Automated Clearing House (ACH) Payment Processing for the Department of Defense Payments
September 27, 2023
Please be advised that the Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service will update processing of ACH payments for the Department of Defense (DoD) (Vendor, Miscellaneous, Travel, and Salary) payments to use new Routing Transit Numbers (RTNs).
Effective February 1, 2024, financial institutions should be prepared to begin receiving DOD payments with the new RTNs. This notice is being provided to allow financial institutions time to make any processing or system preparations necessary to receive these payments.
In accordance with National Automated Clearinghouse Association (Nacha) operating rules, Department of Defense payments will be issued with the one-position Identification Code Designator (ICD) plus RTN or Employer Identification Number (EIN) in the Company Identification field. (9 + RTN, or 1 + EIN for Child Support, or blank + RTN for IAT)
The following table maps the current and future field values found in the ACH Company/Batch Header (“5”) record of these Department of Defense payments processed by Treasury.
| Company Name (Field 3, Positions 5-20) (xxxx = agency unique value) |
Company Identification (Field 5, Positions 41-50) |
Company Entry Description (Field 7, Positions 54-63) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Values | ‘xxxx TREAS 310’ | ICD + ‘101036151’ | ‘ MISC PAY’ |
| New – February 2024 | ‘xxxx TREAS 310’ | ICD + ‘071736170’ | ‘ DOD MISC’ |
| Current Values | ‘xxxx TREAS 310’ | ICD + ‘101036009’ | ‘ FED TVL’ or ‘ FED SAL ‘ |
| New – February 2024 | ‘xxxx TREAS 310’ | ICD + ‘071736183’ | ‘ DOD TVL’ or ‘ DOD SAL ‘ |
If you have any questions, please direct inquiries to the Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service Payment Center at (855) 868 0151, option 2, option 0 or payments@fiscal.treasury.gov.
