Understanding Garnishments
This topic discusses:
Delivered garnishment deductions.
Delivered supporting elements.
Garnishment assignments.
Process lists and sections.
Viewing delivered elements.
PeopleSoft Global Payroll for United States delivers a single deduction element to calculate all garnishment deductions for the U.S.
In this table, the first column combines the name and description of the garnishment deduction. The other columns indicate the calculation rule components for the delivered garnishment deduction.
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Name |
Amount |
Pre- and Post- Process Formula |
|---|---|---|
|
GARNISHMENT Garnishment |
Payee-level |
Pre-GRN FM PRE PRCS Post-GRN FM PST PRCS |
Note: This element is defined as PS Delivered/Maintained. This means that you cannot modify it without losing support for statutory rules changes.
This table lists the key supporting elements used to define the garnishment deduction:
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Element Type |
Element Name |
Used By |
Where Used |
|---|---|---|---|
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Variable |
GRN VR ID |
Garnishment deduction. GRN VR ID (garnishment ID) is a user field on the garnishment deduction. Every garnishment assigned to a payee must have a unique ID. |
Assignment page of the Assign Garnishments USA component (GPUS_GRN). On this page you enter the garnishment ID (GRN VR ID). |
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GRN VR PAY PERIOD |
Garnishment deduction. |
Supporting Element Overrides page of the Calendars component (GP_CALENDAR). On this page you enter a supporting element override to identify what pay period the calendar is for if you are processing garnishments in some periods but not others. |
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GRN VR TYPE |
Garnishment deduction. GRN VR TYPE (garnishment type) is a user field on the garnishment deduction. |
Assignment page of the Assign Garnishments USA component (GPUS_GRN). On this page you define the garnishment type. Values include:
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Formula |
GRN FM SKIP PRCS |
Garnishment deduction. GRN GC SKIP PRCS (generation control formula for the garnishment element). This formula determines whether the garnishment should be deducted in the current pay period based on the garnishment setup. |
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GRN FM PRE PRCS |
GRN FM PRE PRCS is the pre-processing formula for the garnishment element. It gathers information from the garnishment setup to enable calculation of the garnishment. |
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GRN FM PST PRCS |
GRN FM PST PRCS is the post-processing formula for the garnishment element. This formula determines whether the amount calculated for the garnishment is correct based on the information gathered in the pre-process formula. If it is not correct, the formula overrides the calculated amount. In addition, if the amount available is insufficient to process the garnishment, the formula triggers proration. |
The garnishment deduction has a calculation rule of Amount, with the Amount Type field set to Payee Level. This means that garnishments are resolved only when:
An amount is assigned to a payee on the Assignment page of the Assign Garnishments USA component (GPUS_GRN ).
Positive input is entered for the deduction.
Note: When you enter one-time positive input for a garnishment deduction, you must specify the Garnishment ID (GRN VR ID), the Garnishment Received Date (GRN VR RECDT), and the Garnishment Type (GRN VR TYPE) of the garnishment you are overriding on the Positive Input - Details page of the One Time (Positive Input) component (GP_PI_MNL_ERNDED).
Before processing federal tax levies, you must make sure that all employee deductions are set up to contribute to the accumulator GRN AC FLVYSETUP N.
See Understanding the Accumulator Structure of General Deductions.
The garnishment deduction belongs to the USA STD PAYROLL process list.
It is assigned to the GARNISHMENT section of the process list.
The PeopleSoft system delivers a query that you can run to view the names of all delivered elements designed for the U.S. Instructions for running the query are provided in Understanding How to View Delivered Elements in the PeopleSoft Global Payroll product documentation.