USPS Finance – Priority of Deductions

Effective Pay Period 01-12 (Pay Date January 6, 2012), the Postal Service™ implemented a revised priority of deduction schedule. Gross/net pay may not be sufficient to cover all mandatory, voluntary, and involuntary deductions. When attempting to determine why a deduction was not withheld, the priority of deductions needs to be taken into account. The following chart shows the order in which deductions are to be withheld:

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