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WebTA Transaction Codes

Transaction Codes (TC), Prefix Codes (PC) and Shift Suffix Codes (SSC) control the rate and kind of pay an employee will receive. They are used to record all time and attendance data, including hours worked, absences, allowances, differentials, and other entitlements. An employee's take-home pay and leave balances are calculated at the National Finance Center (NFC) based on the accurate reporting of these codes in webTA. 

In some cases, a PC or SSC must be recorded with the appropriate TC. PCs are used to record the percentage rate for environmental differential pay and danger pay. They are also used to expand the definition for certain TCs or to create a new TC. SSCs are used to record differential, union representation, and to supplement certain TCs to vary their meanings. 

Descriptor Codes (DCs) are used in conjunction with TCs in the NFC database to allow agencies to track the varying uses of certain TCs. The DCs do not appear on the webTA.

The following Transaction Descriptions are listed in the order they appear in webTA, and where annotated by an “*”, are system generated by webTA. The payable rate, if applicable, is indicated next to the transaction description. Where a PC is annotated with an “XX” the user must enter the appropriate PC.

PC TC SSC DC Transaction Description/Payable Rate
        Work Time Activity Codes
  01     Regular Base Pay – basic rate of pay
  01   01 Base Pay Detail – basic rate of pay
  01   04 Base Pay Training – basic rate of pay
  11     Base w/Night Diff – basic rate of pay plus 10% of base rate
  05     Base w/Sun + Night Diff – basic rate of pay plus 25% of base rate
  04     Base w/Sunday Diff – basic rate of pay plus 25% of base rate
  38     Base/Grievances/Appeals – basic rate of pay
  37     Base/Labor - Management – basic rate of pay
  36     Base/Midterm Negotiations – basic rate of pay
  35     Base/Negotiations/Reopen – basic rate of pay
77* 32     Comp Earned/Religious - time off from work on an hour for hour basis, or payment at the basic rate of pay
  32     Comp Time Earned - time off from work on an hour for hour basis, or payment at the overtime rate
78* 32     Comp Time/Travel Earned – never paid out
  29     Credit Hours Earned – basic rate of pay
XX 49 9*   Danger Pay – basic rate of pay plus 15%, 20%, 25%,30%, or 35% of base rate
  16 9*   Dirty Work/Unlicensed - penalty rate in pay schedule or at overtime rate (if higher)
  16 8*   Dirty Work/Unlicensed/Reg – penalty rate in pay schedule
  14     Hazard Pay Differential – rate of basic pay plus 25% of base rate
  31     Holiday Worked – basic rate of pay
  40     Home Leave Earned – basic rate of pay
  49 3*   Living Qtrs/tax Exempt – daily rate varies
  12     Night Diff w/Comp – basic rate of pay plus 10% of base rate
  25     Over 40 OT w/Night Diff – hourly overtime rate plus 10% of base rate
  21     Over 40 Overtime – rate based on FLSA status
  26     Over 8 OT w/Night Diff - hourly overtime rate plus 10% of base rate
  19     Over 8 Overtime – rate based on FLSA status
  23     Overtime Travel/FLSA – FLSA overtime rate
  24     Overtime Travel/Title V – 1 ½ times base rate
  27     Overtime/Engineer – hourly rate for overtime plus 10 % of base rate
  16 1*   Penalty Pay – applicable penalty rate
  16 2*   Penalty Pay/Above Reg – 1 ½ times base rate
  91     Quarters Deduction – rate established by personnel action
  16 3*   SCUBA Diving Pay - 1 ½ times base rate
  51 2*   Separate Main/Tax Exempt – rate established by personnel action
  39     Shore Leave Earned – not applicable
  41     Standby/AUO/FLSA/NonExp – rate based on FLSA status
  16 5*   Tank Cleaning/Unlicensed – based on classes of positions; rates established in pay tables
  01   11 Telework Alt. Site – basic rate of pay
  01   14 Telework Home - basic rate of pay
  17     Trips in Gov Car – not applicable
        Leave and Other Time Activity Codes
  66     Admin/Excused Absence - basic rate of pay
  61     Annual Leave - basic rate of pay
  61   03 Annual Leave w/OWCP (Illness) – basic rate of pay
  61   02 Annual Leave w/OWCP (Injury) – basic rate of pay
  72     AWOL – non pay
  45     Begin COLA/Post Diff – rate established by personnel action
  46     Begin Foreign Post Diff – rate established by personnel action
  66   01 Blood Donation - basic rate of pay
  66   04 Bone Marrow Donor - basic rate of pay
  64     Comp Time Used – basic rate of pay
78* 64     Comp Time/Travel Used – basic rate of pay
  60     Comp Used/Religious – basic rate of pay
  66     Court Leave - basic rate of pay
  50     Credit Hours Used - basic rate of pay
  47     End COLA/Post Diff – not applicable
  48     End Foreign Post Diff – not applicable
62* 62     Family Friendly Sick Lv - basic rate of pay
  66   21 Federal Holiday - basic rate of pay
  70     Forfeiture of Pay (Logging – NOAA Wage Marines only) – non pay
  74     Furlough – non pay
  66   34 Hazardous Weather - basic rate of pay
  69     Home Leave Used – basic rate of pay
  66   23 Local Holiday - basic rate of pay
  71     LWOP – non pay
  71   03 LWOP w/(OWCP) (Illness) – non pay
  71   02 LWOP w/(OWCP) (Injury) – non pay
  68     Military Emergency Lv – basic rate of pay
  65     Military Regular Leave – basic rate of pay
  66   05 Organ Donor - basic rate of pay
  67     OWCP Injury Leave – basic rate of pay
  63     Restored Annual Leave - basic rate of pay
  59     Shore Leave Used – basic rate of pay
  62     Sick Leave - basic rate of pay
  62   03 Sick Leave w/(OWCP) (Illness) – basic rate of pay
  62   02 Sick Leave w/(OWCP) (Injury) – basic rate pf pay
  66   22 State Holiday - basic rate of pay
  73     Suspension – non pay
61* 66     Time Off/Incentive Award - basic rate of pay
  66   38 Voting - basic rate of pay
        Dollar Transactions
  17 7*   Commuted Subsistence – not applicable
  89     Emergency Pay/Imprest – not applicable
  17 4*   Incentive Pay (Census Only) – not applicable
10* 17     Mass Transit Subsidy – not applicable
  92     Meals Deduction – not applicable
  17 9*   Parking Subsidy – not applicable
50* 17 3*   Reimbursement Comm. (Census only) – not applicable
50* 17 1*   Reimbursement Miles (Census only) – not applicable
50* 17 4*   Reimbursement Other (Census only) – not applicable
50* 17 2*   Reimbursement Per Diem (Census only) – not applicable
  49     Remote Worksite – not applicable
  51 8*   Uniforms/Tax Exempt – not applicable
  51 18   Uniforms/Taxable – not applicable

 

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