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How to make debt deductions from an employee's pay because of an 'attachment of earnings order' (AEO) from a court. Includes information from the withdrawn A/E guidance.
You have to make deductions from your employee’s wages if a court orders…
You and your employee will each get an ‘attachment of earnings order’…
Priority orders are used for unpaid maintenance or fines. Calculate your…
Non-priority orders are used for debts from a county court judgment (CCJ).…
You can only make a deduction from the following earnings: wages, fees,…
The order that you get for the employee will tell you whether you have to…
Write to the Centralised Attachment of Earning Payments (CAPS) office…
Debts you owe (for example court fines, rent or Council Tax) can be deducted from your benefits – sometimes called third party deductions or Fuel Direct
What you must do by law with a deductions from earnings order (DEO or AEO) to make child maintenance deductions from your employee's pay.
The Child Maintenance Service can ask you to: give information about an…
You must deduct the amount of child maintenance stated on the deduction…
A deduction from earnings order (DEO) can only be made from an employee’s…
Send deduction from earnings order (DEO) payments to the Child Maintenance…
You’ll get a monthly payment schedule by post after you’ve been sent a…
You must contact the Child Maintenance Service within 10 days if: you’re…
Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) and deducting any money an employee owes the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) from their pay
Find out more information on deductions for employee costs or expenses.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Citron on 11 September 2024
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Mrs Justice Williams on 25 June 2024.
Get a refund of your Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) deductions if you’ve paid too much tax or National Insurance.
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