EFT Reference Material
Setting up electronic payments through your bank is easy. Most banks already initiate EFT transactions every day, and many offer the ability to upload or enter your employee information into preexisting applications to create the EFT file.
STEP 1: Contact your Financial
Institution's EFT department to verify that they can initiate your ACH credit.
STEP 2: Gather key employee information
STEP 3: Perform Case Reconciliation with the State Disbursement Unit
STEP 4: Determine method for creating the ACH file, and which NACHA record format (CCD+ or CTX) will be used.
CCD+ or CTX formats include the necessary addenda record(7), and are the only accepted file formats.
ACH file could be created using your existing payroll software, an aftermarket file creator, or your bank may have
an ACH application available.
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CCD+ = Corporate Credit or Debit - ACH payment
format
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CTX = Corporate Trade Exchange - ACH payment format |
STEP 5: Establish transmission protocol with your financial
institution
STEP 6: Test the transmission with the State Disbursement Unit
STEP 7:
Process live transactions!
The following are provided as reference material
for EFT setup:
User Guide for Electronic Child Support payments
Official NACHA reference guide for remitting EFT. You will need
Adobe Reader to view.
Addenda Record 7 layout
Details the field layouts of the Addenda record
CCD+ file layout
guide
Description of the correct file layout for CCD+ formatting
State Child Support Contacts
Listing of all State SDU contacts, nationally.
Case Reconciliation Information
Before
you can begin submitting payments, case reconciliation must be done by our EFT
Specialists.
Find out more by visiting the Case Reconciliation page.
NACHA website
Tons of valuable reference materials from the official Electronic Payments Association.
Attorney General of Texas Employer page
Helpful information on Child Support, Medical Support, New Hires, Terminations, etc.