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Is Subchapter S Corporation

Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor associated with this Other Transaction IDV is organized as a Subchapter S corporation. A value such as 1 means the condition is true; null or other values should be checked against the data source’s coding conventions.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isSubchapterSCorporation
Title
Is Subchapter S Corporation
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/isSubchapterSCorporation
Description
Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor associated with this Other Transaction IDV is organized as a Subchapter S corporation. A value such as 1 means the condition is true; null or other values should be checked against the data source’s coding conventions.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts profile vendor ownership/tax structure within federal procurement records, which can support market research, vendor segmentation, and compliance or socioeconomic analysis. It is useful when assessing whether certain transaction patterns or award outcomes vary by corporate form.
Example Value
1
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isSubchapterSCorporation
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/isSubchapterSCorporation
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/isSubchapterSCorporation' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isSubchapterSCorporation'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Filter awards involving Subchapter S corporations
  • Segment vendor populations by organizational tax status
  • Compare obligation or award patterns across vendor types

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag describes the transaction instead of the vendor
  • Ignoring null or nonstandard coded values when building filters

Query Guidance

Use it in WHERE clauses after normalizing the source code to a boolean indicator, for example `WHERE isSubchapterSCorporation = 1` or `= 'Y'` depending on the stored representation. If the field is populated as a coded flag, confirm the allowable values and include null handling explicitly in analyses.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isSubchapterSCorporation AS is_subchapter_s_corporation
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isSubchapterSCorporation IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isSubchapterSCorporation AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isSubchapterSCorporation IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.