Use this screen to identify 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 subtask to define the rules and calculation methods (fixed amount versus a percentage of income), and decide whether to charge the employee an administrative fee.
You must select the Deduction Priority and Deduction in Arrears checkboxes in the Payroll Settings screen in Costpoint Payroll to access this screen.
Enter garnishment information for an employee before computing a payroll affected by garnishment.
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the ID of the employee. After you enter the employee ID, the employee's name is displayed to the right of this field. This is a required field.
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the deduction code for which this record applies. After you enter the deduction code, the deduction description is displayed to the right of this field. This is a required field.
Select this checkbox if this court order is currently in effect. This is a required field.
Use the fields in this group box to maintain court order information.
Enter the date which your office received this order. This is a required field.
Enter the date on which monies should start being withheld for this court order. 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. The field to the right displays the remittance description.
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 enter Calculation Criteria for the current record.