FINANCIAL REPORTING & USING HHS PAYMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
March 2006 Session Objectives Understanding federal regulations Learning the HHS Payment Management System Preparing cash management reports
Timing and Use of Federal Funds
March 2006 Timing of Draws Funds are intended to be available when needed Draws should matched timing of allowable program expenditures Funds can be drawn as needed: Example – Payroll to cover salaries and allocable payroll taxes based on time charged to the Federally- funded program
March 2006 Ease of Access Brings Responsibility Document each draw to show compliance with Federal regulations Be Careful Draw additional funds to overcome shortfalls elsewhere in the organization And Most Importantly
March 2006
Obtaining Funds: A Mouse-Click Away Utilize Department of Health and Human Services Payment Management System to draw funds Web-based access for CNCS grantees to draw funds and submit cash reporting Calculate draw amount based on expenditures that have not yet been funded or are needed immediately following the draw, before requesting funds
March 2006 No cost to recipients Enhanced inquiry feature –Account balance –Payment history –Grant transaction history Warehouse feature up to 30 days Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Next work day access to funds Benefiting from: Smartlink
March 2006 Utilizing Payment Management System
March 2006 User name: Provided by DPM (case sensitive) Password: Set by the users. Must be alpha-numeric (e.g., #GRANTEE1) **** *Initial password provided by DPM Logging in the First Time
March 2006 Review for new messages; then click on Click Here for Access to the Payment Management System Youve Got Mail
March 2006 Click on: My User Info to: change password or to update user contact information Help From: My User Info
March 2006 Click on Payment Click on Request for Payment Enter your Account Number Click on Account 2AA5P Drawing Down Cash
March 2006 Enter Payment Due Date Enter Expected Disbursement Amount Enter Cash on Hand Enter Payment Request Amount Click on Continue 2AA5P Request for Payment
March AA5P Example: Request for Payment
March AA5P Continuing with Request for Payment
March AA5P Example
March 2006 Example: Completed Transaction
March 2006
Monitoring Expenditure of Funds Report expenditure of the funds drawn each quarter on Form 272 Track expenditures during the life of a project on Form 272 Reflect total expenditures upon closeout Support data in Form 272 within Grantees accounting system
March 2006 PSC 272, Federal Cash Transaction Report: Internet access Over 12,000 reports processed each quarter 91.8% Return Rate Benefits to You
March 2006 Enter your Payee Identification Number (PIN) Enter your PSC 272 Password Logging on PSC 272
March G Select the Payee Account Number you want to work on Form 272: Payee Account
March 2006 Select the PSC 272-A Form Selecting the PSC 272-A Form
March 2006 Update the cumulative total for each document Updating Total Dollars
March 2006 Optional: Identify document as it appears in your accounting system Continuing with PSC 272-A
March 2006 Use the PSC 272-G to review inactive grants Click on the Grant Number if you need to change the Disbursement amount Reviewing for Inactive Grants
March 2006 To add grants to the report that are not on the PSC 272-A or PSC 272-G (Click Here) Enter the grant info on the lines provided Adding Grants
March 2006 After updating all grants Click on Click on Refresh/Update Screen Return to Form 272 Completing This Process
March 2006 Line 4 equals net disbursements from the PSC 272-A Enter Cash on Hand End of Period on Line 5 G and G1 account can report excess interest income on Line 7 Scroll down and click on Click Here to Certify this Electronic 272 Entering Net Disbursements
March 2006 Read the warning and check your numbers Scroll down and fill in the Certified By and Prepared By Click on Upload this Electronic 272 Read Important Information
March 2006 Print the PSC 272 page Fax the page to your DPM Account Representative Reminder: Print First….Move on Later
March 2006 Utilizing the Financial Status Report Utilizing the Financial Status Report (FSR) Form 269 File on a semi-annual basis Report total program costs, including match Reconcile expenditures on this form with quarterly reports to HHS on Form 272 Reports unliquidated obligations
March 2006 Reporting FSR Using eGrants Utilizing eGrants: Go to Click on eGrants in the center of the web page Utilize eGrants FSR to report on multi-year awards through their life Have accounting support available for total federal funds expended and total match
Opening eGrants
Looking for Grants
Tracking Using eGrants
Reviewing FSR Information
More eGrants
eGrant Certifications
Successful eGrant FSR Submission
March 2006 More people should learn to tell their dollars where to go instead of asking them where they went. - Roger Ward Babson, (1875–1967) American financial statistician