TUITION WAIVERS AND PAYMENTS (TWAPMTS)

TWAPMTS access will be available at 8 a.m. on Thursday, January 2, 2025. Please use your NET ID and password to access the system. Please email all questions or issues concerning TWAPMTS to  twapmts@tamu.edu.

• Make a Zoom appointment for  Thursday, January 16, and Wednesday, January 29, 2025. Email  twapmts@tamu.edu.

• IDT Form
• IDT Example
• SSB-third-party-IDT-instructions

Please send all completed IDT forms to twapmts@tamu.edu. Only fully completed forms will be accepted. Please see the instructions or reference the IDT example above if you need guidance.

• Assistantship NR tuition waiver audit reports will be available through ePrint starting Friday, January 3 . These reports will be available for you to review and adjust in TWAPMTS as necessary through the close of TWAPMTS on Friday, February 14. Report names are pwt_029_XX_waiv_assist_notelig and pwt_029_XX_waiv_assist_review.
• The audit process will begin on Monday, February 17.
• Review students who appear on the pwt_029_XX_waiv_assist_notelig report for Monday, February 17.
• If SBS does not receive eligibility documentation, these students will have their assistantship NR tuition waiver removed on Wednesday, February 26.
• SBS must receive eligibility documentation no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, February 24. 

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• ***PLEASE AUDIT YOUR PAYMENTS AND MAKE ANY CORRECTIONS BEFORE TWAPMTS CLOSING.***
• Estimated FAMIS processing date is Sunday, March 2.       

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• Please fill out the below payment form for any students your department is paying for, but are attending a different campus than the one your department is housed in. This form can be used for the following –
  • CS department paying for HSC student
  • CS department paying for GV student
  • GV department paying for CS student
  • GV department paying for HSC student
  • HSC department paying for CS student
  • HSC department paying for GV student
• SSB Form
• Submit completed forms to twapmts@tamu.edu
• Invoices will be sent after the 20 ^th class day via SponsorPoint to the email listed on the SSB Form.

• Please fill out the below assistantship NR tuition waiver form for any students your department is paying for but attend a different campus than the one your department is housed in. This form can be used for the following –
  • CS department paying for HSC student
  • CS department paying for GV student
  • GV department paying for CS student
  • GV department paying for HSC student
  • HSC department paying for CS student
  • HSC department paying for GV student
• Graduate and Professional School NR Tuition Waiver Form  
• This form requires  approval from the Graduate and Professional School, which will send the approved completed form to TWAPMTS.
• Please click here if the student receives the Competitive Scholarship Non-Resident Waiver due to a scholarship or fellowship.

• The user must complete Tuition, Waivers, and Payments (TWAPMTS) Form training.  This training can be found in TrainTraq (Course #2111620). 
• The user will contact their Primary Authorizing Agent (PAA) to request access via the Howdy CARF process submitted for approval through the new Howdy Beta.

• PAA will submit a new CARF Request for the user to have access. Access will be for the Security Group associated with the system part and the college/division code tied to the FAMIS accounts the user will be allowed to submit for tuition payment processing. 
  • Search PAA in Howdy to find the current list of active Primary Authorizing Agents (PAA)  for your College/Division  

• TWAPMTS Security Groups  

Follow these steps to access the online training:

1. Log in to Single Sign On  https://sso.tamus.edu/Logon.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
   1. Choose 2111620 : COMPASS - Tuition, Waivers, and Payments (TWAPMTS) Form - SBS
2. Select  2111620: COMPASS-Tuition, Waivers, and Payments (TWAPMTS) form - SBS
3. When you complete the training print the certificate, attach it to the Tuition, Waivers & Payment Form and route it for authorized signatures.

Departmental payments may be processed using the following Part 02, 10, 23 and 28 FAMIS accounts. These accounts will automatically be loaded daily before 8:00 a.m. into the COMPASS TWAPMTS tables that are used to store FAMIS account information. The Function Code for a FAMIS account can be viewed on Screen 006 in FAMIS. If a newly created FAMIS account does not appear automatically within 2 business days, email twapmts@tamu.edu.

If you need your account updated or need a function code added to an account, please contact FMO at  new-accounts@tamu.edu.

Additional Restrictions for Part 23:   Use of accounts beginning with '136', '23', '29' and account '940100' are not permitted for paying tuition and fees through TWAPMTS. 

FAMIS Object Codes

Report access is linked to your TWAPMTS Group.  Your PAA (Primary Authorizing Agent) submits the TWAPMTS Group Access request as a New CARF Request through the Howdy Beta (see above Requesting Access section.)

TWAPMTS Groups

TWAPMTS Account Audit Report (pwt_036)

1. CS Batch report that shows all TWAPMTS data, including Degree Type, Credit hours, Graduation status, AR contract amount, and AR contract balance.  Report Name: pwt_036_CS_twapmts_trans_batch
2. GV Batch report that shows all TWAPMTS data, including Degree Type, Credit hours, Graduation status, AR contract amount, and AR contract balance.  Report Name: pwt_036_GV_twapmts_trans_batch
3. HC Batch report that shows all TWAPMTS data, including Degree Type, Credit hours, Graduation status, AR contract amount, and AR contract balance.  Report Name: pwt_036_HC_twapmts_trans_batch
4. TEES Batch report that shows all TWAPMTS data including Degree Type, Credit Hours, Graduation Status, AR contract amount, and AR contract balance.  Report Name: pwt_036_28_twapmts_trans_batch

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Assistantship NR Waiver Reports pwt_029

After TWAPMTS opens, daily audit reports are available for departments to review the eligibility of assistantship waivers they have entered in TWAPMTS.  These reports are updated nightly with BPP and Compass information.  The final reports will be generated immediately following the close of TWAPMTS.

1. College report that includes students in a specific college who have a non-resident waiver for the current term and are NOT eligible for the waiver.  SBS encourages departments to review this report and resolve any ineligibility issues if possible or remove the waiver if the department determines that the student is not eligible.   Report Name:  pwt_029_xx_waiv_assist_NotElig
2. College report that includes students in a specific college who have a non-resident waiver for the current term, meet all requirements of the assistantship audit and appear to be eligible for the waiver.  SBS encourages departments to use this report to review their students and verify eligibility.   Report Name:  pwt_029_xx_waiv_assist_Review.

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TWAPMTS Payments Report (pwt_184) 

College report that includes actual amounts pulled from FAMIS accounts shown by student id, FAMIS account number, and contract number. Report Name: pwt_184_twapmts_idt_payment_College Code.