Jurisdictions

A jurisdiction represents a physical territory, such as a country, province, or city, where a particular piece of legislation applies.

You must set up jurisdictions before you create registrations, because a jurisdiction is required in the registration process. The jurisdiction has a start date and end date to show when the jurisdiction is effective and when you can register against the jurisdiction.

A tax jurisdiction is a geographic area where a tax is levied by a specific tax authority. You must set up at least one tax jurisdiction for a tax before you can make the tax available for payroll transactions.

Identifying Jurisdiction

For each legal entity, select an identifying jurisdiction. An identifying jurisdiction is your first jurisdiction you must register with to be allowed to do business in a country. If there's more than one jurisdiction that a legal entity must register with to commence business, select one as the identifying jurisdiction. Typically, the identifying jurisdiction is the one you use to uniquely identify your legal entity. To do business in China or in a territory within China, you must create a jurisdiction per city. For example, Beijing Social Insurance is a social insurance legislation that applies to organizations operating in Beijing.