Add to or Subtract from Garnishments for Canadian Employees

You can create a quick entry or check entry to manually increase or decrease the amount of a garnishment deduction for Canadian employees. For example, say that the application deducts a garnishment that is 25% of an employee's pay, which, in the current pay run, amounts to $250. If needed, you can create a quick entry for $50 to increase the deduction to $300, or a quick entry of -$50 to decrease the deduction to $200.

Important: When you increase a garnishment deduction using the method described in this topic, the application does not enforce minimum subsistence rules or limits that are defined for the garnishment. In order for quick entries or check entries to respect the rules or limits, you need to create a replacement entry. See Replace Garnishments for Canadian Employees.

Also see Garnishment Entries in the Payroll Feature.

When you create a quick entry or check entry to increase or decrease a garnishment deduction, you need to clear the Replace checkbox of the entry. It is set selected by default. When the Replace column is cleared, the Ordered Amount Type and Percent columns of the quick entry or check entry aren’t editable. These columns are only enabled for garnishment entries when the Replace checkbox is selected.

In the Amount column of the entry, you can enter a positive amount (for example, 100) to increase the deduction or a negative amount (for example, -100) to decrease the deduction.

To create a quick entry or check entry to increase or decrease an existing garnishment deduction for a Canadian employee:

1. Go to Payroll and do one of the following:
   • Open the Data Entry tab and click the Checks tab.
   • Open the Pay Run Management tab and load a pay run, and click the Checks tab.
2. Do one of the following:
   • If you are in the Checks tab:
     1. Select the check that you want to add the garnishment entry for.
     2. Click the Entries link to open the dialog box.
   • If you are in the Quick Entry tab, click Add and select an employee.
3. Select the garnishment from the Code drop-down list.
4. Clear the Replace checkbox.
5. Enter a positive amount to increase the garnishment deduction, or a negative amount to reduce the deduction.
6. Click Save.