Tax

Create tax rate definition

Create a reusable tax rate definition for manual tax calculation.

POST
/tax/rate-definitions/create

Authorization

bearerAuth
AuthorizationBearer <token>

Use your secret API key as the bearer token

In: header

Request Body

application/json

name*string
description?string|null
taxRate*string

Decimal string between 0 and 1 (e.g., '0.0875')

Match^\d+(\.\d{1,4})?$
jurisdiction?string|null

Optional jurisdiction label

taxType?string|null

Tax type label (defaults to 'manual')

isActive?boolean|null

Whether this definition is active (defaults to true)

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://api.getlumen.dev/v1/tax/rate-definitions/create" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "name": "California manual tax",    "description": "Manual fallback rate",    "taxRate": "0.085",    "jurisdiction": "US-CA",    "taxType": "manual"  }'
{
  "id": "tax_rate_def_1Abc9rQp3Kf4s6T8uYz0Lp",
  "merchantId": "mer_4aExPpQ7R3tSa1BcDe9LmN",
  "name": "California manual tax",
  "description": "Manual fallback rate",
  "taxRate": "0.085",
  "jurisdiction": "US-CA",
  "taxType": "manual",
  "isActive": true,
  "createdAt": "2025-02-20T08:10:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2025-02-20T08:10:00.000Z"
}
{
  "error": [
    {
      "code": "custom",
      "message": "Tax rate must be a valid decimal number (e.g., '0.0875' for 8.75%)",
      "path": [
        "taxRate"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
{
  "error": "Internal server error"
}