Fed/ State Tax Levy Garnishment Setup Instructions

If you need to hire the garnishment payee profile, please follow this article: Hiring a Garnishment Payee Profile

Setup Instructions – Fed/State Tax Levy - Garnishment Calculation:

Note:

This garnishment type does not require that this employee be left with the minimum take home amount based on the current minimum wage.

Fed/State Tax Levy Setup (ONLY with an Exempt Amount)

Update the following deduction attributes (attributes marked with (*) are required fields)
Disposable Income % (*) =100%
Flat Amount (*) =leave value at zero
Garnishment Type (*) =Fed/State Tax Levy
Gross % (*) =100%
Exempt Amount (Fed/State Levy, Other) =enter the wage amount exempt from the garnishment
Payee Check (*) =Yes
Payee Court Code (*) =select the employee’s garnishment case number from the drop down
Priority =if employee has multiple garnishments, set the priority of which garnishment needs to be deducted first.
Total Garnishment Owe =enter the goal amount of the garnishment. If not applicable leave the value at zero

Fed/State Tax Levy Setup for Percent of Gross Pay (without an Exempt Amount)

Note:

Please contact CertiPay Client Services at 1-800-422-3782 to have company setup completed for this garnishment type

• The Tax Levy on Gross deduction must be used for this setup

Update the following deduction attributes (attributes marked with (*) are required fields)
Disposable Income % (*) =enter the percentage of Gross income stated on the garnishment order
Flat Amount (*) =enter the flat amount stated on the garnishment order if applicable, otherwise leave value at zero
Garnishment Type (*) =Fed/State Tax Levy
Gross % (*) =leave value at zero
Exempt Amount (Fed/State Levy, Other) =0
Payee Check (*) =Yes
Payee Court Code (*) =select the employee’s garnishment case number from the drop down
Priority =if employee has multiple garnishments, set the priority of which garnishment needs to be deducted first.
Total Garnishment Owe =enter the goal amount of the garnishment. If not applicable leave the value at zero

 

Fed/State Tax Levy Setup for Percent of Disposable Income (without an Exempt Amount)

Fed/State Tax Levy Setup for Flat Amount (without an Exempt Amount, Disposable Amount, or Gross Amount)

  • Use the Bankruptcy Levy Setup Instructions. Note that this calculation will not work if
    Garnishment Type is set to Fed/State Tax Levy