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A substitute check (also called an Image Replacement Document or IRD) [1] is a negotiable instrument that is a digital reproduction of an original paper check. As a negotiable payment instrument in the United States, a substitute check maintains the status of a "legal check" in lieu of the original paper check.
EFTPS allows individuals and businesses to make their tax and estimated tax payments securely online using their bank accounts. Payments can be made only after enrolling in the system, and the enrollment process can take about a week (initial online enrollment is followed by relevant information being sent by physical mail, after which the online enrollment process may be completed).
Treasury Tax and Loan Service, or TT&L, is a service offered by the Federal Reserve Banks of the United States that keeps tax receipts in the banking sector by depositing them into select banks that meet certain criteria. TT&L accounts are Treasury accounts created at commercial banks to accept electronic tax payments and to disburse Treasury ...
The Treasury General Account (TGA) is an account maintained by the United States Department of the Treasury at the Federal Reserve. [1] It receives tax payments and proceeds from the auction of Treasury securities , and disburses government payments to individuals and businesses. [ 2 ]
The Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS) is a United States private clearing house for large-value wire transfer transactions. [ 1 ] As of late 2024, it settles approximately 500,000 payments totaling US$1.8 trillion per day. [ 2 ]
A TreasuryDirect account enables purchasing treasury securities: Treasury bills, Treasury notes, Treasury bonds, Inflation-Protected Securities , floating rate notes (FRNs), and Series I and EE Savings Bonds in electronic form. [3] TreasuryDirect charges no fees for opening an account, purchasing bonds, redeeming bonds, or maintaining an account.
[5] [6] In the United States, warrants are issued by government entities such as the military and state and county governments. They are issued for payroll to individual employees, accounts payable to vendors, to local governments, to taxpayers receiving tax refunds, to recipients of unemployment benefits, and to owners of unclaimed money.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is a government agency within the United States Department of the Treasury that designs and produces a variety of security products for the United States government, most notable of which is Federal Reserve Notes (paper money) for the Federal Reserve, the nation's central bank.