In circumstances in which there are two payments in the same payroll period for the same garnishment, for example, if the employee receieves as bonus as well as her regular pay, you may need to process a separate calculation.

Some states put a time limit on how long a garnishment can be active. The end date represents the day on which the garnishment is no longer active, and can be calculated automatically by the system given the day that the garnishment becomes active and the number of valid days that the law specifies. If you forget to calculate the end date when first creating the garnishment document, you can still make an adjustment.

At times you may get the order to change the balance of an existing garnishment. In this case the system will disregard the old balance, and calculate the garnishment using the new balance.

At times you may receive a refund from the vendor. This usually happens when a new balance is declared, when the vendor has a different balance on record than the value stored in the system, or when a garnishment payment is paid after the valid number of payable days.

Stopping a payment is similar to a refund in that balances must be corrected because a check does not go to the vendor.

If an employee receives a refund from the vendor or a one-time bonus payment, this employee may be required by either state law or your company’s procedure to have an additional garnishment deduction.