How do I set up a child support attachment?

Summary

The following article explains how to enter and keep track of an employee's child support payments.

PLEASE NOTE:  If you are unsure about child support payments, please refer to the information you will have been provided with by Child support agency explaining the rules governing statutory pay or visit the CSA web site here. You will have received a notice to start collecting child support payments from an employee.

More Information

Go to " Payroll Run Payroll Period".

• Enter <Y> against the employee's pay frequency or click the [Down arrow] and select [Yes] then click the [OK] button to go into the payroll.
• Highlight the relevant employee and press <C+F7> to take you through to the "Adjustment Entry" screen.

  Tip:  If a screen appears saying 'Attachment orders' showing other attachments, if this is the existing child support payment attachment you can press <F5> to edit it If it is not the required attachment, you can press <F6> to create a new one.

• This will take you to a screen asking for the required "Agency". This is where you enter 'CSA' for 'Child Support Agency'.

  If you type in 'CSA' in upper case and get a message saying 'Agency Not Found', please Contact your Platinum dealer or our support team on 0116 230 1500 or by using our website support contact page.

• Enter the start and end dates from the paperwork supplied to you by HMRC in the "Start Date" and "End Date".
• In the "Reference" field, enter a description for the Attachment (e.g. "Child Support - JB" i.e. initials of employee.)
• On the "Attachment type", enter '01' for 'Amount'.
• If the total amount owed is shown on the HMRC paperwork, enter this in the "Total Amount" field.

  Note:  Generally the 'Total Amount' is not provided, and a stop notice will be issued to you once the attachment is no longer required. You can therefore leave this field blank.

• Press <Esc> and [Accept] to complete.

See also

• Getting Started - Payroll
• How do I Run a Payroll Period?
• How to Configure Government Payroll Parameters
• How do I Set up Payroll Attachments?
• How do I Assign Payroll Attachments to an Employee?
• How do I Enter a Student Loan?
• How do I Set up a Council Tax Attachment?

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