Add Funds as an Applicant

PCIT manages payments for certificates issued at Federal duty stations and for those issued at State and County duty stations that have opted to have their fees collected in PCIT.  These fees are collected when a phytosanitary certificate is issued.  PCIT also manages payments for certificates issued outside of PCIT.

Each PCIT applicant organization has a pre-purchase account within PCIT.  The organization funds the account using PCIT Financial Management to link to Department of Treasury’s Pay.gov application.  Deposits via Pay.gov are credits to the account.  The account is debited when a certificate is issued.

There must be sufficient funds in the account when a certificate is issued by Federal duty stations and those State and County duty stations that have opted to have their fees collected in PCIT.  Otherwise the user must supply the processing ACO with a manual check or money order.  

To add funds to your organization’s pre-purchase account through Pay.gov, complete the following steps:

 1.

Select the Financial Management link at the left side of the screen.
RESULT:  The Financial Management page appears.

 2.

Enter the Deposit Amount and click the Add to Balance button.
RESULT:  PCIT redirects you to Pay.gov and the Please select a payment method page displays.

NOTE: You may click the Cancel button at any time to return to the PCIT Financial Management page.

 3.

Select a payment method and click the Continue button.

RESULT: The corresponding payment details Pay.gov page displays.

 4.

Enter the data.  Fields marked with a red asterisks are required.  Then click the Continue button.
RESULT:  The Review and submit payment page displays.

 5.

Review your entries and the Authorization and Disclosure Statement if displayed, select the authorization checkbox, and click the Continue button.
RESULT:  Pay.gov redirects you to PCIT.  The Financial Management – Review and Submit Deposit page displays.

 6. Click the Submit Deposit button.

RESULT:  The Financial Management – Deposit Confirmation page appears.

 

NOTE: You will not receive an email confirmation of the transaction. For documentation of the deposit, you must print a paper confirmation.  See Step 7.

 

7. Click the Print button to for a paper confirmation of the deposit.

8. Click the Done button.

RESULT:  The Financial Management page appears with the new balance displayed.

 

NOTE:  Once your balance has reached $50,000 or more, the Add to Balance button will temporarily be removed and you will no longer be able to add funds.  Once your balance is below $50,000, the Add to Balance button will reappear

 

See Also

Financial Management