Overview

The GSA SmartPay program provides charge card services to Federal Government agencies/organizations for conducting official business. The program consists of three business lines: purchase, travel and fleet.

Purchase cards are for purchasing supplies and services for U.S. Government agencies; travel cards are for official Government travel and related expenses; and fleet cards are for Government vehicle fuel and maintenance requirements. Integrated cards combine two or more business lines within the same card.

There are three account types within GSA SmartPay Program:

1. Centrally Billed Accounts (CBA): CBAs are card accounts where payment is made directly to the bank by the Government.
2. Individually Billed Accounts (IBA): IBAs are card accounts where payment is made directly to the bank by the individual.
3. Integrated Accounts: Integrated accounts are CBAs.

Currently, the Department of Interior is the only agency that uses the integrated card and is handled as follows: purchase transactions, fleet transactions, and travel transactions (airline and rail tickets, lodging, shuttles, rental cars, taxis, etc) are centrally billed accounts with the exception of meals, incidentals, and ATM expenses.

Transactions against Federal Government accounts that are directly paid by the Government (CBA) are exempt from state and local taxes for purchases made within the United States.