---
title: "Creates a new tax identifier"
method: POST
path: "/tax-identifiers"
tags: ["Tax identifiers"]
---

# Creates a new tax identifier

`POST /tax-identifiers`

Creates a new tax identifier object.

## Request body

- TaxIdentifierRequest
  - `type` string, required — The type of tax identifier.
  - `value` string, required — The tax identifier.

## Response `201`

201 Created

- CustomerTaxIdentifier
  - `id` string — The identifier of the tax identifier.
  - `createdTime` string, date-time — The time when the tax identifier was created.
  - `customerId` string, nullable — The identifier of an existing customer.
  - `type` string — Type of tax identifier.
  - `value` string — The tax identifier.
  - `state` 'pending' | 'not_valid' | 'verified' — The verification state.
  - `stateTransitions` TaxIdentifierStateTransitions, nullable — A timestamp of when the state was updated.
    - `pending` string, date-time, nullable
    - `verified` string, date-time, nullable
    - `not_valid` string, date-time, nullable
  - `verifiedName` string, nullable — The registered name of the customer with this tax identifier.
  - `verifiedAddress` string, nullable — The registered address of the customer with this tax identifier.
  - `updatedTime` string, date-time — The time when the tax identifier was updated.
  - `applicability` Applicability[]
    - `country` string — The applicable country for the tax id
    - `entity` string — The applicable entity for the tax id
    - `customerType` 'business' | 'individual' — The applicable customer type for the tax id

## Other responses

- `400` — 400 Bad Request
- `401` — 401 Unauthorized
- `403` — 403 Forbidden
- `405` — 405 Method Not Allowed
- `406` — 406 Not Acceptable
- `408` — 408 Request Timeout
- `409` — 409 Conflict
- `429` — 429 Too Many Requests
- `500` — 500 Internal Server Error
- `502` — 502 Bad Gateway Error
- `503` — 503 Service Unavailable Error
- `504` — 504 Gateway Timeout Error

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