(a)Except as provided in §§55.304 - 55.306 of this title (relating to Common Paymaster, Multi-State Employers, and Federal Government Employers), each Texas employer shall furnish to the State Directory of New Hires in the state in which a newly hired employee works a report of all new hires that contains the following seven [six] required data elements [found on the employee's W-4 form]: (1) - (3)(No change.) (4)the employee's date of hire, (5) [(4)] the employer name, (6) [(5)] the employer address, and (7) [(6)] the Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN). (b)Employers, at their option may also provide the following additional information in the report: [(1)the employee's date of hire,] (1)[(2)] the employee's date of birth, and (2)[(3)] the employee's expected salary or wages, (3)[(4)] Employer payroll addresses for mailing of notice to withhold child support (c)All employers shall report new hire information on a Form W-4 or an equivalent form by first class mail, telephonically, or electronically as determined by the employer and in a format acceptable to the Title IV-D agency. The Title IV-D agency reserves the right to decline any type of form that it deems as illegible or inappropriate for new hire report processing and requests employers who elect to submit new hire reports via hardcopy to adopt the Employer New Hire Reporting Form supplied by the IV-D agency. (1)Formats available to employers include: (A)(No change.) (B)Employer New Hire Reporting Form supplied by the IV-D agency: Attached Graphic [Figure: 1 TAC §55.303(c)(1)(B)] (C) - (E)(No change.) (2)(No change.) (d) - (g)(No change.)
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has
been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's
legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on July 1, 2011
TRD-201102501 Jay Dyer
Deputy
Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Earliest possible date of adoption: August 14, 2011
For information regarding this publication,
contact Agency Liaison, Zindia Thomas, at (512) 936-9901.
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