11 code 129 taxable total wage change check
Taxable / Total Wage Change Check - Code 129
This edit compares the taxable-wage/total-wage ratio from the processed quarter with the same ratio from the same quarter of the previous year. Four things can exempt an account from this edit:
- The total wage figure for the processed quarter can be zero.
- The total wage value for the prior year’s same quarter can be zero.
- The processed quarter’s average monthly employment can be below the PK044 parameter split level, found in the Lookup File.
- The edited quarter could be earlier than the immediate prior quarter (Job 028S).
If any one of these four conditions occurs, the edit is not performed. The reasoning for the first two exemptions is that zero total wages cannot be used as an effective denominator in the taxable/total wage ratio. The third bullet exempts small establishments since they aren’t worth the added analyst time to correct them. The final bullet is needed because older quarter editing has no available prior-year data for an effective comparison.
The taxable-total wage ratio from the previous year’s quarter is subtracted from the same ratio of the current quarter and taken as an absolute value. This ratio difference is compared to the allowable percentage (both positive and negative), found in the PK043 parameter of the Lookup File. If it lies within the permissible boundaries, the account passes. Otherwise, this edit code is added to the exceptions list, and the taxable wage field is underscored on the edit exception report. Since this edit deals with taxable wages, which are not yet (and might never be) included in the macro-level edits, it is not linked to the integrated edits of Job 242D. BLS classification: C.1.8. EXPO “G” code: C129.
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