# Create a tax

> Create a new tax.
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`POST /api/taxes`

Creates a Tax resource.

Creates a tax in the current organization. Give it a `rate` (a percentage from 0 to 100), a `name`, and the [Country](/api/product-management/countries/) it applies to as an IRI in `country`. Send `Flowkiwi-Locale` to set the translatable `name` and `description` for a specific locale.

## Headers

| Name              | Type     | Required | Description                                                                                                      |
| ----------------- | -------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Flowkiwi-Locale` | `string` | -        | Specifies the locale for properties that support localization. If not provided, the default locale will be used. |

## Request body

| Property      | Type             | Required | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ------------- | ---------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `country`     | `string`         | Yes      | The `Country` to which this tax belongs. Requires the `instance_params:read` scope. Returned null when the scope is missing.                                                                                      |
| `description` | `string \| null` | -        | A short description of the tax.                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `name`        | `string \| null` | -        | The name of the tax.                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `rate`        | `string`         | -        | The tax rate as a percentage between 0 and 100, as a decimal string with up to two decimals (e.g. `"20"`, `"5.5"`). A JSON number is rejected with a 422; the stored rate is read back with exactly two decimals. |

## Response

**201** - Tax resource created

| Property      | Type                        | Required | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ------------- | --------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `@context`    | `string \| object`          | -        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `@id`         | `string`                    | Yes      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `@type`       | `string`                    | Yes      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `country`     | `string \| Country \| null` | Yes      | The `Country` to which this tax belongs. Requires the `instance_params:read` scope. Returned null when the scope is missing.                                                                                                    |
| `createdAt`   | `string`                    | -        | The date and time when the resource was created (ISO 8601 format).                                                                                                                                                              |
| `description` | `string \| null`            | -        | **This property supports translations.**<br><br>A short description of the tax.                                                                                                                                                 |
| `id`          | `string`                    | -        | The resource's unique identifier (UUID).                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `name`        | `string \| null`            | -        | **This property supports translations.**<br><br>The name of the tax.                                                                                                                                                            |
| `rate`        | `string`                    | -        | The tax rate as a percentage between 0 and 100, serialized as a decimal string with exactly two decimals (e.g. `"20.00"`, `"5.50"`) so that no floating-point rounding can alter it. Parse it with a decimal type, not a float. |
| `updatedAt`   | `string`                    | -        | The date and time when the resource was last modified (ISO 8601 format).                                                                                                                                                        |

## Errors

**400** - Invalid input

| Property      | Type               | Required | Description                                                                                                                          |
| ------------- | ------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `@context`    | `string \| object` | -        |                                                                                                                                      |
| `@id`         | `string`           | Yes      |                                                                                                                                      |
| `@type`       | `string`           | Yes      |                                                                                                                                      |
| `code`        | `string`           | -        | Stable identifier of the error in the error code catalogue (see /api/error-codes). Present on catalogued errors only.                |
| `description` | `string \| null`   | -        |                                                                                                                                      |
| `detail`      | `string \| null`   | -        | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.                                                             |
| `instance`    | `string \| null`   | -        | A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may or may not yield further information if dereferenced. |
| `message`     | `string`           | -        | End-user message localized in the request locale, with this occurrence's values substituted. Present on catalogued errors only.      |
| `slug`        | `string`           | -        | Stable, readable key of the error in the error code catalogue. Present on catalogued errors only.                                    |
| `status`      | `integer \| null`  | -        |                                                                                                                                      |
| `title`       | `string \| null`   | -        | A short, human-readable summary of the problem. For a catalogued error it repeats the `slug`.                                        |
| `type`        | `string`           | -        | A URI reference that identifies the problem type. For a catalogued error it is the error code resource, `/api/error-codes/{code}`.   |

**403** - Access denied. The caller is missing one or more permissions required for this operation.

| Property             | Type               | Required | Description                                                                                                            |
| -------------------- | ------------------ | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `@context`           | `string \| object` | -        |                                                                                                                        |
| `@id`                | `string`           | Yes      |                                                                                                                        |
| `@type`              | `string`           | Yes      |                                                                                                                        |
| `detail`             | `string`           | -        |                                                                                                                        |
| `missingPermissions` | `string[]`         | -        | Permissions that the caller is missing for this operation. Present only when the 403 is caused by a denied permission. |
| `status`             | `integer`          | -        |                                                                                                                        |
| `title`              | `string`           | -        |                                                                                                                        |
| `type`               | `string`           | -        |                                                                                                                        |

**422** - An error occurred

| Property      | Type               | Required | Description |
| ------------- | ------------------ | -------- | ----------- |
| `@context`    | `string \| object` | -        |             |
| `@id`         | `string`           | Yes      |             |
| `@type`       | `string`           | Yes      |             |
| `description` | `string`           | -        |             |
| `detail`      | `string`           | -        |             |
| `instance`    | `string \| null`   | -        |             |
| `status`      | `integer`          | -        |             |
| `title`       | `string \| null`   | -        |             |
| `type`        | `string`           | -        |             |
| `violations`  | `object[]`         | -        |             |

## Examples

### Example request

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://<tenant>.product-management.flowkiwi.net/api/taxes' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}' \
  -H 'Flowkiwi-Api-Version: unstable' \
  -H 'Accept: application/ld+json' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/ld+json' \
  -d '{
  "country": "/api/countries/019af8c2-3d4e-7f50-8a61-2b3c4d5e6f70",
  "description": "Value-added tax applicable to products and services.",
  "name": "VAT",
  "rate": "20"
}'
```

### Example response

```json
{
  "@context": "string",
  "@id": "string",
  "@type": "Tax",
  "country": "/api/countries/019af8c2-3d4e-7f50-8a61-2b3c4d5e6f70",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-15T10:00:00+00:00",
  "description": "Value-added tax applicable to products and services.",
  "id": "019af93e-420e-79f8-800b-6680f03dce20",
  "name": "VAT",
  "rate": "20.00",
  "updatedAt": "2026-01-15T10:00:00+00:00"
}
```