Payroll Announcements
This list displays the most recent Payroll Announcements.
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May 2
Upcoming Zoom Virtual Training: Federal Personnel and Payroll System (FPPS) Payroll Training – At No Cost
IBC is offering three FPPS virtual trainings starting this year at no cost: Payroll Leave and Operational Procedures, Payroll Master Update, and Leave Share.
FPPS UG Training
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Apr 24
Upcoming Webinar: Federal Personnel and Payroll System Processing: Common Time and Attendance (T&A) Errors
This webinar provides an overview of the most common T&A error messages.
FPPS UG Training
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Apr 14
Early Submission and Calculate of Time and Attendance (T&A) Files for Pay Period (PP) 2025-13
Juneteenth Day holiday, June 19, 2025, falls at a critical time in the payroll processing cycle for PP 2025-13. As a result of the holiday, all pay groups are required to submit amendments and current T&A files to the Interior Business Center (IBC) as outlined below, which may be early for some agencies.
FPPS UG T&A Submissions
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Apr 1
Upcoming Webinar: Federal Personnel and Payroll System Processing: Environmental Hazard Coding for General Schedule and Wage Grade Employees
This webinar provides an overview of how to properly code time and attendance (T&A) records with environmental hazard for both General Schedule and Wage Grade employees.
FPPS UG Training
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Mar 26
Additional Tax Changes Implemented Pay Period (PP) 2025-07: LA and MD
Please share this information with all impacted employees. The following additional tax changes were implemented in PP 2025-07. As a result, employees may see a change in their tax withholdings.
FPPS UG Tax Changes
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Mar 18
March 2025 Headcount Report
On March 17, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) notified the Interior Business Center to submit, on behalf of our customer agencies, the March 2025 Headcount report. OPM requests the semi-annual Headcount in March and September of each year. This year, the March 2025 Headcount report is due to OPM by March 31, 2025.
FPPS UG Miscellaneous
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Feb 21
2025 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Agreed-Upon Procedures (AUP) Engagement - Reminder of Agency Responsibilities
The annual OPM AUP begins in the April/May timeframe. The purpose of the audit is to assist OPM in assessing the reasonableness of Retirement, Health Benefits, and Life Insurance withholdings, contributions, and data submissions.
FPPS UG Miscellaneous
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Feb 13
Tax Changes Implemented Pay Period (PP) 2025-04: IL, LA, MD, MN, MT, NC, ND, OR, VT, and Localities in PA
Please share this information with all impacted employees. The following tax changes were implemented in PP 2025-04. As a result, employees may see a change in their tax withholdings. Please note that tax changes are not retroactive to employees’ withholding.
FPPS UG Tax Changes
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Jan 29
Tax Changes Implemented Pay Period (PP) 2025-03: Federal, PR, AR, CA, HI, IN, IA, KY, ME, MA, MI, MS, MO, NE, NM, RI, SC, WV, and Localities in IN and KY
Please share this information with all impacted employees. The following tax changes were implemented in PP 2025-03. As a result, employees may see a change in their tax withholdings. As a reminder, tax changes are not retroactive to employees’ withholding.
FPPS UG Tax Changes
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Jan 24
Upcoming Webinar: Federal Personnel and Payroll System (FPPS) Processing: Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime Pay (AUO), Availability Pay (EAP), and Standby Duty Pay
This webinar provides a non-agency specific overview of premium pays AUO, EAP, and standby duty pay. Topics covered during the webinar include definitions, regulations, how FPPS calculates by premium class, and applicable pay limitations.
FPPS UG Training