Priority of Deductions Effective Pay Period (PP) 22-2018 (pay date November 2, 2018), the Postal Service™ implemented a revised priority of deduction schedule to include the newly implemented State Other Tax for the Oregon State Transportation Project Tax. Gross or net pay may not be sufficient to cover all mandatory, voluntary, and involuntary deductions. When determining why a deduction was not withheld, employees must take the priority of deductions into account. The following chart shows the order in which deductions are withheld:   Priority Deductions 1 Retirement 2 Social Security 3 Medicare 4 Federal Tax 5 Health Insurance, in order as follows: 5.1 Pre-tax Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Deduction 5.2 Pre-tax USPS® Health Benefits (HB) Self Deduction 5.3 Pre-tax USPS HB Family Deduction 5.4 Post-tax FEHB Deduction 5.5 Post-tax USPS HB Self Deduction 5.6 Post-tax USPS HB Family Deduction 6 Basic Life Insurance — Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) 7 State Tax 7.1 State Income Tax 7.2 State Other Tax (effective 2018) 8 Local Tax 9 Salary Advance 10 PO Indebtedness 11 Other Federal Agency indebtedness, in order as follows: 11.1 Continuous Levy (Federal Payment Levy Program) 11.2 Salary Offset (including Treasury Offset Program) 12 Child Support, in order as follows: 12.1 Child Support 12.2 Spousal Support 13 Garnishment, in order as follows: 13.1 Bankruptcy 13.2 Commercial Garnishment 14 Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Health Care (pre-tax) 15 Federal Employees Dental and Vision Plan Insurance Program, in order as follows: 15.1 Dental (pre-tax) 15.2 Vision (pre-tax) 16 Health Savings Account (pre-tax) 17 Optional Life Insurance (FEGLI), in order as follows: 17.1 Option A 17.2 Option B 17.3 Option C 18 Long-Term Care Insurance — Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program 19 FSA Dependent Care (pre-tax) 20 Thrift Savings Program, in order as follows: 20.1 Loan Payment 20.2 Regular Deduction (pre-tax) 20.3 Roth Deduction (post-tax) 20.4 Regular Catch-up Deduction (pre-tax) 20.5 Roth Catch-up Deduction (post-tax) 21 Commuter Program, in order as follows: 21.1 Pre-tax Deduction 21.2 Post-tax Deduction 22 Military Buy Back 23 Union Dues 24 Charity 25 Miscellaneous Insurance, in order as follows: 25.1 Mutual Benefits Association Auto Insurance–National Association of Letter Carriers 25.2 Voluntary Benefits Plan–American Postal Workers Union 26 Extra Taxes 27 Allotments/Treasury Direct 28 Tax Levy — Payroll, Controller, 11-8-18