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sales_tax

This call gets the current sales tax table entry for a specific tax jurisdiction. Specify the jurisdiction to retrieve using the <b>countryCode</b> and <b>jurisdictionId</b> path parameters. All four response fields will be returned if a sales tax entry exists for the tax jurisdiction. Otherwise, the response will be returned as empty.<br/><br/><span class="tablenote"><b>Important!</b> In most US states and territories, eBay now 'collects and remits' sales tax, so sellers can no longer configure sales tax rates for these states/territories.</span>

get/sales_tax/{countryCode}/{jurisdictionId}

Path parameters

countryCodestring required

This path parameter specifies the two-letter <a href="https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html " title="https://www.iso.org " target="_blank">ISO 3166</a> code for the country whose sales tax table you want to retrieve.

jurisdictionIdstring required

This path parameter specifies the ID of the sales tax jurisdiction for the tax table entry you want to retrieve. Retrieve valid jurisdiction IDs using <b>getSalesTaxJurisdictions</b> in the Metadata API.

Response

Success

countryCodestring

The country code enumeration value identifies the country to which this sales tax rate applies. For implementation help, refer to <a href='https://developer.ebay.com/api-docs/sell/account/types/ba:CountryCodeEnum'>eBay API documentation</a>

salesTaxJurisdictionIdstring

A unique ID that identifies the sales tax jurisdiction to which the sales tax rate applies (for example, a state within the United States).

salesTaxPercentagestring

The sales tax rate that will be applied to sales price. The <b>shippingAndHandlingTaxed</b> value will indicate whether or not sales tax is also applied to shipping and handling charges<br><br>Although it is a string, a percentage value is returned here, such as <code>7.75</code>

shippingAndHandlingTaxedboolean

If returned as <code>true</code>, sales tax is also applied to shipping and handling charges, and not just the total sales price of the order.