[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR305.32]

[Page 276]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (CHILD SUPPORT 
 
PART 305_PROGRAM PERFORMANCE MEASURES, STANDARDS, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, 
AND PENALTIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 305.32  Requirements applicable to calculations.

    In calculating the amount of incentive payments or penalties, the 
following conditions apply:
    (a) Each measure is based on data submitted for the Federal fiscal 
year. The Federal fiscal year runs from October 1st of one year through 
September 30th of the following year.
    (b) Only those Current Assistance, Former Assistance and Never 
Assistance/other collections disbursed and those expenditures claimed by 
the State in the fiscal year will be used to determine the incentive 
payment payable for that fiscal year;
    (c) Support collected by one State at the request of another State 
will be treated as having been collected in full by each State;
    (d) Amounts expended by the State in carrying out a special project 
under section 455(e) of the Act will be excluded from the State's total 
IV-D dollars expended in computing incentive payments;
    (e) Fees paid by individuals, recovered costs, and program income 
such as interest earned on collections will be deducted from total IV-D 
dollars expended; and
    (f) States must submit data used to determine incentives and 
penalties following instructions and formats as required by HHS on 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved reporting instruments. 
Data necessary to calculate performance for incentives and penalties for 
a fiscal year must be submitted to the Office of Child Support 
Enforcement by December 31st, the end of the first quarter after the end 
of the fiscal year. Only data submitted as of December 31st will be used 
to determine the State's performance for the prior fiscal year and the 
amount of incentive payments due the States.