The Court order types option is used to set up a court order type record and for payment banded orders, to later check the payment deduction schedule before the court order record is created for an employee and the deduction calculated.
Court order types are linked to the court order records by the use of the Court order code field on the court order record. See Related topics for the other aspects of court order handling throughout the payroll module.
If the top of the form shows a message There is only one global court order type file therefore it only necessary to check the court order type parameters in a single payroll company then you only need to check the parameters in the one payroll company.
If the top of the form shows a message similar to Payroll companies 00 and 02 court order type files therefore you should check the court order type parameters for each of these companies following annual upgrades then you should check the parameters in one of the companies other than a non 00 company listed, that is, not company 02 in this example and also in the non company/companies listed - company 02 in this example.
If the top of the form shows a message similar to There are more than 100 payroll companies with court order type files therefore you should check the court order type parameters for ALL companies following annual upgrades then you should check as advised all payroll companies.
If the top of the form also shows a message It is recommended that you contact software support to review your system then you should contact your accounts software support team since the parameters found are not as expected.
To access Court order types
The Payroll Password form is displayed.
Enter your payroll password.
The PAYROLL menu is displayed.
Select the Miscellaneous options option.
The PR MISCELLANEOUS menu is displayed.
Select the Court order/CSL options option.
The COURT ORDER menu is displayed.
Select the Court order types option.
The Court order types form is displayed.
Court order types Form
The Court order types form is displayed when you select the Court order types option from the COURT ORDER menu.
The court order type record consists of three TABs. To create a court order type first click the Create button otherwise to amend an existing court order type first enter the court order type code and then click the Amend button. Complete the Court order type and Payment bands TABs as required.
Court order type Tab
The Court order type form is displayed when you select the Court order type Tab from the Court order types form.
Code: Enter the up to 8 character court order type code.
Tip : Click the Ellipsis button
to search for a court order type code from the court order type records file.
Description: The full 40 character description of the court order type code.
Payslip description: A truncated 16 character description shown on the payslip.
Use payment bands: Tick this check box if a payment band table for percentage or value based calculations is to be used such as for Council tax payments. The payment band values are entered on the Payment bands tab of the court order type record. If this field is left blank the Normal Deduction rate has to be entered on the court order record for the employee.
Priority order: Tick this check box to accumulate deficits on Normal Deduction Rates and Protected Earning Rates. Priority orders still need sequences entered if more than 1 court order appears on an employee. The calculation program will not work out the sequence for you just because it is called a priority order.
Pension exclusion: Tick this check box in order for the employee pension contributions to be excluded from the attachable earnings value used to calculate the court order. Currently only the pre 1/4/92 Community Charge orders do not deduct superannuation when defining the attachable earnings.
Administration maximum: The maximum administration fee allowed. This is believed currently to be 1 pound. If exceeded on a court order you are advised with an A - Action status message during calculation Court order administration too high and the calculation for the employee is terminated. The maximum amount quoted will be referred to when calculating the attachable earnings. You should correct the court order record if this message appears and then re-calculate the payroll for the employee.
Order balance used: Tick this check box if the court order type has a pre-determined balance to be used such as for a Council tax payment. Leave the check box unticked if there is no known balance such as for a Child Support Agency order or a Scottish CMA/CAO.
Split holiday: Council Tax and post 31/3/92 Community Charge Orders split advance payments for holidays when calculating the court payment, weekly payrolls in particular should thus have advanced holiday pay logged as an 'H' analysed item on the rates table or addition/deduction record so that the holiday pay figure can be identified.
Scottish CMA/CAO: Tick this check box for the CMA/CAO orders particular to Scotland as they have a daily calculation mechanism.
Daily PER rate: The rate of Protected earnings Rate to be used for Scottish CMA/CAO on a daily basis.
Student Loan: Select from one of the following options:
Y: Yes - this is a Collection of a Student Loan (CSL)
N: No - this is not a CSL and it does not stop any occurring CSL from being collected
I: Inhibit - this is not a CSL but it does stop or inhibit the collection of the CSL
What do you want to do?
Payment bands Form
The Payment bands form is displayed when you select the Payment bands Tab from the Court order type records form.
Note: All of the fields on the Payment bands tab will be enabled only if the Use payment bands field on the Court order type tab is ticked.
Type: The type of deduction applied when calculating the court order when the attachable earnings is below the highest used Earnings band value. Choose from one of the following:
V: Value - Earning Arrestment orders in Scotland use values
%: Percentage - Council Tax orders in England and Wales use percentages
Excess type: The type of deduction applied when calculating the court order when the attachable earnings is above the highest used Earnings band value. This is normally a percentage. Choose from one of the following:
V: Value
%: Percentage
Excess amount: The excess value or percentage deduction applied when the attachable earnings exceeds the highest used Earnings band value.
Example
A council tax monthly order has the highest earnings band set to 1480 pounds with a deduction of 17. The type and excess type are both % and the excess amount is 50. The attachable earnings is 2000 pounds.
The amount of council tax recovered will be:-
Basic deduction amount = 1480.00
Excess deduction amount = 2000.00 - 1480.00 = 520.00
Standard deduction = 17% * 1480.00 = 251.60
Excess deduction = 50% * 520.00 = 260.00
Total deduction = 511.60
Earnings: Up to 33 separate earning bands used to determine which Deduction is applied.
Deduction: Up to 33 separate deductions - the type is either a value or percentage depending on the setting of the Type field on the payment bands tab. The deduction figure entered is taken provided the attachable earnings does not exceed the Earnings value for each of the 33 bands.
What do you want to do?
Audit Tab
The Audit form is displayed when you select the Audit Tab from the Court order type records form.
The audit data TAB is system maintained and may be used to check when and by who a court order type record has been created or amended.
The following fields are displayed on the Audit Tab. All of these fields are self-explanatory and thus no explanation is supplied.
Date created
Time created
Created by
Creation terminal
Date amended
Time amended
Amended by
Amendment terminal
What do you want to do?
PUSH BUTTONS:
Exit: Returns you to the COURT ORDER menu.
Help: Displays help on the current application in your default company browser.
Create: Click the Create button before entering the court order type code or any other details if creating a new court order type record.
Amend: Click the Amend button after entering the court order type code if wanting to amend an existing court order type.
Delete: Click the Delete button after entering the court order type code if wanting to delete an existing court order type.
Save: Saves any changes that you have made to the court order type form and allows you to maintain further court order types.
Cancel: Cancels any changes that you have made to the court order type record form and returns you to the COURT ORDER menu.
Ad-hoc: Allows for reporting on the court order type records.
Summary of court order types supported
Maintenance of court order records
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