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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Addresses, GEO codes, and tax jurisdictions</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>GEO codes</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>Tax authorities have jurisdiction over sales tax in a specific area. The address's geographic area determines the tax jurisdiction and, as a result, the following:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The amount of tax to be paid</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The tax authorities to which the tax is payable</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Tax jurisdictions</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>The tax provider distinguishes different tax jurisdictions in the U.S. and in Canada.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>U.S. sales-tax authorities</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>State: the tax authority with sales-tax jurisdiction in the state</ListItem>
			<ListItem>County: the tax authority with sales-tax jurisdiction in the county</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Local: the primary tax authority with sales-tax jurisdiction in the locality (for example, in the city)</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Secondary County: the secondary tax authority with sales-tax jurisdiction in the county</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Secondary Local: the secondary tax authority with sales-tax jurisdiction in the locality</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>Canadian sales-tax authorities</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Goods and Services tax (GST)</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Provincial Sales Tax (PST) or Quebec Sales Tax (QST)</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Tax jurisdictions and GEO codes</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>The tax provider identifies the tax jurisdictions by means of GEO codes. The GEO codes are assigned to the addresses, based on the following address data:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>City</ListItem>
			<ListItem>State/province</ListItem>
			<ListItem>ZIP/postal code</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>Vertex's Quantum for Sales and Use Tax also requires the address's Inside City Limits indication.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>The tax provider requires this data to be stored in the corresponding fields in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4130s000" role="session">Addresses (tccom4130s000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>The tax providers use different GEO code formats:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Taxware GEO code format</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Vertex GEO code format</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection ID="A"><SectionTitle>Taxware GEO code format</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>Taxware's Master Tax System uses a two-digit GEO code.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>Taxware's Master Tax System identifies the tax jurisdiction, based on the following address data:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>City</ListItem>
			<ListItem>State/province</ListItem>
			<ListItem>ZIP/postal code</ListItem>
			<ListItem>GEO code</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection ID="B"><SectionTitle>Vertex GEO code format</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>Vertex's Quantum for Sales and Use Tax uses a ten-digit GEO code. The GEO code consists of the following parts:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>State code (two digits)</ListItem>
			<ListItem>County code (three digits)</ListItem>
			<ListItem>City (four digits)</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Inside city limits indicator (one digit)</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000069" role="manual">To use a tax provider</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000070" role="manual">To set up the tax-provider interface</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
