Represents deductions that are withheld from an employee’s after-tax wages.
Use this object to configure a child support garnishment or miscellaneous deduction type that is not an employee benefit.
{
"id": "ptd_g4AGCxtz8VakIL4PmZ0r",
"source": null,
"external": false,
"type": "miscellaneous",
"employee": "emp_bvNhcPxrbvRqgyCrlUcj",
"description": "Union dues",
"effective_start": "2020-01-01",
"effective_end": null,
"miscellaneous": {
"amount": "10.00",
"percent": null,
"total_amount": "50.00"
},
"managed": false,
"metadata": {}
}| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
idstring | Unique identifier for the post-tax deduction. |
sourcestring | Read-only field that indicates the source that created the object. Will be null unless you expect a third-party to be managing objects in your system. |
typestring | The type of post-tax deduction. May be miscellaneous, miscellaneous_garnishment, or child_support. |
employeestring | The ID of the employee associated with the post-tax deduction. |
descriptionstring | A description of the deduction. Maximum length of 255 characters. |
effective_startdate | The start date for the deduction. Payrolls with a payday before this date will not include the deduction. |
effective_enddate | The end date for the deduction. Payrolls with a payday after this date will not include the deduction. |
miscellaneousobject | The configuration object for a miscellaneous post-tax deduction. |
child_supportobject | The configuration object for a child support garnishment. |
miscellaneous_garnishmentobject | The configuration object for a miscellaneous garnishment. |
managedboolean | If true, Check will handle the money movement for this post-tax deduction. If false, the company is responsible for the money movement for this post-tax deduction. This is only applicable to child_support type post-tax deductions. More info can be found here. |
externalboolean | Read-only flag that indicates if this deduction was created automatically upon importing an external payroll, most commonly during the historical payroll import process. External post-tax deductions cannot be edited. |
metadataobject | Additional loosely structured information to associate with the post-tax deduction. |

