Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT

          Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, Philip W. Tomlinson, the Chief Executive Officer of Total System Services, Inc. (the “Company”), and James B. Lipham, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify that, to the best of his knowledge:

(1) The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

February 28, 2006	/s/ Philip W. Tomlinson
	Philip W. Tomlinson
	Chief Executive Officer
February 28, 2006	/s/ James B. Lipham
	James B. Lipham
	Chief Financial Officer

This certification “accompanies” the Form 10-K to which it relates, is not deemed filed with the SEC and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before or after the date of the Form 10-K, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.)