Internet Payment Platform (IPP) Features

• In production November 2007 for TDO and NTDO agencies
  The IPP is in production, with active agency and supplier users. The system supports all government agencies both Treasury and non-Treasury disbursed.



• A centralized payment information portal for PO-to-Payment transactions
  Agencies engage with all their suppliers and suppliers with all government agencies at a single site.



• Supports visibility throughout transaction cycle for agency and supplier
  Agencies and suppliers share the order, invoice and payment views throughout status changes. Business partners have access to the same online audit trail related document views, comments and attachments.



• Provided by FMS free of charge to agencies and their suppliers
  There are no fees associated to transactions or implementation services. There are no required client software or hardware purchases.



• Recognized by FSIO as a best practice for electronic invoicing
  In 2007 the FSIO recognized the IPP electronic invoice functions as best practice for all government agencies.



• A modular platform, agencies select functional options
  Agencies may define their IPP implementation from a set of functions. They may start with invoices or payment only, and add workflow or order upload in later phases. Agencies may add file exchange capability per file type, one by one. They may also grant digital invoicing, EFile upload and attachment permissions to all or select suppliers.



• Digital order and invoice file exchange with suppliers
  Paper processing costs and inefficiencies are eliminated with digital file exchange. Agencies may send orders, change orders, goods receipt and invoice status change files to the IPP, and receive invoices, order acknowledgements and shipping notice files from IPP suppliers. Suppliers may receive digital order and remittance files, and send digital invoice files. Digital file processing is supported with validation configuration, notifications, exception processing, and audit trail logs for both agencies and suppliers.



• TDO and NTDO payment information upload
  
  The IPP uploads IPP agency EFT vendor payment information from Treasury systems as well as ACH payment files from non-Treasury IPP agencies. Treasury payment information includes cancellations, offsets, partial payments and bank returns.



• Remittance download to suppliers
  Suppliers may select sets of remittance records to download to their receivables system, bypassing data entry processing or fee based reports from their banks.