I need to add a IL wage garnishment and their formula doesn't fit with intuit. How do I add a garnishment manually?

Hi there, chadj1328.

Allow me to provide information on adding paycheck garnishments in QuickBooks Online Payroll. 

A garnishment is an order issued by a court, the federal government, or a state agency, requiring an employer to withhold a portion of an employee's wages and send the money to a creditor or agency. The order may also include an administrative fee that the employer can collect from the employee. QuickBooks provides only three types of garnishments: Child Support, Federal Tax Levy, and Other garnishment. The garnishment types available in QuickBooks depend on the different state or federal agencies on how the garnishments are set up. To add a specific wage garnishment formula, you can consider checking other options outside of QuickBooks Online.

For more information on garnishing paychecks in QuickBooks, please check out this article: Set up and collect garnishments.

For future use, here's an article on running reports to view useful info about your business and employees: Run payroll reports.

If you have any other questions about adding paycheck garnishments in QuickBooks, please leave a comment below. I'm just a post away to help you out.

I am in Maryland, and I have a few employees that I have to apply wage garnishment to their paychecks.  The rule is: following are exempt from Garnishment, 1) 75% of wage 2) First $900 of the wage.  so, I have to deduct amount either 25% or income above $900 whichever is less. But QuickBooks does not let me to apply those two rules. I used to enter the paycheck and then manually edit the garnishment amount. Recently QuickBooks online does not let me to edit the garnishment manually. I need an immediate help to fix for this problem, or I have no choice but changing my payroll and accounting service provider.  

I appreciate the information you've provided, @Reza46. Let's perform troubleshooting steps to isolate the issue with editing your garnishment in QuickBooks.

Before anything else, may I know if you've received an error message when editing the garnishment manually? If so, can you provide us with a screenshot for visual reference? That way, I can check if there's an ongoing investigation related to your specific scenario. Any additional information will be much appreciated so I can assist you appropriately.

In the meantime, let's run the payroll and edit the garnishment in a private browser to check if there are any data issues in your browser.

Here are the keyboard shortcuts to save you time:

• Google Chrome: press Ctrl + Shift + N
• Mozilla Firefox: press Ctrl + Shift + P
• Safari: press Command + Shift + N

If it works fine, I'd suggest clearing the cache of your main browser to eliminate any outdated files or data that cause system issues and glitches. Otherwise, you can use another supported browser.

Moreover, to learn more about wage garnishment orders using QuickBooks, you can refer to this article: Set up and collect garnishments.

Furthermore, you can check out this article for future reference in managing payroll reports: Run payroll reports.

Keep me updated if you have follow-up questions about managing garnishments and other payroll concerns. I'm always here to help you.

Hi Thanks for quick responses 

when I run payroll, and try to edit , the edit page opens as usual , with no error . Only wage garnishment part is not editable. ( other parts are editable like taxes , hours , vacation etc ) 

there is no error . Actually it run smoothly as it used to be , but only garnishment part is not editable. 

I changed browser , it did not change , still the problem exists . 

I have called quickbooks 1-2 weeks ago . They logged into my computer , but they couldn’t figure out . They send a request for investigation . I was supposed to be contacted in a week , but still no one has contacted me . 

We appreciate you getting back here in the thread, @Reza46. We'll point you in the right direction to get updates and help you modify the wage garnishment inside QuickBooks Online (QBO).

Before anything else, please know that it isn't the experience we want you to have when editing the garnishment through the Run payroll option inside QBO. We recommend contacting our Customer Care Team to get updates about your case and receive instructions on how you can change current wage garnishments set up inside the program. We'll write down the steps to get you going: 

1. Access your QuickBooks Online company.
2. Click Help (?) at the top right corner.
3. Select Contact Us.
4. Enter your concern, and then click Let's talk.
5. Choose Start a chat or Get a callback with an expert.
   
   For more details, please see this page: Contact Payroll Support.

We're also providing these handy articles to help you manage pay schedules, monitor your employees' taxes and contributions inside the system:

• Set up and manage payroll schedules
• Create a payroll summary report in QuickBooks

We encourage you to comment below if you need assistance managing employee contributions inside the program. This way, we can lend a helping hand and provide the details you need to answer your query. 

Hi 

Unfortunately, quickbooks can not apply multi rules for garnishment . Even quickbooks representative used to advised us to manually change the amount since quickbooks is not able to apply the multi rules. 
I don’t have any problems calculating it , but recently QB has changed the editablity of garnishment  amount in paycheck before approval . Even when QB helper logged in to my computer but couldn’t find a solution.