Hold Code for Missing SPS Payment Justification

Use a specific hold code for federal Payables invoices missing a Payment Justification. Payment Justification is required during invoice validation prior to creating Secure Payment System, or SPS, disbursements. The hold code provides more details about why the Payment Justification validation failed.

Payment Justification on Invoices

Business benefits include: 

• Federal agencies can apply a precise hold condition to enforce compliance with the U.S. Department of the Treasury's requirements.
• Facilitates timely identification and correction of payment justification issues, helping agencies meet mandated standards for transparency and audit readiness in SPS processing.

Steps to Enable and Configure

The following needs to be enabled:

• U.S. Federal Financials must be enabled.
• U.S. Federal Payments must be enabled.
• General Ledger must be defined as U.S. Federal.

Key Resources

For more information, refer to the Implementing U.S. Federal Financials and Using U.S. Federal Financials guides.

Access Requirements

To use this feature, you need the following privileges: 

• Privilege Name and Code:
  • Manage Federal Financials Setup (ORA_FV_MANAGE_FEDERAL_FINANCIALS_SETUP)

• Duty Role Name and Code:
  • Federal Administration Duty (ORA_FV_FEDERAL_ADMINISTRATION_DUTY)
  • Payables Invoice Creation (ORA_AP_PAYABLES_INVOICE_CREATION_DUTY)
  • Payables Payment Processing (ORA_AP_PAYABLES_PAYMENT_PROCESSING_DUTY)