to select, the employee ID, which comes from Manage Employee Information screen. The employee's name displays in the adjacent, unlabeled field.Use this screen to enter employee garnishment data. You can maintain multiple garnishments for one employee, using the same deduction code.
You also use this screen to assign a garnishment to an employee to be deducted from payroll. It is not necessary to set up this garnishment on the Manage Employee Deductions screen because the Compute Payroll process looks to this screen, along with the associated subtasks, to calculate the garnishment amount.
Before adding a new record, you must first complete the following screens:
Set up the employee on the Manage Employee Information screen.
Set up the employee on the Manage Employee Salary Information screen.
Set up the employee on the Manage Employee Taxes screen so that the employee has been assigned a pay cycle.
Set up the Manage Minimum Wage screen for any states from which you received garnishments for your employees.
Set up the Manage Federal Tax Levy Exemptions screen if you plan to assign federal tax levies to your employees.
Set up the Manage State Support Order Rules screen if you plan to assign support orders to your employees.
Set up the remittance information on the Manage Garnishment Recipients screen.
If you want to track your changes on this screen, you must select the Employee Garnishments check box in the Enable Audit File Tracking group box on the Configure Payroll Settings screen.
Click on one of the following links to learn about setting up certain types of garnishments:
Setting Up a Medical Support Order Garnishment
Setting Up a Child Support Garnishment
Setting Up a Creditor Debt Garnishment
Setting Up a Student Loan Garnishment
Enter, or click to select, the employee ID, which comes from Manage Employee Information screen. The employee's name displays in the adjacent, unlabeled field.
Enter a garnishment ID. Both numbers and letters are acceptable.
From the drop-down list, select the garnishment status. Valid options are:
Active — Select this garnishment status if the garnishment has not been satisfied and wages are being withheld for the garnishment. This status is the default.
On Hold — Select this garnishment status to temporarily discontinue withholding for the garnishment.
Garnishment Satisfied — Select this garnishment status if the total amount due was withheld and no more is owed for the garnishment. If you select this status, the Work State, Start Date, End Date, Priority, Date Received, Issuing State, Issuing County, Court Order/Case Number, Account Number, and Jurisdiction fields are disabled.
Pending Completion of Other Garnishment — Select this garnishment status if the state mandates that the garnishment cannot begin because the employee has another garnishment that must be satisfied (paid in full) first. You can use this status to enter garnishment information about an employee without activating the garnishment.
Stopped Due to Bankruptcy — Select this garnishment status if the employee filed for bankruptcy, causing the garnishment to be discharged.
Enter, or click to select, a deduction code. The only deduction codes that display in are the deduction types specific to the employee garnishments function. The deduction description displays in the field to the right when you select the Deduction code. Valid values are:
SDNTLN — Student Loan Garnishment
CDTDBT — Creditor Debt Garnishment
FADMWG — Federal Admin Wage Garnishment
CDMSUP — Child Medical Support
CSGARN — Child Support Garnishment
FDTXLY — Federal Tax Levy or
STTXLY — State Tax Levy
BNKRPT — Bankrupt
When you select a Deduction code, this non-editable field displays the deduction type.
Enter, or click to select, the remittance for this garnishment. You must first complete the Manage Garnishment Recipients screen before you can assign a remittance ID to this employee's garnishment. The remittance description displays in the field to the right.
Enter, or click to select, the code of the state where the employee works. Garnishment rules are based on the work state. The Work State can be different than the SUTA state.
If the employee has another active garnishment, the Work State you enter here must match the Work State from the other garnishment.
If your Deduction Type is Creditor Debt Garnishment, State Tax Levy, Federal Admin Wage Garnishment, or Student Loan Garnishment, the Work State must exist in the Manage Minimum Wage screen.
Enter, or click 
to select, the start date of the garnishment.
Enter, or click to select, the end date of the garnishment.
You must assign a priority to determine the priority of this garnishment in relation to other garnishments or deductions. The lower the number, the higher the priority. To use this feature, you must select the Deduction Priority check box on the Configure Payroll Settings screen.
Most of the information for this section is provided by the court order of the garnishment.
Enter, or click to select, the date on which the garnishment was received.
Enter, or click to select, the code of the state that issued the garnishment.
Enter the county that issued the garnishment.
Enter the court order or case number.
Enter the court's account number for this record, if applicable.
Enter the jurisdiction of the court order.
Enter any information about this garnishment you want to record.
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Subtask |
Description |
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Garnishment Calculation |
Click this link to open the Garnishment Calculation subtask. Use this subtask to enter and maintain the calculation and limitation rules for federal tax levies, state tax levies, creditor debt garnishments, and student loan garnishments. You can enter only one Garnishment Calculation record for each Employee Garnishment record. This subtask is disabled if the Deduction Type is Child Medical Garnishments or Child Support Garnishment. For other Deduction Types, this subtask is required. |
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Support Order Calculation |
Click this link to open the Support Order Calculation subtask. This subtask is available and required only if the Deduction Type is Child Medical Garnishments or Child Support Garnishment. A Work State is also required. |
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Disposable Income Exclusions |
Click this link to open the Disposable Income Exclusions subtask. Use this subtask to specify whether or not an employee’s federal, social security, Medicare, state withholding and/or local taxes are exempt from the disposable income that is used to calculate the garnishment amount. If an employee has two garnishment records with the same Deduction Type, this subtask must be identical for both. |