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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000071" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Addresses, GEO codes, and tax jurisdictions</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1148919">
         <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>The tax provider also
		requires the address's Inside City Limits indication. 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>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection ID="B">
      <SectionTitle>Vertex GEO code format</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The tax provider 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>