Deductions from employee salaries are required by law. You are required to deduct any applicable federal, state, and local income taxes as well as Social Security and Medicare contributions, as well as any state unemployment tax that may be imposed under local legislation.

This webinar now works through examples of how to determine the actual withholding from wages for child support. This includes doing examples for employees with one, two, and three child support orders in effect, including arrearages. Child support orders are not necessarily processed in a vacuum, and the employee may have other garnishments in effect.

Learning Objectives:-

• To explore the specific requirements for child support including deduction limits, deadlines, filing procedures, administrative fees, and penalties/fines for violations under both federal and state law.
• To identify the requirements for processing medical support notices.
• To explain which garnishment has priority when an employee has current support orders, medical support notices, and arrearages.
• To discover how to handle terminated employees regarding child support.
• To recognize the differences between state requirements and federal requirements for child support.
• To explore how to calculate withholding and prioritize the order of distribution when an employee has more than one type of garnishment.
• To identify best practices for processing child support garnishments in the payroll department.
• To discover the laws that govern the withholding and processing of child support including the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) and Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA).
• To explore the requirements for calculating the amount of withholding for child support when an employee has one withholding order with or without arrearages.
• To analyze the requirements for calculating the amount of withholding for child support when an employee has more than one withholding order.
• To identify how to go paperless with child support by receiving electronic withholding orders and paying by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).
• To discuss best practices concerning child support withholding and communicating with employees and the issuing parties.

Areas Covered:-

• Proper Processing Of Child Support Orders In The Payroll Department
• Basics Prioritizing All Types Of Garnishments To Demonstrate The Priority For Child Support In Most Cases.
• The Laws And The Regulations Governing Child Support Including The Major Federal Laws
• How The States Have Adopted These Laws.
• Income Withholding Order (Iwo) And How To Determine If The Order Is “Regular On Its Face” And Must Be Processed Or If It Can Be Rejected
• Ensure Proper Processing Of Income Withholding Orders (Iwos) By Understanding Legal Requirements, Priorities, And Effective Communication With Employees And Issuing Parties.
• Creating Templates To Assist With This Communication
• Best Practices For Reconciling And Paying Child Support To Ensure Proper Withholding And Paying.
• Review The National Medical Support Notice Which Complements Iwos In Child Support Processing, Determines Withholding Limits, And Requires Accurate Processing By Employers To Maintain Compliance.

In this webinar, we will also cover how to process child support orders with other types of garnishments focusing on bankruptcies and creditor garnishments. Special situations occur when processing child support. It will concentrate on how to process what is known as lump sums and how to handle terminating as well as rehiring employees. 

Join this Webinar to understand how to go paperless with processing child support through a discussion of the e-IWO program and paying child support by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).