Hierarchy
SAP_HRRXX (Software Component) Sub component SAP_HRRXX of SAP_HR⤷
PY-XX (Application Component) Payroll: General Parts⤷
PGAR (Package) HR Garnishments
IMG Activity
| ID | OHAXXGR118 | Priorities |
| Transaction Code | S_AHR_61018954 | (empty) |
| Created on | 19990825 | |
| Customizing Attributes | OHAXXGR118 | Priorities |
| Customizing Activity | OHAXXGR118 | Priorities |
Document
| Document Class | SIMG | Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs. |
| Document Name | OHAXXGR118 |
In this step, you prioritize the order of garnishment debts.
If there exist more than one order or debt that an employee has to pay off during a payroll run, then it must be determined how the garnishable amount should be distributed to these orders and debts. Setting up parameters in this step determines how debts are prioritized.
In the infotype Order of Garnishments (0476), you specify a priority to an order. If more than one order has the same priority, then you can specify here whether they should be sorted according to the:
- Position
- Receive date
- Court order date
You can also select that the order should not be sorted according to a date (this may be useful if you have already set priorities to orders with time constraints).
If several orders still have the same priority (for example two ex-wives) or if there is one order with several debts, then the debt priority as specified in this step determines which debt should be served first. If several debts still have the same priority after all these considerations, then the available amount is distributed equally to these debts. Here you can specify whether this distribution should be made according to the number of debts or weighted according to the requested amount.
The amount paid for a debt can never be larger than the non-exempt amount for that debt. In addition, the remaining amount after that check is reduced by the amount that has already been paid to a higher-priority debt. This means that if the remaining amount is lower than the amount paid to the other debt, then the lower-priority debt receives nothing.
Example
If an employee does not have enough funds in a pay period to pay all of their garnishment debts, you could specify in this step, that an employee must first pay a garnishment order to their child. Based on available funding, the debts with the other priorities would then be paid (if possible).
Or, suppose that an employee has high-priority debt (family support) which has a non-exempt amount of $500 and a low-priority debt (a creditor debt with a large initial balance) that has a limit of $200. Furthermore, assume that the family support debt only needs $400. Normally, the creditor debt receives no money at all. However, one can argue that the limit of the family support debt is not filled to the top and that the creditor debt should receive the unclaimed $100. In this step, you would set that the limit of the family support debt should define an extended limit. By specifying that the creditor debt has access to the extended limit, the remaining amount of the creditor debt is lifted above the amount paid to the high-priority debt. It can receive an amount up to the difference between the extended limit and the amount paid to the high-priority debt. In this case the creditor debt receives $100.
Activities
- Execute the activity.
- Select the debt and choose Details.
- In the Position field, enter the priority of the debt.
- Complete the remaining field, select any additional criteria valid for the debt.
Business Attributes
| ASAP Roadmap ID | 203 | Establish Master Data |
| Mandatory / Optional | 3 | Nonrequired activity |
| Critical / Non-Critical | 2 | Non-critical |
| Country-Dependency | A | Valid for all countries |
Assigned Application Components
| Documentation Object Class | Documentation Object Name | Current line number | Application Component | Application Component Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMG | OHAXXGR118 | 0 | HLA0100666 | Payroll: General Parts |
Maintenance Objects
| Maintenance object type | C | Customizing Object |
| Assigned objects | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customizing Object | Object Type | Transaction Code | Sub-object | Do not Summarize | Skip Subset Dialog Box | Description for multiple selections |
| V_T53GT | V - View | OH00 | W0 | Priorities |
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 19991029 |
| SAP Release Created in | 46B |
