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Employer Withholding (EW) - Election for EW not to apply (CS) 277-04150000

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This document outlines information about employer withholding and an election for EW not to apply.

Deductible liabilities must be, as far as practical, collected by deductions from a person’s salary or wages. This includes amounts due payable for:

  • enforceable maintenance liabilities (ongoing periodic liability)
  • child support debts
  • child support related debts, and
  • carer debts

A payer with an ongoing periodic liability can ask us not to deduct payments from their pay. Child Support can accept this election if satisfied that payments will be made on time. Generally, an election cannot be accepted if the person has a debt, unless the payer was unaware of the debt or has established an extended period of voluntary compliance addressing the debt.

An election cannot be made when there is no ongoing periodic liability payable, and deductions are only to repay a debt.

EW and Parental Leave Pay (PPL)

When an employer elects to administer these payments to eligible customers, the payments will be subject to the same rules as for EW. If the person does not wish to have payments deducted from PLP they must make an election for EW not to apply.
Note: references to an election for EW not to apply include an election for PLP deductions not to apply.

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Employer withholding (EW) not to apply in Pluto

Contact with Child Support customers

Documenting Child Support information

Employer Withholding (linking) for Child Support customers

Elections for Employer Withholding (EW) not to apply Cuba Process Help

Letters Cuba Process Help

Communication Window Help

Payer Collection/Capacity to Pay Window Help

Payer Employer Relationship Window Help