# Transaction Purpose
source: https://developer.mastercard.com/mastercard-send-person-to-person/documentation/field-uris-codes/transaction-purpose/index.md

The `transaction_purpose` field enables you to provide accurate information about the purpose of the transaction, which can be passed to downstream networks. Use the appropriate 2-digit value shown in the table below.

We recommend you provide the transaction purpose. Note:

* For Fast Refunds for Purchase Returns, you must pass the value to identify if the receiving card was used for the original purchase (value '12') or is a different card (value '13').

* For disbursing funds for crowd lending or cryptocurrency, you may pass value '10' or '11', respectively.

* For Visa OCT transactions in Canada, you must pass the appropriate 2-digit value. Mastercard Send will map the value to the Visa Purpose of Transaction code shown in the 'Mapped Visa Code' column below. For example, for Visa code 'ISEDUC', provide value '03' in your API request.

| Value |          Transaction Purpose          | Mapped Visa Code |       Visa Description        |
|-------|---------------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------|
| 00    | Family Support                        | ISOTHR           | Other                         |
| 01    | Regular Labor Transfers (expatriates) | ISSALA           | Salary payment                |
| 02    | Travel \& Tourism                     | ISTRPT           | Payment for travel            |
| 03    | Education                             | ISEDUC           | Payment of study/tuition fees |
| 04    | Hospitalization and Medical Treatment | ISMDCS           | Medical services              |
| 05    | Emergency Need                        | ISOTHR           | Other                         |
| 06    | Savings                               | ISACCT           | Account management            |
| 07    | Gifts                                 | ISOTHR           | Other                         |
| 08    | Other                                 | ISOTHR           | Other                         |
| 09    | Salary                                | ISSALA           | Salary payment                |
| 10    | Crowd lending                         | ISLOAN           | Loan                          |
| 11    | Crypto currency                       | ISOTHR           | Other                         |
| 12    | Refund to original card               | ISCCRD           | Other                         |
| 13    | Refund to new card                    | ISCCRD           | Other                         |
| 17    | Recycling Deposit Return              | ISOTHR           | Other                         |
| 18    | Value Added Tax (VAT) Payment         | ISVATX           | Value added tax payment       |