> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.symmetry.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# STE MCP Tax Radar

> Ask your AI assistant which tax law changes Symmetry is tracking for a state, a place, or a tax, with each change's effective date, status, and assigned STE release.

Tax Radar lists the tax law changes Symmetry is tracking. Ask "Is Symmetry tracking this change?" or "What's coming in Iowa?" and your assistant uses the `ste_upcoming_tax_changes` tool to answer.

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Tax Radar shows what Symmetry is tracking, not what an employee will owe.** It doesn't return the new rate or wage base. Once a change is loaded into STE, use `ste_tax_change_feed` to see the previous and new values.

## What you get back

| Field | What it tells you |
| - | - |
| Kind of change | Tax Rate, Wage Base, New Tax, or Reactivation. |
| Effective date | When the change takes effect. |
| Status | Where Symmetry's Tax Research team is with the change: Researching, Awaiting Agency Release, Legislation Passed, or Requirements Confirmed. |
| STE release | The STE release the change is assigned to. Blank if none is assigned. |

The status doesn't say the change is built, tested, or released. The effective date is when the law changes, not when Symmetry ships support for it.

To see where a change came from, ask for the source. To check how current an answer is, ask when the data was last synced. Tax Radar data refreshes daily.

## Ask by state, place, or tax

Your assistant picks the lookup key from your question.

| Lookup key | Use it to ask about | Example value |
| - | - | - |
| `state` | One to 10 states. | `IA` |
| `locationCode` | A county, city, or other place. | `39-035-1066654` |
| `uTaxID` | One tax, by its Unique Tax ID. | `39-000-0000-SIT-000` |

A tax ID lookup also shows whether the tax is tracked, on file with no tracked change, on file but inactive, or not on file. For an active tax, it adds the rate in force today and any scheduled rate.

### Choose how far the search reaches

| Scope | What it returns | Default for |
| - | - | - |
| `exact` | Only the jurisdiction you named. | `state` and `uTaxID` |
| `rollup` | The jurisdiction and the levels above it, up to federal. | `locationCode` |
| `rolldown` | The jurisdiction and every local jurisdiction beneath it. | None. You must ask for it. |

### Narrow the results

For `state` and `locationCode` lookups, you can filter by `updateType` (for example, Wage Base) and `status` (for example, Requirements Confirmed). Each filter takes up to five values, and a change must match both filters to appear.

## When nothing is tracked

An empty answer means Tax Radar holds no tracked changes for what you asked. It doesn't mean nothing is changing.

The Tax Radar tool doesn't cover Forms or Canada. It covers U.S. federal, state, and local taxes only.

## Limits

* More than 100 matching changes: the answer shows 100 and marks the list as partial. There is no paging.
* More than 1,500 matching changes, more than 10 states, or `rolldown` for more than one state: the request is refused.
* A `uTaxID` lookup is `exact` only and can't be filtered.

Each refusal says how to fix the request.

## Sample prompts

> Is Symmetry tracking any tax changes in Iowa?

> What wage base changes is Symmetry tracking for Ohio, including local taxes?

> Is Symmetry tracking changes to tax ID 39-000-0000-SIT-000?

## Tax Radar and the tax change feed

| Tool | Use it to see | Shows rate values? |
| - | - | - |
| `ste_upcoming_tax_changes` | Changes Symmetry is tracking, with status and assigned release. | No |
| `ste_tax_change_feed` | Rate changes already loaded into STE for a date range. | Yes, previous and new |

## Next steps

> **[Tools](https://docs.symmetry.com/ste/ai-interfaces/mcp-tools)**
>
> The full catalogue of what the STE MCP server can reach.

> **[Sample prompts](https://docs.symmetry.com/ste/ai-interfaces/mcp-sample-prompts.md)**
>
> Prompts by role, ready to copy into your AI assistant.