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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



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



Electronic Payments

for Child Support

(e-payments)



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.




State e-payments average = 25%

Illinois and Indiana average = 50%




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.




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.




• Questions about e-payments?

Contact Nancy Benner:

– Email: [email protected]



California

State Disbursement Unit -

Sacramento



California State DisbursementCalifornia State Disbursement

UnitUnitCalifornia passed legislation

requiring child support payments to

be remitted electronically to the SDU.



Electronic

Income Withholding Order

Project (e-IWO)



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.



e-IWOe-IWO

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



e-IWOe-IWO

Employers can report termination or

suspensions

Lump Sums –

– Child Support Enforcement Agencies

can notify employers



e-IWOe-IWO

The anticipated benefits are:

– Increased collections

– Cost effective

– Increased efficiency

Next Steps

– e-IWO Users Guide

– National implementation



e-IWOe-IWO

Questions about e-IWO?

Contact Bill Stuart:




Revision of the

Income Withholding Order (IWO)



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.



Revision of the IWORevision of the IWO

Comments or ideas on revising the

IWO form?

Contact Robyn Large:




Multistate Employer

Registration Letters



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.





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.





Multistate Employers

– A multistate employer hires andemploys people in two or more

states and conducts business

within each state.




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.




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.



Employer Services Website

www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/index.html

Click on: Information for Employers



Employer Services WebsiteEmployer Services Website



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



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?



Anne Gould

Manager, EmployerServices

F d l Offi f Child