How do Federal Intercepts work?

Federal intercepts are almost completely a systematic process which identifies debt that is eligible for a federal level intercept.

•      SUITS will send notification to the employer that they have debt eligible for federal interception

•      SUITS will update the intercept to an active status

•      SUITS updates the Daily TOP Outbound file containing all employers identified that have an Active status

•      System determines total amount due to employer account and as payments are received they will be applied to the employer account, and the total amount due will be updated.

•      Records that have errors will be returned in the Daily Un-Processable file and case managers will be alerted that the record needs to be updated

To look up intercept records:

Go to Manage Collection Functions in the Employer Services LHS menu.

Select the Intercept icon

Search for by Employer ID or other criteria

Post Benefit Charges to Employer Account