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What do I do with a garnishment?

A garnishment is a legal process that allows a creditor to take money from a person's bank account or paycheck to pay off a debt. Garnishments can occur when a creditor sues a debtor and obtains a court order to garnish the wages.

When you receive a letter from a creditor that you need to garnish your employee's wages, you will need to enter the amount as a negative Employer Reimbursement in the Payroll tab.

This will take out (or garnish) the employee's wages without tax so that you may remit it to the correct agency as requested.

To add a recurring negative reimbursement in your default pay settings:

  1. Click on Employees.
  2. Click on View Details.
  3. Click Edit next to Payment Settings under the Information section.
  4. Enter the recurring negative Employer Reimbursement amount.
  5. Click Save Changes.

Adding a default negative reimbursement will have the amount withheld from every paystub. Please note that you cannot add a recurring paystub note so if you need to add a note for the recurring reimbursement, you will need to add that to each payroll individually.

Poppins is not able to remit the garnishment for you. You will need to submit the garnished amount directly to the agency as required.