Child Support

The normal Child Support amount to deduct each pay period is entered into the employees record under "Add & Edit Employees". The box is to the lower right hand side on the "Personal" tab.

You can also change the amount under "Enter Current Pay" on the Payslip tab, by clicking on the words "Child Support" on the left hand side. Here you can change either the usual amount per pay period, or you can enter a one off amount for the current pay.

If you try to pay more than the protected earnings amount in Child Support, a message will show beside the amount to let you know. If you want to change the amount for this pay or enter a variation code, click on the words "Child Support" on the left hand side and enter the details.

The protected earnings for the 2011/2012 year is 40% of the employees pay after tax. This has been 40% for many years, and may or may not change in future years.

 

Child Support not appearing on IRD reports - IR348, IR345

If you have created your own Child Support Deduction code using the Deductions option, then Payroll Pro will not recognise this for the purposes of the IRD Employer Monthly Schedule IR348 or Employer Deductions IR345.

To fix any history using a wrong Child Support code you can follow the instructions below. You will probably only need to change the history for the current month, and maybe the previous month also:

1. Ensure you have a current backup of your data first.
2. Go to "Add & Edit Employees" and select the Pay History tab
3. Click once on the line you want to change, and then click the "Edit Line" button below.
4. Answer confirmation prompts and the pay history record for the selected date will appear.
5. To the lower left you will see the "Allowances and Deductions" area. In here, locate the child support code you have used, and note the amount.
6. Now delete this child support information by clicking on it once to select it then clicking on the "Del" button beside the "Allowances and Deductions" heading. Alternatively you can just change the amount to zero.
7. Now locate the "Child Support" box to the upper right under the heading "IRD Deductions" and put the amount into that box.
8. Click the "Close" button.
9. Repeat from step 3 for any other pays that you want to change.
10. When complete, return to the main menu of Payroll Pro where you will probably get a warning message saying that the Employee totals do not balance with the Department totals.

 

You will now need to correct the Child Support information in the department option.

1. Go to "Maintain Departments" and select the employees main department. If you have only one department then choose this since
   this is where the company totals are kept.
2. Select the Pay History tab
3. You will now change the figures in the same way you did above for the employee.
4. Click once on the line you want to change, and then click the "Edit Line" button below.
5. Answer confirmation prompts and the pay history record for the selected date will appear.
6. To the lower left you will see the "Allowances and Deductions" area. In here, locate the child support code you have used, and note the amount.
7. Now delete this child support information by clicking on it once to select it then clicking on the "Del" button beside the "Allowances and Deductions" heading. Alternatively you can just change the amount to zero.
8. Now locate the "Child Support" box to the upper right under the heading "IRD Deductions" and put the amount into that box.
9. Click the "Close" button.
10. Repeat from step 4 for any other pays that you want to change - ie for all the pay dates you changed for the employee.