Employers
Employers are essential to the child support program. Employers deduct child support and medical support obligations from employee’s pay, accounting for nearly 70 percent of child support collections.
Employers also…
- Save taxpayer dollars. Child support collections reduce public assistance spending.
- Prevent and reduce fraud. Federal and state agencies use new hire employment information to reduce overpayments in public assistance, unemployment and disability insurance, and workers’ compensation benefits.
Employers have four primary responsibilities:
- Report newly hired and terminated employees
- Withhold child support payments as ordered
- Enroll children in health care coverage
- Remit child support to the State Disbursement Unit
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e-IWO Release 13-01 Minor: Specifications
October 4, 2012Provides record specifications for the e-IWO application's new suspense disposition code and query for employer informationIncome Withholding Form - State Contacts and Program Information
October 2, 2012Provides the links to state income withholding (IWO), SDU, and EFT/EDI contact and program information needed to process an IWO formFederal Agency Medical Support Contacts and Program Information
October 1, 2012Provides where states should send medical support notices to federal agenciesState Lump Sum Contacts and Program Information
October 1, 2012Provides information about state requirements and contacts for reporting and withholding lump sums and bonusesState Electronic Interstate Exchange Program Information
October 1, 2012Matrix displaying which states are sending/receiving interstate payments electronically with other states
Income Withholding Form - State Contacts and Program Information
October 2, 2012Provides the links to state income withholding (IWO), SDU, and EFT/EDI contact and program information needed to process an IWO formHow to Identify Treasury Checks
May 18, 2012Information on Department of the Treasury's Financial Management Service and how to read a Treasury paper checkState Disbursement Unit Contacts and Program Information
October 1, 2012Provides State disbursement unit (SDU) contact information for employers and other state child support agenciesState New Hire Reporting Contacts and Program Information
August 1, 2012State-specific requirements and contacts for employers regarding the reporting of newly hired employees (new hires)Revised Income Withholding for Support (IWO) Form
May 16, 2011Provides the revised Income Withholding for Support (IWO) Form and instructions and highlights recent changes