Format for Domestic Debit Bank of Ireland

The text file includes:

Section

Description

Volume Header Label

One record of 80 characters that identifies the file and the owner.

File Header Label One

One record of 80 characters that contains the creation date and expiration date.

File Header Label Two

One record of 80 characters that contains the record format and record length.

User Header Label One

One record of 80 characters that contains the audit print identifier and the currency code.

Data Record

One of record of 100 character for each payment order. The record contains this information:

  • Supplier's bank transit number, account number, and description.

  • Company's bank transit number and account number.

  • Payment amount.

  • Bank system reference number for the company's account.

  • BACS reference/roll number for the customer account.

Contra records

One record of 100 characters for each of the company's accounts. The record contains this information:

  • Company's bank transit number and account number.

  • Transaction code.

  • Sorting code number.

  • Sum of the payment amounts in the data records.

  • Bank system reference number for the company's account.

End of File Label 1 One record of 80 characters that contains closure information for File Header Label one.
End of File Lable 2 One record of 80 characters that contains closure information for File Header Label two.
User Trailer Label 80 characters that contain the sum of the payment and debit amounts in the data records, and a count of the data records.