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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
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Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
(DRA)
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DRA ProvisionsDRA Provisions
More child support to TANF families
Reduced trigger for passport denial
Collection of arrearages owed toadult children
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Electronic Payments
for Child Support
(e-payments)
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e-paymentse-payments
E-payments benefit both employers and statechild support enforcement agencies.
Facilitates more timely distribution of paymentsto families.
Most large employers and payroll service
providers remit e-payments through the ACHnetwork.
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e-paymentse-payments
State e-payments average = 25%
Illinois and Indiana average = 50%
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Illinois, Indiana, and Massachusettscurrently require employers to remit
child 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-based
payment 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, VA
and WA.
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• Questions about e-payments?
Contact Nancy Benner:
– Email: [email protected]
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California
State Disbursement Unit -
Sacramento
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California State DisbursementCalifornia State Disbursement
UnitUnitCalifornia passed legislation
requiring child support payments to
be remitted electronically to the SDU.
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Electronic
Income Withholding Order
Project (e-IWO)
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e-IWOe-IWO
OCSE, states, and employers
developed a process to transmit the
income withholding order electronically.
Both public and private employershave provided input to the project.
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Standard record layouts and
workflow documents were
developed.e-IWO allows options for flexibility
for employers
– Automate the acceptance andprocessing
– Select manual intervention for reviewing
the e-IWO
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e-IWOe-IWO
Employers can report termination or
suspensions
Lump Sums –
– Child Support Enforcement Agencies
can 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: [email protected]
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Revision of the
Income Withholding Order (IWO)
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Revision of the IWORevision of the IWO
Income Withholding Order is the
most effective means of collecting
child support.Standard OMB Income Withholding
Order form expires May 31, 2007.
– OCSE is establishing a workgroup for the revision process.
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Revision of the IWORevision of the IWO
Comments or ideas on revising the
IWO form?
Contact Robyn Large:
– Email: [email protected]
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Multistate Employer
Registration Letters
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Multistate Employer Multistate Employer
Registration LettersRegistration Letters
What is New Hire Reporting?
– New Hire Reporting is the process
by which you, as an employer,
report information on your newlyhired employees to a designated
state agency shortly after the date
of hire.
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Multistate Employer Multistate Employer
Registration LettersRegistration Letters
What is the benefit of new hire
information? – New hire reports are matched against
child support records at the state and
national levels to locate parents who owe
child support.
– With New Hire Reporting, state child
support enforcement agencies have the
ability to issue IWOs more quickly.
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Multistate Employer Multistate Employer
Registration LettersRegistration Letters
Multistate Employers
– A multistate employer hires andemploys people in two or more
states and conducts business
within each state.
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Multistate Employer Multistate Employer
Registration LettersRegistration LettersMultistate employers may select
one 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 Reporting
office.
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Multistate Employer Multistate Employer
Registration LettersRegistration LettersAll multistate employers reporting to
one state must register with HHS.
– Letters to be sent to 61,000 unregisteredemployers.
– Approximately 28,000 letters have beensent to registered multistate employersfor updated information.
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Employer Services Website
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/index.html
Click on: Information for Employers
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Employer Services WebsiteEmployer Services Website
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Employer Services WebsiteEmployer Services Website
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Employer Services WebsiteEmployer Services Website
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Employer Services WebsiteEmployer Services Website
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How Can an Employer askHow Can an Employer ask
OCSE a Question about ChildOCSE a Question about Child
Support?Support?
Log on to OCSE Homepagehttp://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/
Click on Information for Employers
Click on Frequently Asked Questions
in the right column
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How Can an Employer AskHow Can an Employer Ask
OCSE a Question about ChildOCSE a Question about Child
Support?Support?Click on any topic area
The employer can either reviewthe list of FAQs to see if the questionhas already been asked and
answered or #1 tells them: How can Iask a question if I don’t see it on thelist?
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Anne Gould
Manager, EmployerServices
F d l Offi f Child