Issue/Symptom/Question

The Employee Voluntary Deduction screen shows a "YTD Earnings Limit" that does not seem to follow the rules in the Master deduction setup. 
The deduction is set up to reduce the current deduction's basis amount by the calculation of 2 other deductions, but the display amounts are not reducing the totals accordingly.

Applies To

Payroll > Setup > Deductions, Reimbursements, and Other Compensation > Master Deductions
Payroll >Employees > Voluntary Deductions

Resolution/Fix/Answer

Each of those fields displayed at the bottom of the employee deduction screen is just that - a display.  These displayed amounts are not used for ANY calculation, as that is done by multiple programs and packages during every payroll process. 
The Earnings Limit field displayed includes only the earning amounts accumulated toward the earnings limit for this specific employee/deduction combination.   It does not take into account any reduction in the basis used to calculate the amount of the deduction during payroll processing.  

In the following example, the calculation basis for deduction 94 is reduced by the amount of deduction 46, a different garnishment.  Penta will calculate the amount for deduction 46, and reduce the earnings used to calculate the second deduction 94.  

However, the employee's Voluntary Deduction screen for employee 213, deduction 94 displays only the employee's total Year to Date Earnings amount for the current year, with no deduction 46 impact.