Workday Payroll · Schema

DeductionCode

DeductionCode schema from Workday Payroll API

CompensationEnterpriseHuman ResourcesPayrollSaaSTax

Properties

Name Type Description
id string Unique identifier for the deduction code
descriptor string Display name of the deduction code
type string Category of the deduction
preTax boolean Whether this deduction is pre-tax by default
active boolean Whether the deduction code is currently active
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JSON Schema

payroll-deduction-code-schema.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-payroll/refs/heads/main/json-schema/payroll-deduction-code-schema.json",
  "title": "DeductionCode",
  "description": "DeductionCode schema from Workday Payroll API",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the deduction code",
      "example": "MEDICAL_PRETAX"
    },
    "descriptor": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Display name of the deduction code",
      "example": "Weekly USD Pay Group"
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Benefit",
        "Retirement",
        "Garnishment",
        "Tax",
        "Voluntary",
        "Other"
      ],
      "description": "Category of the deduction",
      "example": "Benefit"
    },
    "preTax": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether this deduction is pre-tax by default",
      "example": true
    },
    "active": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the deduction code is currently active",
      "example": true
    }
  }
}