Payroll Announcements
This list displays the most recent Payroll Announcements.
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Sep 17
Updated Versions of the Payroll Manuals and Guides
The payroll manuals and guides are updated with the August 2025 release information.
FPPS UG Guides/Manuals
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Sep 12
September 2025 Headcount Report
In March and September each year, the IBC is required to provide a Semiannual Headcount Report to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on behalf of our customer agencies.
FPPS UG Miscellaneous
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Sep 11
Tax Changes Implemented Pay Period 2025-19: HI, MD, and Locality in PA
The following tax changes were implemented in Pay Period 2025-19. As a result, employees may see a change in their current tax withholdings.
FPPS UG Tax Changes
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Sep 3
Elimination of Hard Copy Checks on September 30, 2025
On September 30, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is eliminating federal paper check disbursements per Executive Order 14247 “Modernizing Payments To and From America’s Bank Account.”
FPPS UG Miscellaneous
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Sep 2
Duplicate Net Paycheck Deposits for Westerra Credit Union Customers
Duplicate net paycheck deposits for Pay Period 2025-18 have been reported for some Westerra Credit Union customers. The issue occurred during Westerra’s processing of the ACH payroll transactions and some transactions were inadvertently posted twice. Please note that the issue is isolated to Westerra Credit Union account holders, and it is not related to the IBC’s payroll processing systems.
FPPS UG Miscellaneous
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Aug 29
Fiscal Year Appropriations & IPAC Charges, Trading Partner Agreements, and Leave Accruals
As Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 approaches, the following information is required for processing your Agency and/or Bureau payroll costs, charging payroll expenses, and accessing leave accrual queries in Datamart.
FPPS UG Fiscal Year-End Processing
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Aug 28
Tax Changes Implemented Pay Period 2025-18: LA
The following tax changes were implemented in Pay Period 2025-18. As a result, employees may see a change in their current tax withholdings.
FPPS UG Tax Changes
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Aug 25
Repayment of 2025 Salary Debts for Former Employees
The Interior Business Center (IBC) requests your assistance in submitting documentation to the Payroll Operations Division (POD) when former employees repay salary debts that were transferred to Client Accounting Offices (CAOs). This will allow the IBC to process timely updates that reflect repayments to each employee’s 2025 Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement.
FPPS UG Miscellaneous
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Aug 13
2025 Fiscal Year (FY) End Processing – Excluding Social Security Administration, Casuals, DOI FBMS
For the 2025 FY end processing, pay period (PP) 2025-21, the Federal Personnel and Pay System (FPPS) will produce a split Labor Cost file. The file for the current FY will contain payroll costs for the period of September 21 – 30, 2025, and will use the normal naming convention.
FPPS UG Fiscal Year-End Processing
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Aug 13
2025 Fiscal Year (FY) End Processing – Casual Hires
For the 2025 FY end processing there is no cutoff and payments will be processed through September 30, 2025. In pay period (PP) 2025-21, the Federal Personnel and Pay System (FPPS) will produce a split Labor Cost file for the current FY year.
FPPS UG Fiscal Year-End Processing