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== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
As standard the system has a couple of adjustments set-up which can be assigned to an employee via the [[How do I Assign Payroll Attachments to an Employee?|Attachment Order Entry]]. There can be a maximum of 14 adjustments that can be set-up in the system at any one time.
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Attachment orders are issued by HMRC to employers notifying them to deduct amounts from an employee's wages to pay certain types of debt. An example of this is student loans.
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As standard the system has a couple of adjustments set-up which can be assigned to an employee via [[How do I Assign Payroll Attachments to an Employee?|Attachment Order Entry]]. There is a maximum of 14 adjustments that can be set-up in the system at any one time.
  
 
== More Information ==
 
== More Information ==
Deductions from employees pay, due to attachment orders and student loans are made using one or more of the 14 period adjustments slots (one per agency).  
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Deductions from employees pay due to attachment orders and student loans are made using specific Adjustments (one per agency).  
 
 
 
 
{{Note|text=Before a particular agency is available for use, the slot to be used must be set up in {{Menu|Payroll Parameters|Company Parameters|Period Adjustments}}. ''See [[How do I Set Up Payroll Adjustments?#Attachments/Special Adjustments|here]].''}}
 
  
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{{Note|text=Before a particular agency is available for use, the slot to be used must be set up in {{Menu|{{PR}}|Payroll Parameters|Company Parameters|Period Adjustments}}. ''See [[How do I Set Up Payroll Adjustments?#Attachments/Special Adjustments|here]].''}}
  
 
Applying attachments for an employee must be done prior to [[How do I close a payroll period?|closing]] a payroll period. If you have an employee who has a fixed value addition or deduction each period to or from their pay you can set these up on the [[How do I Add a New Employee to the Payroll?#Adjustments|Employee Adjustments]] rather than setting up attachments. ''See [[How do I Add a New Employee to the Payroll?#Adjustments|here]]''.  
 
Applying attachments for an employee must be done prior to [[How do I close a payroll period?|closing]] a payroll period. If you have an employee who has a fixed value addition or deduction each period to or from their pay you can set these up on the [[How do I Add a New Employee to the Payroll?#Adjustments|Employee Adjustments]] rather than setting up attachments. ''See [[How do I Add a New Employee to the Payroll?#Adjustments|here]]''.  

Revision as of 10:20, 6 August 2010

Summary

Attachment orders are issued by HMRC to employers notifying them to deduct amounts from an employee's wages to pay certain types of debt. An example of this is student loans. As standard the system has a couple of adjustments set-up which can be assigned to an employee via Attachment Order Entry. There is a maximum of 14 adjustments that can be set-up in the system at any one time.

More Information

Deductions from employees pay due to attachment orders and student loans are made using specific Adjustments (one per agency).

Before a particular agency is available for use, the slot to be used must be set up in " Payroll Payroll Parameters Company Parameters Period Adjustments". See here.

Applying attachments for an employee must be done prior to closing a payroll period. If you have an employee who has a fixed value addition or deduction each period to or from their pay you can set these up on the Employee Adjustments rather than setting up attachments. See here.

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