EDI 521 Income or Asset Offset

Functional Group AO

X12F Finance Subcommittee

This X12 Transaction Set contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Income or Asset Offset Transaction Set (521) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This bi-directional transaction set can be created by an agency or entity to require an employer or asset holder to withhold and deliver assets or income on behalf of a person or entity to whom they are owed, as in a levy, lien, or garnishment. It can also be used to confirm or modify a prior notification. This transaction set can also be used by the employer or third party to report the ability to comply with the requirement and the terms of that compliance and may be used to initiate an electronic funds transfer in order to satisfy the requirement.

Heading

Position
Segment
Name
Max use
  1. To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number

  2. To indicate the beginning of a transaction set

  3. To indicate the beginning of a Payment Order/Remittance Advice Transaction Set and total payment amount, or to enable related transfer of funds and/or information from payer to payee to occur

    This BPR segment can be used by the responder to initiate a single electronic funds transfer payment for the entire offset. The amount of the entire offset is the sum of the offsets contained in the PAM segments for individuals or organizations named in Table 2, less any adjustment amounts contained in any AD1 segments.
  4. To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction

  5. To uniquely identify a transaction to an application

  6. To specify the currency (dollars, pounds, francs, etc.) used in a transaction

  7. To specify identifying information

  8. To specify pertinent dates and times

  9. To specify the characteristics of an adjustment

  10. N1 Loop Optional
    Repeat >1
    1. To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

      This N1 loop may refer to the issuing agency, the payor or asset holder or its agent, or the entity to which remittance should be sent.
    2. To specify additional names

    3. To specify the location of the named party

    4. To specify the geographic place of the named party

    5. To specify identifying information

    6. To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed

Detail

Position
Segment
Name
Max use
  1. NM1 Loop Mandatory
    Repeat >1
    1. To supply the full name of an individual or organizational entity

      This NM1 refers to the obligor.
    2. To specify additional names

    3. To sequence individual name components for maximum specificity

    4. To specify the location of the named party

    5. To specify the geographic place of the named party

    6. To specify identifying information

    7. To specify pertinent dates and times

    8. To specify the characteristics of an adjustment

    9. To provide a free-form format that allows the transmission of text information

    10. PAM Loop Optional
      Repeat >1
      1. To indicate a quantity, and/or amount for an identified period

      2. To specify identifying information

      3. To specify pertinent dates and times

    11. CDS Loop Optional
      Repeat >1
      1. To identify and describe a specific court case

      2. To specify identifying information

      3. To indicate a quantity, and/or amount for an identified period

      4. To specify pertinent dates and times

      5. N1 Loop Optional
        Repeat >1
        1. To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

          This N1 loop refers to the payees, such as children, custodial parent, or trustee.
        2. To specify additional names

        3. To sequence individual name components for maximum specificity

        4. To specify the location of the named party

        5. To specify the geographic place of the named party

        6. To specify identifying information

        7. To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed

Summary

Position
Segment
Name
Max use
  1. To indicate the total monetary amount

    This AMT segment is used to carry the total monetary value of the transaction set, including all offsets against income or assets of all obligors.
  2. To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)

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