Is there another way to transmit payments electronically to North Dakotas SDU?
A. Yes. Income withholding payments can be sent to North Dakota’s SDU using an Electronic Funds Transfer/Electronic Data Interchange (EFT/EDI) format. The EDI portion of this format provides the detailed information necessary to distinguish the individual payments and apply them to the appropriate cases. North Dakota is currently receiving income withholding payments via the EFT/EDI format from several large employers such as Sears Roebuck, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, John Deere, and the US Postal Service. Each of these employers remits income withholding payments to the SDUs in multiple states, and determined that it was worth the expense to program for the EDI record. Smaller employers may find that programming for the EDI record is beyond their expertise or is not cost beneficial. The web enabled Employer EFT program offered by North Dakota’s Child Support Enforcement Program is provided at no cost to the employer, and will be of greatest benefit to employers who remit income with
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