The Treasury Offset Program (TOP) is a centralized debt collection program developed by the Financial Management Service (FMS) and operated through its Regional Financial Centers (RFCs). TOP is designed to assist agencies in the collection of delinquent debt owed to the Federal government. TOP enables the RFCs to match delinquent debtor files against payment files. When a match occurs, the payment is intercepted and the debt is offset up to the amount of the debt.
In the Treasury Offset Exclusion Criteria window, you can exclude payments from agency offset based on the following user-defined criteria:
Supplier name, supplier number, supplier site
Supplier types
Accounting distributions
Payment reasons
Treasury payment formats contain a TOP Offset Eligibility flag that identifies payment records that are subject to offset.
To exclude payments from agency offset, navigate to the Treasury Offset Exclusion Criteria window.
The following table describes selected fields on the Treasury Offset Exclusion Criteria window.
| Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Operating Unit | Operating unit of the record.
Note: The list of values include operating units assigned to the MO: Security profile. |
| Supplier Name | Supplier Name; includes suppliers with active pay sites for the operating unit associated with the user's responsibility.
Note: Enter supplier name or supplier number. Supplier name is automatically entered if the supplier number is selected from the list of values. |
| Supplier Number | Supplier number
Note: Enter supplier name or supplier number. Supplier name is automatically entered if the supplier number is selected from the list of values. |
| Supplier Site | Corresponding supplier sites for the supplier name per the operating unit associated with the user's responsibility. The value all signifies that all supplier sites for the supplier are exempt from agency offset. This field is not enabled until after a supplier number is entered. |
| Supplier Type | Supplier type. For example, if users select commercial as the supplier type, then all invoices with suppliers designated as commercial suppliers are exempt from treasury offset. |
| From | Accounting distribution low value; accounting flexfield definition by which payments can be excluded from the treasury offset process; not all segments require entry. If users enter values in the from field, then the values default to the to field and users can change them. |
| To | Accounting distribution high value; accounting flexfield definition by which payments can be excluded from the treasury offset process; not all segments require entry. If users enter values in the from field, then the values default to the to field and users can change them. |