Child-Support Withholding Rules -- How You Can Stay in Compliance

Child-support withholding can often be a trying and complicated process for most payroll professionals to handle. Staying up-to-date on the latest federal and state compliance requirements can be time-consuming as well. But questions remain, such as: What do I do if there is more than one withholding order, and which order has priority? What if there is not enough money to comply with the order? Where does medical support come in? What do I do with the arrears?

In this 90-minute interactive audio conference, payroll and taxation expert Vicki Lambert will give you all you need to know on the latest regulatory and compliance requirements for correct reporting and tax treatment of child-support withholding requirements.

Learning Points and Questions To Be Answered:
 

• How to define “child support garnishments”
• The federal requirements a payroll department must know regarding child support
• How certain state requirements affect child support
• Specific requirements for child support, including deduction limits, deadlines, filing procedures, administrative fees, and penalties/fines for violations
• How to handle terminated employees with regard to child support
• Best practices for communicating with employees and issuing parties
• Which garnishment to take when an employee has current support orders, medical support orders, and arrearages
• Calculating the withholding and prioritizing the order of distribution when an employee has more than one type of garnishment
• Best practices for processing child support garnishments in the payroll department
• Review of the OCSE withholding notice

Attendees Who Will Benefit From This Audio Conference Include:
 

• Payroll managers and analysts
• Accounting staff
• CFOs and financial executive management
• Human resources professionals
• Third party administrators
• Auditors
• Business managers and supervisors

Vicki M. Lambert, CPP, is president and academic director of Vicki M. Lambert, LLC a firm specializing in payroll education and training.  Also known as “The Payroll Advisor,” Ms. Lambert is founder and director of www.thepayrolladvisor.com, a website that provides unique and expert services for lawmakers, attorneys, media organizations, businesses, individuals or any entity that must deal with the complexities and technicalities of the payroll process. Ms. Lambert graduated Magna Cum Laude in Business Administration and is a certified payroll professional with over 30 years of multi-state payroll experience. Ms. Lambert has lectured extensively throughout the United States on payroll administration and compliance issues for clients that include ADP, CCH Incorporated, Ceridian Employer Services, Fox Studios, County of Riverside, Sun Microsystems and others. She has authored, co-authored or edited numerous payroll publications and newsletters.