Child Support Calculation

[acctax01]

Child Support Calculation:

I need to withhold 50% of an employee’s DISPOSABLE income for child support. PayWindow allows deducting 50% of Gross income only. Is there a way for PayWindow to calculate 50% of disposable income or do I have to do it manually? Manually, I set up the deduction in the Company profile but do not check the % of Gross box. Then I edit the employee profile under Deductions / Taxes and leave blank. Then I pay the employee to determine Net pay. After I get net pay, I calculate 50% then go to Details 4 tab to enter this amount for garnished wages. I press the pay button to get the new net pay. Are these the right manual steps to process 50% of disposable income? Please tell me there is a way PayWindow will do this automatically. Thanks.

[Paul Mayer]

Only if it was salaried employee that earns the same amount each pay period. If not you will need to do it after calculating their gross during the pay entry.

[miket]

I also have a garnishment, however the garnishment is a flat amount every week. I would not have to go through all of the above steps. Correct? Since the garnishment is a set amount, it is like having a salaried employee??

Thank you,
Linda

[Paul Mayer]

I also have a garnishment, however the garnishment is a flat amount every week. I would not have to go through all of the above steps. Correct? Since the garnishment is a set amount, it is like having a salaried employee??


You just need to setup a deduction in the company under the deductions tab by entering the name of the deduction, nothing else. Then enter that flat amount in the employee settings for that deduction.