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
- 0100Transaction Set HeaderMandatoryMax 1
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
- 0200Beginning SegmentMandatoryMax 1
To indicate the beginning of a transaction set
- 0300Beginning Segment for Payment Order/Remittance AdviceOptionalMax 1
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. - 0400Note/Special InstructionOptionalMax >1
To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction
- 0500TraceOptionalMax 1
To uniquely identify a transaction to an application
- 0600CurrencyOptionalMax 1
To specify the currency (dollars, pounds, francs, etc.) used in a transaction
- 0700Reference InformationOptionalMax >1
To specify identifying information
- 0800Date/Time ReferenceOptionalMax >1
To specify pertinent dates and times
- 0850Adjustment AmountOptionalMax >1
To specify the characteristics of an adjustment
- N1 Loop OptionalRepeat >1
- 0900Party IdentificationMandatoryMax 1
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
This N1 loop may refer to the issuing agency, the payer or asset holder or its agent, or the entity to which remittance should be sent. - 1000Additional Name InformationOptionalMax 2
To specify additional names
- 1100Party LocationOptionalMax 2
To specify the location of the named party
- 1200Geographic LocationOptionalMax 1
To specify the geographic place of the named party
- 1300Reference InformationOptionalMax >1
To specify identifying information
- 1400Administrative Communications ContactOptionalMax >1
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
- 0900Party IdentificationMandatoryMax 1
Detail
- NM1 Loop MandatoryRepeat >1
- 0100Individual or Organizational NameMandatoryMax 1
To supply the full name of an individual or organizational entity
This NM1 refers to the obligor. - 0200Additional Name InformationOptionalMax 2
To specify additional names
- 0300Individual Name Structure ComponentsOptionalMax >1
To sequence individual name components for maximum specificity
- 0400Party LocationOptionalMax 2
To specify the location of the named party
- 0500Geographic LocationOptionalMax 1
To specify the geographic place of the named party
- 0600Reference InformationOptionalMax >1
To specify identifying information
- 0700Date/Time ReferenceOptionalMax >1
To specify pertinent dates and times
- 0800Adjustment AmountOptionalMax >1
To specify the characteristics of an adjustment
- 0900Message TextOptionalMax >1
To provide a free-form format that allows the transmission of text information
- PAM Loop OptionalRepeat >1
- 1000Period AmountMandatoryMax 1
To indicate a quantity, and/or amount for an identified period
- 1100Reference InformationOptionalMax >1
To specify identifying information
- 1200Date/Time ReferenceOptionalMax >1
To specify pertinent dates and times
- 1000Period AmountMandatoryMax 1
- CDS Loop OptionalRepeat >1
- 1300Case DescriptionMandatoryMax 1
To identify and describe a specific court case
- 1400Reference InformationOptionalMax >1
To specify identifying information
- 1500Period AmountOptionalMax >1
To indicate a quantity, and/or amount for an identified period
- 1600Date/Time ReferenceOptionalMax >1
To specify pertinent dates and times
- N1 Loop OptionalRepeat >1
- 1700Party IdentificationMandatoryMax 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. - 1800Additional Name InformationOptionalMax 2
To specify additional names
- 1900Individual Name Structure ComponentsOptionalMax >1
To sequence individual name components for maximum specificity
- 2000Party LocationOptionalMax 2
To specify the location of the named party
- 2100Geographic LocationOptionalMax 1
To specify the geographic place of the named party
- 2200Reference InformationOptionalMax >1
To specify identifying information
- 2300Administrative Communications ContactOptionalMax >1
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
- 1700Party IdentificationMandatoryMax 1
- 1300Case DescriptionMandatoryMax 1
- 0100Individual or Organizational NameMandatoryMax 1
Summary
- 0100Monetary Amount InformationOptionalMax 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. - 0200Transaction Set TrailerMandatoryMax 1
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)