Entering Wage Attachments for a Garnishment

Access the Wage Attachment Revisions form.

Case Number

Enter the number that is assigned to the wage attachment by the issuing agency. When you enter wage attachments, the system prevents you from entering duplicate case numbers.

Case Date

Enter the date that the wage attachment was issued by the agency.

Minimum Net Pay

Enter the minimum net pay amount that the court may have allowed the employee to take home.

Obligee Number

Enter the address book number of the person, company, or individual who initiated the claim and is due the money.

B: Biweekly

W: Weekly

S: Semimonthly

M: Monthly

A: Annually

C: European Annualized

The system uses the value in the Description-2 field on user-defined codes indicates the number of pay periods per year and is used to calculate the amount per pay period for a salaried employee.

Amount Due

Enter the amount that is due. The amount due is one of the following amounts.

The amount due for a declining balance (Declining Balance field value is Y).

The amount due for a wage attachment deduction.

This amount is required for all wage attachments except a child support deduction.

The amount due for a declining balance must be specified at one of these assignment levels:

Deductions, benefits, and accruals (DBA) setup

Group assignment

Employee assignment

For wage attachment setup, the system stores the amount due in a different table and does not display it in the DBA instructions for employees.

You cannot specify the amount due during time entry. When the amount due equals zero, the DBA becomes inactive.

Payee Number

Enter the address book number for the supplier who receives the final payment.For wage attachments, the payee number is the address book number of the agency, company, individual, or court that is to receive the payment of the check.

Original Balance

Enter the original balance due on the wage attachment. This is the total amount that must be withheld from the employee's paychecks to meet the court order requirement. For example, if the employee was served a court order for an outstanding garnishment, the system displays the total amount that is due. This is not the current outstanding balance, which is carried in the Amount Due (AD) field.

The Remaining Balance on the Detail Wage Attachment Ledger is reduced by the amount of the deduction each pay period that it is deducted.

No of Periods (number of periods)

Enter the number of periods for which a deduction or benefit should be taken. The system automatically decreases this number by one for each period taken. For example, if the number of periods for a deduction is 12, then after one deduction is taken, the number automatically changes to 11.

A/P Voucher (Y, N) (accounts payable voucher (yes, no))

Enter a code that specifies whether the system generates a voucher for the DBA, tax, or wage attachment during the final update phase of the payroll processing cycle. Values are:

N: The system does not generate a voucher.

Y: The system does generate a voucher.

Amount

Enter the amount to be withheld from the paycheck of an employee for a wage attachment. Based on the method, this amount may be used as a comparison to a percentage.

Method

Enter a value from user-defined code (UDC) table 05/GA that specifies the method that the system uses to calculate a wage attachment deduction. Values are:

Blank: The system uses information in the Standard Annual Exemption Amounts and Additional Exemption Amounts tables to calculate the garnishment.

1: The lesser of the flat amount or percent of disposable wage. (Use for child support.)

2: The greater of the flat amount or percent of disposable wage. (Use for child support.)

3: The greater of the flat amount or percent; the difference becomes the arrearage deduction if an arrearage amount exists. (Use for child support.)

4: The flat dollar amount; the difference between the new disposable wage and the minimum net pay equals the arrearage amount. (Use for child support.)

5: The flat dollar amount unless the amount is greater than percent of wage; then use the secondary amount. (Use for child support.)

6: The flat dollar amount, unless the new disposable wage is less than the minimum net pay; then adjust the amount until the minimum net is reached. (Use for garnishment and levy.)

7: The percent of disposable wage adjusted to minimum net. (Use for garnishment and levy.)

8: The lesser of the percent of gross or table amount. (Use for garnishment.)

9. The lesser of the percent of gross or debt. (Use for garnishment.)

$: The flat dollar amount. (Use for garnishment, levy, and loans.)

%: The percentage of disposable wages (Use for garnishment and levy.)

E: The wage attachment equals the exemption subtracted from source wage. (Use for garnishment.)

Note: To perform the garnishment calculation for Quebec, you must select wage attachment method E in conjunction with exemption method 4.

Source of Calculation

Enter the wage basis that the system uses to calculate the rule. This UDC code (07/DB) specifies the basis of a deduction, benefit, or accrual. When the system calculates the gross amount for disposable net wages, it does not use the basis of calculation. The gross amount includes all earnings that have a positive effect on the gross and net payment. For wage attachments, use one of these codes:

1-8: Garnishment, tax levy, wage assignment (child support and maintenance).

R: Loan, interest.

0: Fees.

Wage Attachment Credit

Enter the initial claim amount associated with a wage attachment. The system reduces this amount from the calculated wage attachment. This amount reduces the wage attachment to the minimum of zero.