Define Jurisdictions

You must register all legal entities with a legal jurisdiction that's governed by a legal authority. An identifying jurisdiction is the one that's automatically associated with all legal entities created for the territory.

It represents the jurisdiction that a company has to register with when first created, such as Chamber of Commerce or Companies House.

Identifying Jurisdictions

Registration information for the identifying jurisdiction is mandatory when you create legal employers. It's recommended that you use the predefined jurisdiction United Kingdom HMRC to register the legal entities. By default, it's not set up as the identifying jurisdiction.

Here's how you can set up identifying jurisdictions:

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, select the Manage Legal Jurisdictions task.

2. Click Go to Task.

3. On the Manage Legal Jurisdictions page, select the territory United Kingdom.

4. Click Search.

5. In the search results, select United Kingdom HMRC. The values for this jurisdiction are predefined.

6. On the Edit Legal Jurisdictions page, select Yes for Identifying Jurisdiction.

   Note: Do not modify the values in the registration code assignment section.

7. Click Save and Close.

You can create additional jurisdictions, if required. If you create a new identifying jurisdiction, you must manually register the tax reporting units with the United Kingdom HMRC.