MN HF864

Commissioner of Revenue authorized to enter into an agreement with the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to participate in an offset program under United States Code, title 31, section 3716

Agreement permits the federal government to submit debts owed to federal agencies for offset against state payments, mirroring procedures used for offsetting state debts from federal payments

Commissioner must reduce any state payment by the amount of federal debt submitted under the agreement and remit that amount to the appropriate federal official per agreement procedures

Commissioner may establish by rule a reasonable administrative fee charged to debtors for processing state payment offsets for federal nontax debt recovery or federal payment offsets for state tax and nontax debt recovery

Administrative fees are treated as separate debt and may be withheld from any refund, reimbursement, or other money held for the debtor