Employee Wage Attachment
Electronic Payment
The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) offers three methods for submitting monies withheld from employees' paychecks under wage attachment orders. All transactions are governed by strict, nationally established security procedures and occur between financial institutions only at your request.
- Online Payment (ACH Debit) - My Tax Account: You may already be familiar with My Tax Account for withholding and sales tax reporting. Wage attachment payments are also made using My Tax Account.
If you do not currently use My Tax Account, you may register by going to Getting Started.
- eFile Transfer (ACH Debit): Third-party or your own software is necessary to create an XML file to DOR specifications This file instructs the state to electronically debit a bank account you control and identifies the employee(s) for whom the wage attachment payment is being made. This file is securely transferred via the Internet to DOR. For more information, go to www.revenue.wi.gov/eserv/wage/index.html.
- ACH Credit: The ACH credit method allows you to transfer funds by instructing a financial institution to debit your account and credit the state's bank account. For more information, contact your financial institution. Additional information is available at www.revenue.wi.gov/eserv/eft2.html.
Benefits of Using My Tax Account :
- Current Employee Information: Every employee with an active DOR issued wage attachment is listed by name and partial social security number. The withholding amount or percentage to withhold, original issue date, and current amount due covered under the wage attachment are displayed. All you enter is the amount withheld for the remittance period.
- Release Status: This field is an indication that you may have recently received a release letter or will soon receive a release letter. Employees that have a satisfied wage attachment will be displayed for 60 days following release. If you have withheld wages for an individual who has a zero balance, you may either return the funds to the employee or enter the amount withheld and DOR will issue a refund for the overpayment to your employee. Releases are automatically issued by DOR when the wage attachment has been satisfied.
- Warehouse Payments: Once wage attachment information is entered, you may select a day, up to 30 days in the future, to have the payment withdrawn from your bank account.
- Edit Entries: You may edit wage attachment information as long as the payment is still in a status of pending.
- View Wage Attachment History: You may search and view the total amount submitted by date as well as the employee(s) detail for that remittance.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Central Collection Section
Mailstop 4-206
P.O. Box 8960
Madison, WI 53708-8960
Phone: (608) 264-9956
Fax: (608) 261-8978
E-Mail Additional Questions
Last updated January 23, 2012