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# PATX - PA Tax Tables File

The Tax Tables file stores the information necessary to calculate most federal and state tax withholding. The format of the record is identical to that of the General Table file.

The record keys are FEDS, FEDM, FICA, FTSyy, LTXyyxx, LTXyyxx, SOTyy, STSyy, STXyyx, and SUTyy, where yy is a state code and x either the local code (2-characters), or any other character.

| Template: | DIM PATX:"TBID:C(8*), COLS:N(1*), TYPE:C(1*), HEAD:C(78*), ENT:C(504*), DESCR:C(40*), WIDTH:N(2*)"
| IOLIST: | 0999 PATX: IOLIST TB0$, TB0, TB1$, TB2$, TB3$, TB4$, TB1
| String Sizes: | DIM TB0$(8), TB1$(1), TB2$(78), TB3$(504), TB4$(40)

Key Definitions

| Key Number | Field | Description
| 0 | [1:1:8] | Table ID
|  | __________ |
|  | 1 segments |

PA Tax Tables File

| File Name: | PATX | Record Size: | 642(640)
| File Type: | Mkeyed - Dynamic | Number of Keys: | 1

| Field | Field Name | Variable | Description | A/N | Length | Note
| 1 | TBID | TB0$ | Table ID | A | 8 |
| 2 | COLS | TB0 | Number of Columns | N | 2 |
| 3 | TYPE | TB1$ | Record Type | A | 1 | A = Alpha
|  |  |  |  |  |  | N = Numeric
|  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 = numeric
|  |  |  |  |  |  | (-########.000)
|  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 = numeric
|  |  |  |  |  |  | (-#######.0000)
| 4 | HEAD | TB2$ | Column Headings | A | 78 |
| 5 | ENT | TB3$ | Table Entries | A | 504 |
| 6 | DESCR | TB4$ | Description | A | 40 |
| 7 | WIDTH | TB1 | Column Width | N | 2 |