Tax coverage - Symmetry Docs

Payroll Point returns federal taxes plus every state and local tax that applies at an employee’s home and work addresses, for both the employee and the employer. Use this page to check whether the taxes you need are covered. For how Payroll Point decides which jurisdictions apply to an address, see Tax jurisdictions.

Federal

Federal taxes come back on every lookup, since federal withholding doesn’t vary by address. They’re identified by the federal location code 00-000-0000 and a state code of 00.

State

Category	Taxes returned
Income	State income tax (`SIT`)
Unemployment	Employee state unemployment insurance (`SUI`), employer state unemployment tax and surcharges (`ER_SUTA`, `ER_SUTA_SC`)
Disability and leave	State disability insurance (`SDI`, `ER_SDI`), family and medical leave including PFML (`FLI`, `ER_FLI`)
Workers’ compensation	Employee and employer workers’ compensation (`WC`, `ER_WC`), in New Mexico, Oregon and Wyoming only

Local

Local coverage is where Payroll Point does most of its work, because these taxes depend on boundaries that don’t follow postal lines.

Category	Taxes returned
City and county	City tax (`CITY`), county tax (`CNTY`)
Pennsylvania	Earned income taxes (`EIT`), local services taxes (`LST`)
Ohio	School district taxes (`SCHL`), Joint Economic Development District taxes (`JEDD`)
Kentucky	Occupational license fees (`OLF`), occupational license tax for schools (`OLTS`), tax increment financing (`TIF`), development assessment fees (`DAF`), mental health tax (`MHT`)
Oregon	Transit taxes (`TRANS`, `ER_TRANS`), supportive services taxes (`SST`), community safety payroll tax (`CSPT`, `ER_CSPT`)
Alabama	Occupational license fees (`OLF`)

Employer

Beyond the employer taxes listed above, Payroll Point returns percent-of-payroll and head taxes (ER_POP, ER_EHT), which are calculated on total payroll or headcount rather than an individual paycheck, and a set of single-jurisdiction employer taxes such as ER_EMAC in Massachusetts and ER_ECET in New York. For every code with its jurisdictional notes, see Payroll Point tax types.

What falls outside coverage

Not covered	Where to look instead
Withholding amounts	Payroll Point identifies which taxes apply and their rates. Calculation is the Symmetry Tax Engine, which Payroll Point calls behind the scenes.
Canadian payroll taxes	Payroll Point is United States only. See the Symmetry Tax Engine for Canadian coverage.
Minimum wage rates	Available as a licensed minimum wage add-on, not part of tax determination.

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