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Tax Tax Filing Structure

TaxFiling schema from Workday Payroll Workday Tax API

Type: object Properties: 13

CompensationEnterpriseHuman ResourcesPayrollSaaSTax

TaxFiling is a JSON Structure definition published by Workday Payroll, describing 13 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

id filingType jurisdiction taxYear quarter formNumber totalTaxableWages totalTaxWithheld totalEmployerTax dueDate filedDate status currency

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-payroll/refs/heads/main/json-structure/tax-tax-filing-structure.json",
  "name": "TaxFiling",
  "description": "TaxFiling schema from Workday Payroll Workday Tax API",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the tax filing",
      "example": "tfl_2026q1_941"
    },
    "filingType": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Quarterly",
        "Annual",
        "Amendment"
      ],
      "description": "Type of filing",
      "example": "Quarterly"
    },
    "jurisdiction": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/TaxJurisdictionRef"
    },
    "taxYear": {
      "type": "int32",
      "description": "Tax year",
      "example": 2026
    },
    "quarter": {
      "type": "int32",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 4,
      "description": "Quarter (for quarterly filings)",
      "example": 1
    },
    "formNumber": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Tax form number (e.g., 941, 940, W-2)",
      "example": "941"
    },
    "totalTaxableWages": {
      "type": "double",
      "description": "Total taxable wages for the filing period",
      "example": 235000.0
    },
    "totalTaxWithheld": {
      "type": "double",
      "description": "Total tax withheld for the filing period",
      "example": 28500.0
    },
    "totalEmployerTax": {
      "type": "double",
      "description": "Total employer tax liability",
      "example": 14583.7
    },
    "dueDate": {
      "type": "date",
      "description": "Filing due date",
      "example": "2026-04-30"
    },
    "filedDate": {
      "type": "date",
      "description": "Date the filing was submitted",
      "example": "2026-04-30"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Draft",
        "Pending",
        "Filed",
        "Accepted",
        "Rejected"
      ],
      "description": "Filing status",
      "example": "Draft"
    },
    "currency": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO 4217 currency code",
      "example": "USD"
    }
  },
  "definitions": {
    "TaxJurisdictionRef": {
      "name": "TaxJurisdictionRef",
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Jurisdiction identifier",
          "example": "tjur_us_federal"
        },
        "descriptor": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Jurisdiction display name",
          "example": "Weekly USD Pay Group"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}