Use this subtask to identify the court orders against an employee. A deduction code will be associated with each court order and will be limited to deduction types of garnishment, child support, or tax levy. You can store pertinent information from the court order here.
Use the Calculation Criteria subtask to define the rules and calculation methods (a fixed amount or a percentage of income), and decide whether to charge the employee an administrative fee.
You can make entries in this table only if you selected the Deduction Priority and the Deduction in Arrears checkboxes in the Payroll Settings screen in Costpoint Payroll.
Enter garnishment information for an employee before computing a payroll affected by garnishment.
The employee ID and name will default from the main screen.
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the deduction code that applies to this record. This is a required field. After you enter the Deduction code, the deduction description is displayed in the unlabeled field to the right.
Select this checkbox if a court order is currently in effect. This is a required field. When the court order is completely paid off, you should enter a Through Date in the Employee Deductions screen. Then you can uncheck the checkbox in this screen, and the employee government mandated order will be inactivated.
Use the fields in this group box to maintain court order information.
Enter the date on which your office received this order. This is a required field.
For this court order, enter the date on which withholding of money should start. This is a required field.
Enter the court order or case number for this record, if applicable. This is an optional field.
Enter the account number for which you will remit payments, if applicable. This is an optional field.
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the remittance ID for the entity that will receive the amounts withheld. You must first set up the remittance ID in the Court Remittance Identification screen in Costpoint Payroll. This is an optional field. Once you have entered the remittance ID, the default remittance description will display in the unlabeled field to the right.
Enter the jurisdiction indicated on the court order, if applicable. This is an optional field.
Enter any additional information you want to retain regarding this court order. This is an optional field.
Select this pushbutton to open the Calculation Criteria subtask for the current record.