Understanding Wage Attachment for a Garnishment
You must enter a garnishment wage attachment for an employee when a court orders the organization to withhold payments for overdue child support or personal debt from the employee's wages.
When you enter a garnishment wage attachment, you specify the total amount that the employee owes (the amount due) and the method by which the system calculates the withholding amount (such as a flat rate or a percentage amount) for each pay period. The court determines this method. For garnishments, courts often require you to use guidelines that are defined by the state or federal government. In such cases, you can use a garnishment table as the method of calculation.
Note: To calculate a garnishment without
using a garnishment table, enter NOTBL in the Table Code field on the Basic
DBA Information form for the garnishment DBA.