Entering Additional Information for a Wage Attachment

Access the Wage Attachment Revisions form.

Date Wage Attachment Received

Enter the date on which the wage attachment was received from the court or administering agency.

Wage Attachment From Date

Enter the beginning effective date of the wage attachment calculation.

Thru Date

Enter the ending date of the wage attachment calculation.

File Number

Enter the number that has been assigned to the wage attachment by the issuing agency.

Tax Area (Work)

Enter the code that identifies a geographical location and the tax authorities for an employee work site, including employee and employer statutory requirements. In the Vertex payroll tax calculation software, the tax area code is synonymous with GeoCode. To determine the valid codes for the location, refer to the documentation for the tax calculation software that you are using.

Pay Frequency

Enter the UDC (07/PF) that indicates how often an employee is paid. Values are:

B: Biweekly.

W: Weekly.

S: Semimonthly.

M: Monthly.

A: Annually.

C: European Annualized.

The system uses the value in the Description-2 field on the User Defined Codes form to calculate the amount per pay period for a salaried employee.

Interest

Enter the amount of interest included in the wage attachment.

Lawyer Fee

Enter the amount of attorney fees included in the wage attachment.

Tax Levy Exemptions

Enter the number of exemptions that are claimed by the employee. These exemptions are not those defined on the W-4. For tax levies the employee must fill out form 668-W and define their marital status and number of exemptions.

Answer Fee

Enter the amount of answer fees that are included in the wage attachment.

Other Costs

Enter the amount of other costs included in the wage attachment.

Penalty

Enter the amount of penalty included in the wage attachment.