What are the country extension options available for the US?

The country extension setting ensures that certain payroll-related features work correctly in your implementation, such as element templates.

Use the Manage Features by Country or Territory task to select the correct product for each of your legislations and ensure that the appropriate features work correctly in your implementation.

To view and set the product extension:

1. Search for and start the Manage Features by Country or Territory task.

2. Ensure the Selected Extension value is correct for the United States legislation.

   Valid values for the selected extension parameter are:

   • Payroll

     If you select Payroll, you must use the Full address verification service validation type. For further info, see Address Validation for the US.

   • Payroll Interface

   • Human Resources or None

   If you plan to process payroll, you must set your extension to the appropriate payroll setting.

   For further info, see Oracle Cloud Payroll: Types of License In Oracle Cloud Payroll (1611941.1) on My Oracle Support.

3. Make any necessary changes, and click Save.

4. Click Done.

Country Extension Settings

Here's what the different the country extension settings do for you.

Country extension	What it does
Payroll	When creating elements, the element templates generate formulas and other associated items that are required for costing or payment processing when you process payroll. The New Hire process performs automatic actions, such as: Creates a Tax Withholding card for the new employee Associates them with a tax reporting unit (TRU) if the TRU was specified at time of hire Creates a Tax Jurisdictions card for the new employee and automatically derives the applicable local resident and work tax jurisdictions Validates address formats Payroll definitions require associated organization payment methods. You must select payment methods that include a payment source. Defining payment sources requires source banks in Oracle Cloud Financials.
Payroll Interface	The element templates for creating regular and supplemental earnings elements generate associated objects, such as input values, formulas, and balances. The Calculate Gross Earnings process requires these objects to include employee data. For all other elements, the simplified element templates create only the element and no associated objects. The New Hire process includes country-specific validation. Validations on payroll objects are less restrictive to support sending employee bank info as follows: No requirement for organization payment methods in payroll definitions No requirement for payment sources in organization payment methods No dependency on source banks in Oracle Cloud Financials
Human Resources or None	The element templates for creating earnings and deductions elements generate only the elements and no associated objects, such as input values, formulas, or balances. You can configure these elements to meet your specific business requirements, such as adding input values and formulas to a compensation element. Certain countries or territories have additional country-specific validation. Validations on payroll objects are less restrictive, as with the Payroll Interface setting.