Social Security’s 2006 NationalPayroll Reporting Forum
Social Security’s 2006 NationalPayroll Reporting Forum
The Changing World of
Child Support
May 11, 2006
Anne Gould
Manager, Employer Services Team
Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005(DRA)
DRA ProvisionsDRA Provisions
More child support to TANF families
Reduced trigger for passport denial
Collection of arrearages owed toadult children
DRA ProvisionsDRA Provisions
Federal-level matching of insuranceclaims
Both parents to be considered assources for medical support
Reduced Federal funding
Electronic Paymentsfor Child Support(e-payments)
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E-payments benefit both employers and statechild support enforcement agencies.
Facilitates more timely distribution of paymentsto families.
Most large employers and payroll serviceproviders remit e-payments through the ACHnetwork.
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State e-payments average = 25%
Illinois and Indiana average = 50%
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Illinois, Indiana, and Massachusettscurrently require employers to remitchild support paymentselectronically.
California and Florida will requireemployers to remit child supportpayments electronically effective
October 1, 2006.
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Web-Based Payments
–Many states have developed web-basedpayment services for the small- tomedium- sized employer:
•AR, CT, FL, IA, ID ,IL, IN, LA County, MI,MO, NC, NE, ND, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, VAand WA.
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Resources to help you:
–NACHA User Guide for ElectronicChild Support Payments(http://ecsp.nacha.org/)
–OCSE’s Tips for Employers
–State E-Payments Contact
–OCSE Employer Services Websitewww.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/newhire/ employer/home.htm
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Questions about e-payments?Contact Nancy Benner:
–Email: nbenner@acf.hhs.gov
CaliforniaState Disbursement Unit -Sacramento
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California passed legislationrequiring child support payments tobe remitted electronically to the SDU.
ElectronicIncome Withholding OrderProject (e-IWO)
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OCSE, states, and employersdeveloped a process to transmit theincome withholding orderelectronically.
Both public and private employershave provided input to the project.
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Standard record layouts andworkflow documents weredeveloped.
e-IWO allows options for flexibilityfor employers
–Automate the acceptance andprocessing
–Select manual intervention for reviewingthe e-IWO
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Employers can report termination orsuspensions
Lump Sums –
–Child Support Enforcement Agenciescan notify employers
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The anticipated benefits are:
–Increased collections
–Cost effective
–Increased efficiency
Next Steps
–e-IWO Users Guide
–National implementation
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Questions about e-IWO?
Contact Bill Stuart:
–Email: william.k.stuart@lmco.com
Revision of theIncome Withholding Order (IWO)
Revision of the IWORevision of the IWO
Income Withholding Order is themost effective means of collectingchild support.
Standard OMB Income WithholdingOrder form expires May 31, 2007.
–OCSE is establishing a workgroup forthe revision process.
Revision of the IWORevision of the IWO
Comments or ideas on revising theIWO form?Contact Robyn Large:
–Email: rlarge@acf.hhs.gov
Multistate EmployerRegistration Letters
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What is New Hire Reporting?
–New Hire Reporting is the processby which you, as an employer,report information on your newlyhired employees to a designatedstate agency shortly after the dateof hire.
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What is the benefit of new hireinformation?
–New hire reports are matched againstchild support records at the state andnational levels to locate parents who owechild support.
–With New Hire Reporting, state childsupport enforcement agencies have theability to issue IWOs more quickly.
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Multistate Employers
–A multistate employer hires andemploys people in two or morestates and conducts businesswithin each state.
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Multistate employers may selectone of the following reportingoptions:
–Report newly-hired employees to thevarious states in which they are working.
–Select one state where employees areworking and report all new hires to thatstate's designated New Hire Reportingoffice.
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All multistate employers reporting toone state must register with HHS.
–Letters to be sent to 61,000unregistered employers.
–Approximately 28,000 letters have beensent to registered multistate employersfor updated information.
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Questions about Multistate EmployerRegistration?Contact Lynnetta Thompson:
–Email: lthompson@acf.hhs.gov
Employer Services Website
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/index.html
Click on: Information for Employers
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How Can an Employer askOCSE a Question about ChildSupport?How Can an Employer askOCSE a Question about ChildSupport?
Log on to OCSE Homepagehttp://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/
Click on Information for Employers
Click on Frequently Asked Questionsin the right column
How Can an Employer AskOCSE a Question about ChildSupport?How Can an Employer AskOCSE a Question about ChildSupport?
Click on any topic area
The employer can either reviewthe list of FAQs to see if the questionhas already been asked andanswered or #1 tells them: How can Iask a question if I don’t see it on thelist?
Anne Gould
Manager, Employer Services
Federal Office of Child SupportEnforcement
Anne Gould
Manager, Employer Services
Federal Office of Child SupportEnforcement
