How Tax Addresses Are Determined for the US

The employee resident and work tax addresses used by the payroll process are determined by this hierarchy.

Work Tax Address

Address source	Priority	How you set it
Work-at-Home = Yes	1	Use the Change Assignment task to set Work at Home on the person's assignment. For further info, see Hire an Employee in the Help Center.
Assignment-level location override	2	Use Work Tax Address on person’s assignment record to override the location address assigned to the person. You can update this by navigating to the Change Assignment task under Employment.
Location override address	3	Use the Locations task to define an address of Location override type.
Location address	4	Use the Locations task to define the main address. You set a person's location on their assignment.

Resident Tax Address

Address Type	Priority
US Resident Tax Address	1
Home Address	2