TRS Team Issues
Penalty Interest
June 14, 2019
TRS Links Related to Penalty Interest TRS Update - January 2020 TRS Update - July 2019 TRS Update - June 2019 - Prior Month Adjustments Penalties and Interest It was noted that TRS changed their calculation of PI such that TAMUS PCTs should no…
Issues with Original Hire Date
January 18, 2019
The TRS Team integration provides an original hire date on the ED 40 (Position) reporting file. This date should be the person's original hire date with that RE (Reporting Entity). At this time that data element cannot be easily identified by the TRS…
December 2018 Update – Final Report Month
January 17, 2019
TRS published new guidance in their December 2018 update about the final report month. The final report month is a data element on the ED90 (employee termination) report. TRS no longer requires this value for employees who do not participate in TRS…
Error Code 66 – The Pay Unit/Salary Flag does not match the original Pay Unit/Salary Flag
December 7, 2018
This error primarily happens in September/October. The error occurs when the RP (payroll report) does not match the compensation unit when the ED position record was reported. In the reported case, an employee was employed in a additional job in…
Creditable Compensation – various errors
December 7, 2017
Error Message Various Errors - including error codes 394, 427, and 511, and 483 TAMUS Notes For the September 2017 reporting period, TAMUS began to report all compensation to TRS on the TRS TEAM files (only compensation to students was…
Change In TRS Eligibility – including errors 163 and 143
December 7, 2017
Error Message Various errors including 163 and 143 TAMUS Notes Example: An RE may have a part-time employee (scheduled for less than 4 ½ months) who was marked as TRS eligible last fiscal year because they exceeded the hours worked threshold. …
Negative Adjustments Request
October 30, 2017
Error Message Several TAMUS members have received the message that their RP file is placed on hold due to negative adjustments. TRS is requesting a special adjustment report and cover letter. The following has been provided by TRS: Any time a…
Error Code 343 and 621 – TRS deductions after retirement date
October 30, 2017
Error Message The EIN reported is for a TRS retiree. Delete this record from the RP report and include it on the ER report. Delete retiree from RP report and include retiree on ER report. TAMUS Notes Following is an example case that will cause…
Error Code 163 – Position Code in Error
October 30, 2017
Error Message An ED40 record is not found for reported position code <XXX>. A different position code <XXX> exits for the member with the Reporting Entity. Verify employee's correct position code. If employee's correct position code does…
Error Code 485 – New Member Contribution not due
October 24, 2017
Error Message The RE Payment for the New Member Contribution is not due because this is not a new TRS member. TAMUS Notes TAMUS believes these errors are caused by the inverse condition as error code 483. Cause of error See above. Work…