CPE Credit: 1 hour

Garnishments are a requirement of doing business and having employees but juggling the requirements of different types of garnishments and federal and state laws can be exhausting.  This webinar will give you the tips and tools to know how to stay compliant and process garnishments, along with challenges and risks employers hold when not properly handling garnishments.  We will review the impact to garnishments due to the recent tax reform accordingly.
 
Course objective:
Better understanding the employer responsibilities
Define how to properly calculate Garnishment deductions?  According to the law or the order or a little bit of both?
Understanding lump sum reporting requirements and how to comply
Proper order of garnishment priority when an employer receives multiple orders.
How to determine which law to follow state or federal?
 
 
Agenda:

1. Child Support Review
   1. Employer Responsibility/Employee Protections
   2. Priority of Withholding/Multiple Orders
   3. Child Support withholding requirements
   4. Defining Income/Calculating disposable pay
   5. Lump Sum Payments
   6. Calculating Child Support Payments
   7. When to remit payments
   8. Administrative fees
   9. Handling terminated employees
   10. E-IWO (electronic income withholding orders)
   11. Other Child Support Concerns
   12. Medical Support Orders
   13. Details of State Requirements
2. Levy Review
   1. Federal Tax Levies
      1. Forms
      2. Priorities
      3. Calculating deductions
      4. Special Situations
      5. Remittance Requirements
      6. Voluntary Deductions
   2. Other Federal Garnishments/CARES Act
   3. State Tax Levies
      1. Requirements
      2. State Laws

           Creditor Garnishments