework

6

Intermittent substituting for a full-time employee (T&A only)

Type-Lump-Sum-Payment. Code that indicates if the lump-sum payment is an interim or a final payment. (PQ048)

Code

Definition

0

Interim

1

Final

Type-Payment. Code that indicates the type of payment. (PQ022/1)

Code

Definition

00

Bond carryover refund/adjustment refund

01

Regular T&A

02

Adjustment (debit/credit)

03

NFC 29 (live payment)

04

Lump-sum payment

05

Compensatory payment

06

Cash award

07

NFC 29 (manual payment)

08

FEHB collection (paid employee)

09

FEHB collection (unpaid employee)

11

Severance payment. (PQ022/1)

U-SSNO. SSN used as a calculation key in the unpaid area of the database. (PQ027)

Uniform-Service-Stat. Code that indicates the employee’s current military status, if any. This is also used to record the service component for employees who are retired military personnel. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

0

None

1

Ready reserve

2

Standby reserve

3

National guard

4

Retired military, regular

5

Retired military, non-regular

6

Retired military, regular and reserve/National Guard

7

Retired military, non-regular and reserve/National Guard

8

Retired military and D.C. National Guard

9

D.C. National Guard

Union-%-Ind. Percentage deducted for the collection of union dues. (PQ071)

Union-Code. Code that identifies the union for which dues are being deducted from the employee’s salary. (PQ071)

Union-Ded-Indicator. Code used to determine the method of deduction for union dues. (PQ071)

Code

Definition

1

Biweekly

2

Percent of base wages

Union Dues. Amount of money deducted from the employee's salary for union dues. (PQ032)

Union-Dues-Code. Code that indicates whether dues were withheld for union or association membership. (PQ071)

Code

Definition

A

Association

U

Union

Union-Local-Code. Code that identifies the local or lodge number of the union designated by the employee for dues deduction. (PQ071)

Union-Min-Ded. Minimum amount deducted per pay period or amount added to the deduction amount used for Locals 0075, 2477, and 2910. (PQ071)

Union-Trans-Code. Code that indicates the type of action regarding withholding of union dues from an employee’s salary. For financial allotment TCs, see Fin-Org-Allot-T-C; for T&A TCs see Pay-Tran-Code. (PQ071)

Code

Definition

01

New authorization

02

Change in local or lodge

03

Employee revocation received

04

Organization cancelation

05

Wages inadequate to deduct

06

LWOP, furlough, or suspension

07

Employee revocation effective

08

National recognition withdrawn

09

Employee separated

10

Employee not paid this pay period

11

Employee separated-final salary due

12

Dues deducted in error

13

Adjustment to dues deducted

14

Change in dues

W-4-Flag. Code that indicates if an employee has a new Form W-4 (Y) or previous Form W-4 (N). (PQ022/3)

Wage-Board-Area-Code. Code that indicates the area used for determining the rate of pay for “blue collar” workers. (PQ022/4)

Wage-Grade-TS-Cap-Rate. Wage grade rate to compute TSP for employees with wage area capped rates. (PQ022/4)

Wages-OASDI. Amount of wages paid to the employee that was subject to FICA tax during the period. (PQ022/1)

WB-1st-Shift-Hrs-LSP. Number of hours for lump-sum payment at the first-shift rate. (PQ048)

WB-2nd-Shift-Hrs-LSP. Number of hours for lump-sum payment at the second-shift rate. (PQ048)

WB-3rd-Shift-Hrs-LSP. Number of hours for lump-sum payment at the third-shift rate. (PQ048)

WB-Shift-Rate-2N. Rate used to compute pay for second-shift time reported on the T&A for Federal Wage System employees. (PQ022/2)

WB-Shift-Rate-3R. Rate used to compute pay for third-shift time reported on the T&A for Federal Wage System employees. (PQ022/2)

WB-Shift-Rate-VA. Rate used to compute pay for varied-shift time reported on the T&A for Federal Wage System employees. (PQ022/2)

WB-Varied-Shift-Hrs-LSP. Number of hours for lump-sum payment at the varied-shift rate. (PQ048)

Work-Schedule. Code that indicates time basis on which an employee is scheduled to work. Refer to the Federal Personnel Manual 292-1, Personnel Data Standard. (PQ022/2)

Code

Definition

F

Full time

G

Full-time seasonal

H

Full-time on call

P

Part time

Q

Part-time seasonal

R

Part-time on call

I

Intermittent

J

Intermittent seasonal

Working-Title-Code. Code that defines the administrative or organizational title of a position. (PQ022/2)

See Also

Appendix