Making a payment to the Food and Nutrition Service
Testing of the links to the Bill for
Collection Form are now complete.
Payments will be credited to accounts starting April 25, 2005.
There are three methods by which to make a payment to FNS:
On-Line
A payment can be made on-line if the source of funds is either a bank
account or credit card. FNS' online payments are handled by
www.Pay.gov,
a Government-wide transaction portal which provides electronic financial
services for Federal agencies. To make an online payment, you must use the
Standard Form 1114 - Bills for Collection.
Please have available your Receivable ID number and Customer Account
number (both are shown on the FNS billing letter).
Assistance with online payments is available Monday through Friday,
9:00 A.M. till 6:00 P.M. Eastern time:
Customer Account Support - 703-305-6533
Online
Technical Support - 877-807-4135 (toll free)
ASAP
The Automated
Standard Application for
Payments System allows state agencies
and other FNS program grant recipients to make
payments from accounts pre-authorized by FNS. ASAP is administered by the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Virginia and the U.S. Treasury Financial
Management Service. Further information and details are available at:
http://fms.treas.gov/asap/paymentrequestors/index.html
(Chapter 4 - Payment Requestors)
Mail
You may mail a check or money order, payable to Food and Nutrition
Service to this address (This address began use
during September, 2005):
USDA-FNS-HQ
P. O. Box 979027
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000
To ensure proper credit, write your Customer
Account Number on the check or money
order.
If you have questions, please call (703) 305-6533.
The payment options that are available to different categories of payees
are as follow:
|
Payee |
Payment methods available |
|
|
|
On Line |
ASAP |
Mail |
 |
State Agencies and Grantees |
Yes |
Yes - per instructions above |
Yes - to lock box address above |
|
|
Retailers |
Yes |
No |
Yes - to lock box address above |
Last modified:
02/21/2013
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