--- title: Payments to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) description: Thankyou Payroll can manage payments for Ministry of Justice fines. This article shows how to add these payments to an employee's profile. --- [Skip to content](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/ministry-of-justice-payments#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [More support](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) ![TYP\_Logo-09-1.png\]](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/TYP_Logo-09-1.png?height=40&name=TYP_Logo-09-1.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [More support](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/kb-tickets/new) - [Visit our website www.thankyoupayroll.co.nz](https://www.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/) [Visit our website www.thankyoupayroll.co.nz](https://www.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/) Kia ora! How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help Centre](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en?hsLang=en) 2. [Debts, Fines, Payments](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/debts-fines-payments?hsLang=en) # Payments to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) ## How to add a Ministry of Justice fine payment to an employee's profile. *Updated: May 2026* When you receive a notice from Ministry of Justice about a payment, you must start making those deductions from the employee's pay. Our system can manage this easily. ![Info - Blue Block (1)](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/CalloutIcons/Info%20-%20Blue%20Block%20(1).png?width=52&height=52&name=Info%20-%20Blue%20Block%20(1).png)Ministry of Justice fines are entered in the **Employee Profile** and automatically added to the employee's pay summary. You do not add them manually to a timesheet. \*Ministry of Justice fines are deducted from the employee's net wages and passed on by us to the Ministry when the pay is processed. #### **Where do I add this MOJ payment?** Ministry of Justice fines are managed in the employee's Employee Profile. > **![GlobalNav\_Path\_Fines](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/NavigationPathways/GlobalNav_Path_Fines.png?width=608&height=238&name=GlobalNav_Path_Fines.png)** > > Go to '**Employees**' and select '**Fines + Alt Accounts**' from the dropdown menu. Be sure to select the correct employee from the employee list. | ![Take Care - Red Block](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/CalloutIcons/Take%20Care%20-%20Red%20Block.png?width=52&height=52&name=Take%20Care%20-%20Red%20Block.png) | **Important to Note: This tab only processes Ministry of Justice fines with reference numbers starting PP.** All other reference  numbers go to different bank account numbers and we can not guarantee to retrieve funds paid here in error. | | --- | --- | \*For all other court order fines [create a custom pay type](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/creating-a-custom-pay-type-for-allowances/deductions?hsLang=en), similar to our [example for WINZ](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/custom-pay-type-nt-winz-deduction?hsLang=en). > This tab works a little differently from our other tabs as the save funtion is the green + button: > > ![MOJ\_EmployeeProfile-1](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/screensteps/Debt_Fines/MOJ_EmployeeProfile-1.png?width=608&height=316&name=MOJ_EmployeeProfile-1.png) > > 1. In the first box, enter the 10-digit reference number stated on the notice. **This number always starts with PP.** > 2. In the middle box, enter the total of the fine. > 3. In the right box, enter the amount to deduct from the employee's pay **every week**. > 4. Click '**the green** **+ button**' to save this information. > 5. The fine will display under the 'Saved payments'  > 1. You can delete the fine by pressing the delete button,  it will also automatically stop once the full amount is paid. > 2. The '**total remaining**' is adjusted each time a pay is processed. --- #### **What will I see in the employee's timesheet?** Ministry of Justice fine repayments will automatically be added in Pay Summary from the date the fine is entered in the 'Fine & Payments tab' until the total of the fine is repaid. > **![MOJ\_Timesheet](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/screensteps/Debt_Fines/MOJ_Timesheet.png?width=608&height=388&name=MOJ_Timesheet.png)** > > The Ministry of Justice's fine repayment is displayed in a separate line, along with the instalment amount and remaining balance after this pay. ![Info - Blue Block (1)](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/CalloutIcons/Info%20-%20Blue%20Block%20(1).png?width=52&height=52&name=Info%20-%20Blue%20Block%20(1).png)The balance remaining does not appear on the employee's payslip.  You can find this information in their 'Fines and Payments' tab - see box 5 above. - [Getting Started](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/getting-started?hsLang=en) - 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