As in effect on November 1, 2008
The purpose of this rule is to establish procedures to be followed by agencies to reduce or eliminate accounts receivable through administrative offset of tax overpayments or state payments due to entities.
This rule is established pursuant to Subsection 63A-8-204(6), which authorizes the Office of State Debt Collection to establish, by rule, an implementation of the debt collection technique of administrative offset.
In addition to terms defined in Section 63A-8-101, the following terms are defined below as follows:
(1) "Division" means the Division of Finance.
(2) "Match or Matched" means a one-to-one corresponding of a social security number or a federal employer's identification number between the entity and the tax overpayment or other state payment to the entity.
(1) If a delinquent account receivable meets the criteria established under Section 59-10-529, an agency shall proceed under this rule to collect the delinquent amount against tax overpayments.
(2) If a delinquent account receivable meets the criteria established under Section 63A-3-302, an agency shall proceed under this rule to collect the delinquent amount against tax overpayments or state payments due to entities.
(1) Upon qualifying the account for administrative offset as established in Section R21-3-4, the agency shall submit the account receivable to the division. The account receivable submission shall include:
(a) name of entity;
(b) social security number or federal employer's identification number of the entity;
(c) amount of delinquent account receivable; and
(2) Once the account has been established for administrative offset, it matches continuously from the date of the establishment until the account receivable is totally satisfied.
The division shall place the entity's matched tax overpayment or payment due to entity in a separate agency fund in the state's Accounting System.
(1) The division shall notify the agency submitting the account receivable of each administrative offset match.
(2)(a) The agency shall verify the delinquent account balance; and
(b) notify the division of the amount to be offset.
(3) The amount shall include the outstanding balance of the delinquent account receivable plus any penalty, interest or applicable collection costs.
(4) The agency shall identify for the division the exact amount(s) to be offset as early as practicable.
(1) The division will offset the matched entity tax overpayment or payment due to entity by:
(a) an "administrative fee". Which shall be charged for performing debt-collection functions associated with the administrative offset; plus
(b) the amount identified in Subsection R21-3-7(3) to satisfy the delinquent account receivable.
(1) The division shall retain the administrative charge.
(2) The division shall release the offset funds to the agency.
(3) The division shall release the balance of any available funds from the match to the entity.
Upon receipt of the offset funds from the division, the agency shall deposit the amount into their account and credit the entity's accounts receivable for the amount received.
Pursuant to Section 63A-8-201(4), the division may charge the agency a fee for the debt collection effort. This fee may be deducted from the amounts collected.
accounts receivable administrative offset
August 13, 2002
August 29, 2007
63A-8-204(6)
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