QuickBooks Tax Service API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: QuickBooks Online Accounting Tax Service API
  version: '2026-11-05'
  description: QuickBooks Online Accounting API (v3). Entities, reports, query, batch and change-data-capture operations for a QuickBooks Online company (realmId). Generated from the JSON Intuit's API Explorer renders; Intuit publishes no OpenAPI document.
  termsOfService: https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/legal-agreements/intuit-terms-of-service-for-intuit-developer-services
  contact:
    name: Intuit Developer Support
    url: https://help.developer.intuit.com/s/
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  x-generated: '2026-11-05'
servers:
- url: https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com
  description: Production
- url: https://sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com
  description: Sandbox
security:
- oauth2:
  - com.intuit.quickbooks.accounting
tags:
- name: TaxService
  description: 'The TaxService resource allows you to perform the following actions: Create a new TaxCode object and specify a list of existing tax rates to be associated to that tax code. To retrieve a list of existing TaxCode objects, query the TaxCode resource.

    Create a new TaxRate object, dynamically. To retrieve a list of existing tax rates, query the TaxRate resource.'
paths:
  /v3/company/{realmID}/taxservice/taxcode:
    post:
      operationId: createTaxService
      summary: Create a taxservice
      tags:
      - TaxService
      x-source: https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/api/accounting/all-entities/taxservice
      x-intuit-operation: POST /v3/company/<realmID>/taxservice/taxcode
      parameters:
      - name: realmID
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/taxservicerequest'
        required: true
        description: The minimum elements to create a taxservice object are listed here.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns the newly created taxservice object.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/taxserviceresponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Fault'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Fault'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Throttled'
      security:
      - oauth2:
        - com.intuit.quickbooks.accounting
components:
  schemas:
    IntuitFault:
      type: object
      properties:
        Fault:
          type: object
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              enum:
              - ValidationFault
              - SystemFault
              - AuthenticationFault
              - AuthorizationFault
            Error:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                  element:
                    type: string
                  Message:
                    type: string
                  Detail:
                    type: string
        time:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    taxservicerequest:
      type: object
      title: taxservicerequest
      properties:
        TaxCode:
          type: string
          description: Name of new tax code. To query list of currently defined tax codes, use the TaxCode endpoint.
          x-intuit-required: Required
        TaxRateDetails:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/taxratedetails'
          description: Container to hold one or more tax rate specifications.
          x-intuit-required: Required
      required:
      - TaxCode
      - TaxRateDetails
    taxratedetails:
      type: object
      title: taxratedetails
      properties:
        RateValue:
          type: object
          x-intuit-type: Percentage as String
          description: 'Required if: TaxRateIdnot present.

            The rate value. Must be between 0 and 100 (%). For create requests: do not include if

            TaxRateIdhas been specified.'
          x-intuit-required: Required
        TaxRateId:
          type: string
          description: "Required if: \nTaxRateName,\nRateValue, and\nTaxAgencyIdnot present.\nThe Id of an existing TaxRate. Query the TaxRate endpoint to determine the ID used for\nTaxRateId."
          x-intuit-required: Required
        TaxApplicableOn:
          type: string
          description: 'Specifies where this tax rate can be applied. Possible values are

            Sales or

            Purchase.'
          x-intuit-required: Optional
          x-intuit-default: <span class="literal">Sales</span>
        TaxAgencyId:
          type: object
          x-intuit-type: Integer as String
          description: 'The Id of the agency to whom tax is paid. Query the TaxAgency resource to determine the ID for the desired agency. For create requests: do not include if

            TaxRateIdhas been specified. Required if TaxRateIdnot present.'
          x-intuit-required: Conditionally required
        TaxRateName:
          type: string
          description: 'Required if TaxRateIdnot present. Name of a new tax rate. In Create requests: ignored if

            TaxRateIdis present.'
          x-intuit-required: Conditionally required
      required:
      - RateValue
      - TaxRateId
    taxserviceresponse:
      type: object
      title: taxserviceresponse
      properties:
        TaxCodeId:
          type: string
          description: The id of the newly created tax code. This is generated by Data Services and returned in the response code.
          x-intuit-required: Optional
        TaxCode:
          type: string
          description: Name of new tax code. For current TaxCodes, query the TaxCode resource.
          x-intuit-required: Required
        TaxRateDetails:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/taxratedetails'
          description: Container to hold one or more tax rate specifications.
          x-intuit-required: Required
      required:
      - TaxCode
      - TaxRateDetails
  responses:
    Fault:
      description: Error. The body carries a Fault element (type ValidationFault, SystemFault, AuthenticationFault or AuthorizationFault) with one or more Error entries (code, element, Message, Detail).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntuitFault'
    Throttled:
      description: 'HTTP 429: the request was throttled. Wait 60 seconds before retrying.'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntuitFault'
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: 'Intuit OAuth 2.0 (authorization code). Discovery: https://developer.api.intuit.com/.well-known/openid_configuration'
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://appcenter.intuit.com/connect/oauth2
          tokenUrl: https://oauth.platform.intuit.com/oauth2/v1/tokens/bearer
          refreshUrl: https://oauth.platform.intuit.com/oauth2/v1/tokens/bearer
          scopes:
            com.intuit.quickbooks.accounting: Grants access to the QuickBooks Online Accounting API, which focuses on accounting data.
            com.intuit.quickbooks.payment: Grants access to the QuickBooks Payments API, which focuses on payments processing.
            openid: Grants access to OpenID Connect features.
            profile: User's given and family names info
            email: User's email address
            phone: User's phone number
            address: User's physical address
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x-provenance:
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  generated: '2026-11-05'
  source: https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/api/accounting/all-entities/account
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