Attachment Orders Report

Use this report to produce a report for all or a range of employees detailing their attachment order deductions. You can choose to produce the report for all orders, active orders or completed orders only.

These attachment orders are catered for in Opera:

Type

Description

Priority AEO

For the collection of family maintenance and fines. Raised by the High Court, Magistrates Court and the County Court in England and Wales under the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971.

Non-Priority AEO

For the collection of civil debts. Raised by the High Court, Magistrates Court and the County Court in England and Wales under the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971.

Deduction from Earnings Order (DEO)

For the recovery of child maintenance from absent parents' earnings under the Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 1992.

If a DEO cannot be paid, the calculation updates the employee's record on the Attachment Orders form with a reason for the underpayment.

See the Deductions from Earnings Orders (DEOs) Help topic for details of the different types of deduction from earnings orders.

Community Charge AEO

For the collection of unpaid Community charge. Raised by the Local charging Authorities in England and Wales, subsequent to obtaining a Liability Order - 1988.

Council Tax AEO

For the collection of unpaid Council Tax.. Raised by the Local charging Authorities in England and Wales, subsequent to obtaining a Liability Order - 1992.

Earnings Arrestment

For the collection of civil debts or fines. Raised by Scottish courts and by HM Revenue & Customs to collect some duties.

If an arrestment order already exists on an employee's record, a new arrestment order can only be added if the existing arrestment order was completed in an earlier pay period.

Current Maintenance Arrestment

For the collection of family maintenance. Raised by Scottish courts.

Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA)

The deduction amount for DEAs is normally calculated using different tables of bandwidths and percentages for weekly and monthly paid employees supplied by the Department of Works and Pensions (DWP). In some circumstances the DWP will allow an alternative fixed amount to be deducted.

This type of deduction does not need to be agreed in civil court. It also does not replace any existing attachment orders. The DWP will send a notice (including a payment schedule) to employers when the DEA needs to be implemented for an employee.

Tip: For more information see www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-earnings-attachments-an-employers-guide.

Table

Indicates that the DEA must be calculated using the tables of bandwidths and percentages for weekly and monthly paid employees supplied by the DWP.

Fixed

Indicates that the DEA must be calculated using the alternative fixed amount method.

To Print the Attachment Orders Report

  1. Open the Payroll folder and then click Periodical Reports or click the Payroll & HR tab on the Ribbon Bar and then click Payroll - Periodical Reports.

  2. Click Attachment Orders. If you are using groups, in the Select Payroll Groups list, click to select the group(s) you want to process and then click OK.

  3. In Sequence, click to select the sequence you want to apply to the report and then, under Range, enter the start and end references.

  4. In Report Date, enter the date you want to print on the report.

  5. If you want only those employees who have active attachment orders to be included, click Active only. If you want only those employees who have completed attachment orders to be included, click Completed Only. If you want to print both active and completed attachment orders, click All.

  6. Click OK.

  7. On the Publisher form, click the tab to select the output device you want to use and then complete any settings or options you want to apply to the output device. To process the output, click Publish.