Garnishments - Standard Processing - Create Garnishment

The From date should reflect the actual check date the garnishment is to begin for the employee. If you are uncertain of the check date, refer to the Payroll Calendar.

Garnishments will not process retroactively for a prior pay period.

The To date should reflect 12/31/9999.

The Case no. is the ID number of the garnishment document case.

The Status of the garnishment document should be Active. Assuming that sufficient wages are available and that processing of this garnishment is not disrupted by garnishments of higher priority, wages are withheld and remitted to the vendor.

The Received date should reflect the date the garnishment document is entered in HRMS. This date does not correspond to the date that the garnishment legally takes effect.

Priority establishes the order in which a garnishment will be deducted from payroll. The highest priority is 001, while the lowest possible priority is 999. If an employee is subject to multiple garnishment documents of equal priority, the system will process these documents in the order that they were entered into the system; the garnishment with the earliest Received date will be processed first.

Jurisdiction will default to WA - Washington state.

Category is determined by garnishment type:

DSHS no longer processes other state child support orders on behalf of any other state. Each state administering child support orders must be established individually as a garnishment vendor within HRMS. Many states have completed these requirements and are available as a garnishment vendor.

To search a garnishment vendor, click in the Vendor field and select the matchcode button. Once the search box opens, follow Steps 3 through 6 within in the HRMS Search – UFI Matchcode user procedure to identify the correct garnishment vendor. If you have received a garnishment order from a vendor that is not found in the garnishment vendor search, your agency should notify the requestor that they must Register as a Washington State Statewide Vendor. Ensure that your request indicates the vendor should be available in HRMS upon completion. Once registration is complete with OFM’s Statewide Vendor/Payee Services, the Payee Services office will request the creation of a new garnishment vendor within HRMS.

Select a Service Charge rule if a processing fee is to be collected as part of garnishment type Creditor-Court (C ) or Support (S). HRMS will determine if there are enough monies to collect the fee.

This is a dynamic action. Once the Garnishment Document (0194) infotype is saved, the Garnishment Order (0195) infotype will appear.

You can establish a ceiling override for the Non-exempt or Exempt amount by specifying a value and basis of deduction.

• Value can be an amount or a percentage, depending upon the value selected in the Unit field.
• Unit specifies a basis of deduction and is used in conjunction with the amount or percentage found in the Value field.

The exempt value is used to ensure the federal limit is followed and can also be used if the garnishment places a limit higher than the federal limit for exempt earnings.

For IRS Tax Levies, refer to the Table for Figuring Amount Exempt from Levy on Wages, Salary and Other Income. If the IRS allows for exempt amounts above the amount in the table, you must enter the total of the table amount plus the additional exemptions in the Additional Amount field to override the calculated amount. Run a Payroll Simulation and look for wage type 3030 Levy to verify the deduction amount.