CTAS

The Office of the State Auditor collaborated with representatives of small cities and townships to develop and distribute the Small City and Town Accounting System (CTAS). The program is designed to maintain accounting records and assist in bookkeeping tasks. CTAS also facilitates the submission of financial records to the Office of the State Auditor.

For more information about CTAS, or to receive e-mails with CTAS user news and information, call (651) 296-6262 or e-mail ctas@osa.state.mn.us.

What's New

• CTAS 2024 Enhancements
• CTAS 2024 - Update PERA Data Step-by-Step Instructions
• CTAS 2024 - ESST Step-by-Step Instructions
• Using CTAS for 2023 1099s
• CTAS Account Coding and COVID Funding (CARES and ARPA) 
• Checking Computer Requirements (pdf)

The current version of CTAS is CTAS 2024.

• If your entity has ordered CTAS (any release), click here to download the most current version from SAFES.
• If you are interested in ordering CTAS, click here to download an order form (pdf).

CTAS

• Getting Started -- documents and videos for using CTAS
• Minimum Computer Requirements (Updated January 2023)
• CTAS User Manual
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Known Issues
• Order Form (pdf)
• CTAS Promotional Video

CTAS Documents

• Uniform Chart of Accounts (February, 2012) (pdf)
• CTAS Chart of Accounts (April 2024) (pdf)

2024 Tax Tables (Updated December 29, 2023)

The 2024 Withholding Tax Tables are available for import. See the link below for instructions on how to import from our website or to import by file.

CTAS User Manual, Chapter 15 

2024 Tax Table (.zip file) 

Other Resources

• Instructions for Year-End Reporting (pdf)
• Using CTAS for 2023 1099s
• CTAS Newsletter Archive
• Reporting and Publishing Requirements - City Audited Financial Statements (pdf)
• Reporting and Publishing Requirements - Cash Basis of Accounting (pdf)
• Accounting Manual for Small Cities and Towns (pdf)
• List of CTAS Check Vendors (pdf)