Social Securitys 2006 National Payroll Reporting Forum

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Social Securitys 2006 National Payroll
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 Provisions

• More child support to TANF families
• Reduced trigger for passport denial
• Collection of arrearages owed to adult children

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DRA Provisions

• Federal-level matching of insurance claims
• Both parents to be considered as sources for
  medical support
• Reduced Federal funding

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Electronic Payments for Child Support(e-payments
)
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e-payments

• E-payments benefit both employers and state child
  support enforcement agencies.
• Facilitates more timely distribution of payments
  to families.
• Most large employers and payroll service
  providers remit e-payments through the ACH
  network.

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e-payments

• State e-payments average 25
• Illinois and Indiana average 50

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e-payments

• Illinois, Indiana, and Massachusetts currently
  require employers to remit child support payments
  electronically.
• California and Florida will require employers to
  remit child support payments electronically
  effective
• October 1, 2006.

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e-payments

• Web-Based Payments
• Many states have developed web-based payment
  services for the small- to medium- 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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e-payments

• Resources to help you
• NACHA User Guide for Electronic Child Support
  Payments (http//ecsp.nacha.org/)
• OCSEs Tips for Employers
• State E-Payments Contact
• OCSE Employer Services Website www.acf.hhs.gov/pro
  grams/cse/newhire/ employer/home.htm

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e-payments

• Questions about e-payments? Contact Nancy
  Benner
• Email nbenner_at_acf.hhs.gov

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California State Disbursement Unit - Sacramento
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California State Disbursement Unit

• California 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-IWO

• OCSE, states, and employers developed a process
  to transmit the income withholding order
  electronically.
• Both public and private employers have provided
  input to the project.

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e-IWO

• Standard record layouts and workflow documents
  were developed.
• e-IWO allows options for flexibility for
  employers
• Automate the acceptance and processing
• Select manual intervention for reviewing the
  e-IWO

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e-IWO

• Employers can report termination or suspensions
• Lump Sums
• Child Support Enforcement Agencies can notify
  employers

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e-IWO

• The anticipated benefits are
• Increased collections
• Cost effective
• Increased efficiency
• Next Steps
• e-IWO Users Guide
• National implementation

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e-IWO

• Questions about e-IWO?
• Contact Bill Stuart
• Email william.k.stuart_at_lmco.com

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Revision of the Income Withholding Order (IWO)
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Revision 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 IWO

• Comments or ideas on revising the IWO form?
  Contact Robyn Large
• Email rlarge_at_acf.hhs.gov

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Multistate Employer Registration Letters
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Multistate Employer Registration Letters

• What is New Hire Reporting?
• New Hire Reporting is the process by which you,
  as an employer, report information on your newly
  hired employees to a designated state agency
  shortly after the date of hire.

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Multistate Employer Registration 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 Registration Letters

• Multistate Employers
• A multistate employer hires and employs people in
  two or more states and conducts business within
  each state.

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Multistate Employer Registration Letters

• Multistate employers may select one of the
  following reporting options
• Report newly-hired employees to the various
  states in which they are working.
• Select one state where employees are working and
  report all new hires to that state's designated
  New Hire Reporting office.

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Multistate Employer Registration Letters

• All multistate employers reporting to one state
  must register with HHS.
• Letters to be sent to 61,000 unregistered
  employers.
• Approximately 28,000 letters have been sent to
  registered multistate employers for updated
  information.

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Multistate Employer Registration Letters

• Questions about Multistate Employer Registration?
  Contact Lynnetta Thompson
• Email lthompson_at_acf.hhs.gov

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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 Website
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Employer Services Website
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Employer Services Website
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Employer Services Website
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How Can an Employer ask OCSE a Question about
Child Support?

• Log on to OCSE Homepage http//www.acf.dhhs.gov/p
  rograms/cse/
• Click on Information for Employers
• Click on Frequently Asked Questions in the right
  column

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How Can an Employer Ask OCSE a Question about
Child Support?

• Click on any topic area
• The employer can either review the list of FAQs
  to see if the question has already been asked and
  answered or 1 tells them How can I ask a
  question if I dont see it on the list? 

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Anne Gould Manager, Employer Services Federal
Office of Child Support Enforcement