What this does
When pay is not enough for every deduction, the order decides which come off first. Court orders always come before ordinary deductions.
Set the order
- Open a deduction in Settings › Earnings and deductions.
- Enter a number in Order.
- Save.
Lower numbers come off first. Court orders use 1 to 99. Other deductions use 100 and up.
Built-in order
- CRA requirement to pay: 5
- Support order: 10
- Garnishment: 20
- Registered pension plan: 200
- Group RRSP: 210
- Pooled registered pension plan: 220
- Group insurance (employee share): 400
- Charitable donation: 600
- Advance repayment: 700
- Other deduction: 800
Court orders
A court order is recorded on the employee, not as a plain deduction. Pay runs deduct them in this priority: support first, then the Crown, then ordinary garnishments, then wage assignments. Inside each kind, the order served first goes first. The deductions never go past the provincial exemption limits. See Court orders and garnishments on an employee.
Good to know
- Turn on Court order or garnishment only for items that the law requires you to deduct. It needs a payee.
- A deduction that has an Annual limit stops once the limit is reached in the calendar year.