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PERSONAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT
BILLING FILE LAYOUT
As of May 1, 2004

Column Description

Type

Length

From

To

Remarks

County Code Char 2 1 2  
Business ID  Prefix Char 1 3 3  
Business Identification Number Char 16 4 19  
District Code Char 2 20 21  
Tax Class Code Char 2 22 23  
Town Code Char 2 24 25  
Entity Name Char 250 26 275  
Owner Name – 1 Char 250 276 525  
Owner Name – 2 Char 250 526 775  
Trading-as-name Char 250 776 1025  
Mailing Address Line – 1 Char 40 1026 1065  
Mailing Address Line – 2 Char 40 1066 1105  
Mailing Address Line – 3 Char 40 1106 1145  
Mailing Address Line – 4 Char 40 1146 1185  
Mailing Address  - City Char 27 1186 1212  
Mailing Address  - State Char 2 1213 1214  
Mailing Address  - Zip Char 9 1215 1223  
Name Key Char 250 1224 1473  
Business Type Char 2 1474 1475  
Assessment Year Char 4 1476 1479  
Year-to-date State Base Num 11 1480 1490  
Year-to-date Sub-division Base Num 11 1491 1501  
Year-to-date Traders License Base Num 11 1502 1512  
Year-to-date Town Base Num 11 1513 1523  
Transaction Code Char 2 1524 1525 1, 2 or 3
Adjustment to State Base * Num 10 1526 1535  
Sign Indicator for adjusted St. Base # Char 1 1536 1536 For negative ‘-‘, else blank.
Adjustment to Sub-division Base * Num 10 1537 1546  
Sign Indicator for adjusted Sub Base # Char 1 1547 1547 For negative ‘-‘, else blank.
Adjustment to Trd.License Base * Num 10 1548 1557  
Sign Indicator for adjusted Trd.Lic # Char 1 1558 1558 For negative ‘-‘, else blank.
Adjustment to Town Base * Num 10 1559 1568  
Sign Indicator for adjusted Town Base # Char 1 1569 1569 For negative ‘-‘, else blank.
Current Billing Page No. Num 4 1570 1573  
Current Billing Extract No. Char 10 1574 1583  
Previous Billing Page No. Num 4 1584 1587  
Previous Billing Extract No. Char 10 1588 1597  
Estimated Code Char 1 1598 1598 E or blank
Certification Date Char 8 1599 1606 yyyymmdd
Premise Address Line – 1 Char 40 1607 1646  
Premise Address Line – 2 Char 40 1647 1686  
Premise Address Line – 3 Char 40 1687 1726  
Premise Address Line – 4 Char 40 1727 1766  
Premise Address  - City Char 27 1767 1793  
Premise Address  - State Char 2 1794 1795  
Premise Address  - Zip Char 9 1796 1804  
Mailing Address – Country Char 40 1805 1844  
Interest Refund Indicator Char 1 1845 1845 Y or Blank
Entity Status Char 1 1846 1846  
Filler Char 154 1847 2000  


* The length of the field was reduced from 11 to 10 positions.

# This field has been added. It contains a ‘hyphen’ (‘-‘) if the corresponding base field’s value is
negative, or a space if the base field contains a positive value

 

Revised: 12/16/03