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# Tax coverage

> Which taxes Payroll Point returns: federal, state, local, and employer taxes across the United States, and what falls outside its scope.

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](/prp/core-concepts/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](/prp/references/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](/ste/overview/what-is-the-ste), which Payroll Point calls behind the scenes. |
| Canadian payroll taxes | Payroll Point is United States only. See the [Symmetry Tax Engine](/ste/overview/coverage) for Canadian coverage.                                                                 |
| Minimum wage rates     | Available as a licensed [minimum wage add-on](/prp/overview/mw-add-on), not part of tax determination.                                                                            |