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Other types of garnishees to recover debts 107-05050050

For staff undertaking debt recovery.

This document outlines when a garnishee action can apply to some less common sources of income.

Garnishee types and notices

Item	Category
1	Self-Employment Allowance Send notice to: Self-Employment Services Department of Employment and Workplace Relations GPO Box 9880 Sydney NSW 2001 To action the garnishee, see Garnishee of continuing income to recover debts.
2	Property settlements - sole proprietor or a tenant in common Send the notice to the vendor's solicitor or conveyancing agent. To action the garnishee, see Financial Institution (FI) garnishees to recover debts.
3	Property settlement - joint tenant If the settlement money is sent to the customer's bank account (with their name only). Send the notice to the financial institution. To action the garnishee, see Financial Institution (FI) garnishees to recover debts.
4	Rental payments (customer owns rental property) Send a notice to a real estate agent, see Garnishee of continuing income to recover debts. If there is no real estate agent, and the rental payments: go to a financial institution, see Financial Institution (FI) garnishees to recover debts are not directed to a financial institution, see Garnishee of continuing income to recover debts
5	Share/debenture dividends (not the shares/debentures themselves) Send the notice to the company that holds the shares/debentures. To action the garnishee, see Financial Institution (FI) garnishees to recover debts.
6	TAB accounts Send the notice to the State TAB.
7	Cabcharge To complete a Cabcharge garnishee for a taxi driver, send a Question for Third party (QSS40) letter with the following questions: Is/was {CLIENT.FIRST.NAME} in receipt of payments from Cabcharge? Please tell us any reference details that will help you identify {CLIENT.FIRST.NAME} if we write to you again (for example, payroll number, work location, change of name etc.) If {CLIENT.FIRST.NAME} is/was paid direct to a financial institution, please provide full details including financial institution name, branch and account number What is/was the residential address and home telephone number that you hold for {CLIENT.FIRST.NAME} Send the letter to: Cabcharge Australia PO Box 700 Paddington NSW 2021 Phone: (02) 9332 9222 To action the garnishee, see Garnishee of continuing income to recover debts.
8	Trusts A garnish can apply to trust payable to customers. Send the garnishee notice to the trustee of the particular trust.