Payroll System Tax Code

The table below lists the output fields that contain Payroll System Tax Code (PTC) data. For more information about payroll tax districts, see AssignGeoTAXInfo. To include this data in the output, set Option.GeoTAXOutputRecordType = W.

Note: AssignGeoTAXInfo returns up to six payroll tax codes per address.


Response Element	Max. Field Length with null terminator	Description
NumberPTCsFound	2	The number of payroll tax codes found for this address.
PTCn.MatchCode	2 per PTC	Indicates the level of match obtained for the address. In order from most specific match to least, the possible match codes are: P The address was matched to a specific Payroll District ID. This is the most specific match. G The address was matched to a GNIS Code. F The address was matched to a county's FIPS code. S The address was matched to a state's FIPS code. This is the least specific match.
PTCn.PayrollCode	16 per PTC	A code that represents a taxing authority in a payroll application. This is a user-defined code. The specific codes are determined by the payroll application that utilizes the data returned by AssignGeoTAXInfo.
PTCn.PayrollDescription	41 per PTC	A description of the purpose of this payroll code.
PTCn.PayrollFlag	7 per PTC	A user-defined flag from the PTC database.
StateCounty	33	The state abbreviation and county name.