Accounting Services Forms

Use the links below to access the forms and agreements you will need to set up or use Federal Reserve Accounting Services. Accounting Services Setup provides more details and guidance on the steps required to begin using a new service or to modify current services or access. If you are unable to locate the form you seek, Contact provides a comprehensive list of service and support contacts who can assist you.

Certificate of Resolution and Authorized Approver Packages

Information on Certificate of Resolutions and Official Authorization Lists.
Form Links
Federal Reserve Bank Certificate of Resolution and Official Authorization List Contacts
This list includes contact names, phone numbers and mailing addresses for each of the Federal Reserve Bank Districts.
Contacts
Account & Non-Account Holder Certificate of Resolution and Official Authorization List (OAL)
These documents will serve as a legal basis for establishing your institution’s authority to engage in business with us, as well as for identifying those who have the authority to designate individuals that can take actions and bind your institution as they relate to your use of Federal Reserve Bank accounts or services.
BR-OAL Instructions – Account Holder Non-Account Holder Holder for the Account Holder Certificate of Resolution and Official Authorization List form (PDF)

Certificate of Resolutions Form (PDF)

Official Authorization List (PDF)
Non-Depository Institution and/or other Financial or Non-Financial Entities OAL
These documents will serve as the foundation for establishing your institution's authority to bind your institution's actions as they relate to your institution's use of Federal Reserve services.
Non-Depository Institution and/or other Financial or Non-Financial Entities OAL Instructions (PDF)

Non-Depository Institution and/or other Financial or Non-Financial Entities OAL Form (PDF)
Foreign Bank Certificate of Resolution and OAL
This document will serve as the foundation for establishing your bank's authority to bind your bank's actions as they relate to your bank's use of Federal Reserve services.
Form & Instructions (PDF)

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Operating Circular 1 (OC 1) and Account Structure Guide (ASG) Forms

Information on OC 1 and ASG forms
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Master Account Agreement (OC 1, Appendix 1)
This form should be used to establish a master account with the Federal Reserve.
Form (PDF)
Transaction & Service Fee Settlement Authorization (OC 1, Appendix 2)
This form should be used when establishing correspondent or respondent relationships for transaction and service fee settlement relationships.
Form (PDF)
Pass-Through Agreement (OC 1, Appendix 3)
A pass-through relationship allows a nonmember respondent to hold its required reserve balances with another institution (correspondent) that maintains a master account with a Reserve Bank. To establish a pass-through relationship, both the correspondent and the respondent institutions must complete a Pass-through Agreement.
Form (PDF)
Subaccount Designation Form (ASG, Attachment A)
This form should be used to establish a subaccount for your institution.
Form (PDF)
Transaction and Service Fee Informational Reporting Instructions for other Secondary Routing Transit Numbers (RTNs) Form (ASG, Attachment B)
This form should be used to establish Debit and Credit transaction activity reporting needs for Other Secondary RTNs.
Form (PDF)
Service Provider Service Fee Settlement Authorization Form (ASG, Attachment C)
This form should be used by Service Providers to designate a Financial Institution to settle service fees.
Form (PDF)

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Accounting Information Services Forms

Information on Accounting Information Services Forms
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Accounting Information Services Subscription Form Instructions
The instructions provide details related to the various information tools and services your institution can subscribe to that will assist with daily position management and account reconcilement.
Instructions (PDF)
AIS Form 1 - Daily Statement of Account and Monthly Statement of Service Charges Delivery Options
This form is used to establish a daily Statement of Account and monthly Statement of Service Charges for Respondents and Secondary RTNs. It is also used for Master Accounts to establish machine readable data and/or spreadsheet files for the daily Statement of Account and monthly Statement of Service Charges.
Form (PDF)
AIS Form 4b – Delivery Profile for Intra-day Premium Services
This form is used for Master Accounts to establish intra-day machine readable data and spreadsheet statement files, a Correspondent/Respondent report, and/or the ability to download intra-day search results in a spreadsheet format.
Form (PDF)
AIS Form 6 – Authorization for Third-Party Access to Account Information
This form is used to allow another institution to view real-time account and statement information.
Form (PDF)
AIS Form 7 - Request for Fedwire Details via the Search Feature of the Account Management Information (AMI) Application
This form is used to view intra-day Fedwire details by IMAD or Counter Party.
Form (PDF)

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Merger Worksheet and Instructions

Information on merger worksheet and Instructions
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Merger Instructions
This document provides instructions for completing the Merger Worksheet, which serves as a formal authorization from the Financial Institution(s) to the Federal Reserve Bank to perform the updates and changes described within as it relates to a legal and/or operational merger of Financial Institutions.
Please contact your merger coordinator for a copy of the merger instructions and merger worksheet.
Merger Worksheet
This worksheet will serve as a formal authorization from the Financial Institution(s) to the Federal Reserve Bank to perform the updates and changes described within as it relates to a legal and/or operational Merger of Financial Institutions. For assistance with completing this worksheet please refer to the Merger Instructions listed above and by contacting the Surviving Institution's District Merger Coordinator. Contact information for each District's Merger Coordinator is included in the Merger Instructions document.
Please contact your merger coordinator for a copy of the merger instructions and merger worksheet.

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Other Accounting Services Forms

Information on Other Accounting Services Forms
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Excess Balance Account Participant Listing
This form should be used to provide an initial list of participants to verify eligibility and to provide a final list of confirmed participants.
Form (PDF)
Excess Balance Account Agreement
Redlined from prior Excess Balance Account Agreement
Appendix A
Appendix B
The Excess Balance Account Agreement and Appendix A should be completed by the agent to establish an excess balance account with the Federal Reserve Banks. Appendix A should be completed to add participants to the excess balance account, while Appendix B should be completed to remove participants from the excess balance account
Form (PDF)
Redlined version (PDF)
Form (PDF)
Form (PDF)
Authorization to Release Information to Accounting Firms (Information Release Form)
This form is required for electronic processing of confirmation requests for Account Balance and Capital Stock information from Audit Entities.
Form (PDF)
Instructions (PDF)
Audit Confirmation Request Form
For a quicker response, please submit external auditor requests for Federal Reserve Account balances, Capital Stock, Treasury Services, Discount Window Loan and Collateral, and Fedwire Securities account holdings through Confirmation.com. For your audit firm to utilize Confirmation.com, please complete the Authorization to Release Information to Accounting Firms (Information Release Form). Please note, the Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas, New York, Richmond, and St. Louis do not accept requests for Discount Window Loan or Collateral information through Confirmation.com; therefore, these requests will need to be in writing. If a request must be submitted in writing, this form must be used and will be directed to the appropriate business lines, as applicable. Confirmation requests for Discount Window Loan and Collateral information from the Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas, New York, Richmond and St. Louis should be sent to those local Reserve Banks.
Form (PDF)

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