To set up a federal tax levy, complete the following steps:
On the Manage Employee Garnishments screen, enter the required data if you are creating a new record. Enter a Deduction code that is linked to a Deduction Type of Federal Tax Levy Garnishment on the Manage Deductions screen.
On the Garnishment Calculation subtask of the Manage Employee Garnishments screen, fill in the following fields:
Total Amount Due — Enter the amount specified on the tax levy. If a portion of the levy was previously paid, reduce the Total Amount Due by the amount already paid.
Payroll Year Beginning Bal — This field is non-editable.
Number of Dependent Credits — Enter 0.
Calculation Method — Select Percent of Net Pay.
Percentage — Enter 100.00%.
Fixed Amount — Enter 0.00.
Limit Calculation Method — Select Use Federal Tax Levy Rules.
Weekly Credit Amount — Enter 0.00.
Weekly Credit Amount Per Dependent — Enter 0.00.
Reduce by All Higher Priority Garnishments — Select this check box. Do not select any of the other check boxes in the Credit Amounts group box.
Fill out the rest of the subtask as appropriate. Do not select the Employee is Head of Family or Employee is Alaska Resident check boxes.
On the Disposable Income Exclusions subtask, specify any taxes, pay type amounts, and/or deduction amounts to be excluded from disposable income.
Save the garnishment record.