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Payroll Announcements

This list displays the most recent Payroll Announcements.

  • Nov 8

    Print Option for 2024 Tax Forms in Employee Express (EEX)

    EEX allows active employees to access their Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, and Form 1095-C, Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage, electronically or indicate receipt via mailed printed copy.

    FPPS UG Miscellaneous

  • Nov 4

    2024 Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season and Terminating Plans

    This year’s open season will run from November 11, 2024, and continues through December 9, 2024. The Open Season Benefits Administration Letter (BAL) 24-401 can be found at Benefits Administration Letters (opm.gov). In this BAL and attachments, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) describes the terminating plans and plans that are reducing areas of coverage.

    FPPS UG Miscellaneous

  • Oct 25

    Department of Treasury Changes to Direct Deposit Payment File Releases

    IBC is aware that the Department of Treasury has instituted changes to when direct deposit payment files are released to financial institutions. IBC continues to send files to Treasury per our normal biweekly payroll process.

    H2RE UGR, Datamart UG, FPPS UG, Quicktime UG, TMS UG, WTTS UG Miscellaneous

  • Sep 25

    Tax Changes Implemented Pay Period (PP) 2024-20: AR and KS

    Please share this information with all impacted employees. The following tax changes were implemented in PP 2024-20. 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

  • Sep 4

    September 2024 Headcount Report

    On August 29, 2024, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) notified the Interior Business Center to submit, on behalf of our customer agencies, the September 2024 Headcount report. OPM requests the semi-annual Headcount in March and September of each year. This year, the September 2024 Headcount report is due to OPM by September 30, 2024.

    FPPS UG Miscellaneous

  • Aug 30

    Repayment of 2024 Salary Debts for Former Employees

    The 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 2024 Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement.

    FPPS UG Miscellaneous

  • Aug 30

    2024 Fiscal Year (FY) End Processing - SSA

    For the 2024 FY year end processing, pay period (PP) 2024-21, the Federal Personnel and Pay System (FPPS) will produce a split Accounting Interface file. The file for the current FY will contain payroll cost for the period of September 22-30, 2024, and will use the normal naming convention.

    FPPS UG Fiscal Year-End Processing

  • Aug 30

    2024 Fiscal Year (FY) End Processing – DOI FBMS

    For the 2024 FY end processing, pay period (PP) 2024-21, the Federal Personnel and Pay System (FPPS) will not produce a split Labor Cost file. The PP 2024-21 Labor Cost file will include payroll costs for FYs 2024 and 2025, September 22 through October 5, 2024.

    FPPS UG Fiscal Year-End Processing

  • Aug 30

    2024 Fiscal Year (FY) End Processing – Casual Hires

    For the 2024 FY end processing there is no cutoff and payments will be processed through September 30, 2024. In pay period (PP) 2024-21, 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