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Garnishment of employee for child support

  • January 10, 2019
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I have an employee has is being garnisheed for child support for 2 children. I have setup the payroll accounts to do the deductions from the paycheck, and created a vendor to cut the checks, but I want to know where to expense the amounts on the checks. For the time being I posted the amounts to Payroll expense, but I know that's not right. I considered creating an account called "Child Support" and posting the expense there, but where does the other side come from. My payroll deductions items are called Child Support and Child Support 2 but where do they appear in the chart of accounts? Payroll Liabilities? So do I just offset the Child Support expense and post the other side in Payroll Liabilities?

I apologize if my wording of this question is faulty, and displays my lack of accounting knowledge. I hope someone here will be able to help me.

Randy Clay

Best answer by ShiellaGraceA

It's the Payroll Liabilities account, RClay.

 

It lets you track the deductions to be paid for Child Support. Though, you can create a Payroll Liability sub-account and name it Child Support.

 

To create a sub account:

  1. Click Lists, and the Chart of Accounts.
  2. Look for the Payroll Liabilities account.
  3. Click the Account drop-down. Then, click New.
  4. Choose Other Account Types, then Other Current Liability.
  5. Name the account as "Child Support", then mark the Subaccount of box.
  6. Choose Payroll Liabilities from the drop-down.
  7. Click Save & Close.

The deducted amount from the employees' paycheck will be sent to the liability account and will be shown on your Chart of Accounts or Balance Sheet report.

 

Let me know if you have further concerns. I'll be here.

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ShiellaGraceAAnswer
January 10, 2019

It's the Payroll Liabilities account, RClay.

 

It lets you track the deductions to be paid for Child Support. Though, you can create a Payroll Liability sub-account and name it Child Support.

 

To create a sub account:

  1. Click Lists, and the Chart of Accounts.
  2. Look for the Payroll Liabilities account.
  3. Click the Account drop-down. Then, click New.
  4. Choose Other Account Types, then Other Current Liability.
  5. Name the account as "Child Support", then mark the Subaccount of box.
  6. Choose Payroll Liabilities from the drop-down.
  7. Click Save & Close.

The deducted amount from the employees' paycheck will be sent to the liability account and will be shown on your Chart of Accounts or Balance Sheet report.

 

Let me know if you have further concerns. I'll be here.

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    Bigdog54
    February 11, 2019

    I have used "wage garnishment" as the name of my payroll deduction for child support from employee #1. And set up the proper way to pay, etc. Have accomplished the payments and deductions for several months with no problems.

    I just received a notice from the same agency that I should deduct child support from employee #2. 

    I set that up with proper case # just like the I did for employee #1 named "wage garnishment 2".

    Today's paychecks are created properly, but PR Liabilities totaled the 2 garnishments per employees and is going to the employee #1 case ID# only. 

    What should I do to overcome this error, besides filling in the proper payment per employee and the case id# manually? 

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    Charies_M
    February 11, 2019

    Hi there, Bigdog54.

     

    I'm here to make sure your items for garnishment are posted to the correct employee.

     

    Let's make sure the number that identifies you to the agency and the liability account is correct. To confirm this, you can go to the Employee Settings of your second employee and make sure the Wage Garnishment #2 is on the Payroll Info tab. 

     

    Here's how:

    1. Go to Employees menu.
    2. Click Employee Center.
    3. Click the Payroll Info tab.

    As always, you can get in touch with our Care Support Team in case you require assistance from a live support. Here's how you can get in touch with them:

    1. Go to this link https://payroll.intuit.com/support/contact/?infosrc=qs&service=16.
    2. Choose Basic Standard & Enhanced.
    3. Click Payroll.
    4. Click View Contact Info.

    Let me know how it goes or if you have further questions about this or if you need help with something else, I'm always glad to help.

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      Virgie0730
      February 17, 2022

      This is not my question, my question is do I make two checks for child support. One for the employee and one for the garnishment of child support.

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      JonpriL
      February 17, 2022

      Hi @Virgie0730, I'll share details about your employee garnishment,

       

      You don't need to make another check for child support. Creating a payroll for an employee in QuickBooks will automatically deduct the amount of garnishment for child support in every employee's paycheck.

       

      Use this link to read and learn more about your payroll item: Set up a Payroll Garnishment Item in QuickBooks Desktop Payroll.

       

      I'm adding this reference for tips and guides to utilize in preparation for the coming year-end: Complete Certain Tasks in QuickBooks Desktop Payroll to Prepare for the New Fiscal or Calendar Year.

       

      Don't hesitate to post a comment below if you have other questions about payroll items and transactions in QuickBooks. I'm always around, ready to help. Take care and stay safe!

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      Virgie0730
      February 17, 2022

      Ok I went online to register for child support, but if not I need to send a check to the child support division.

      So would there not be two checks, one for employee and one for the child support division.

       

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