BigCommerce · Schema

SalesTax

E-CommerceRetailCatalogOrderCheckoutPaymentsSoftware-as-a-Service

Properties

Name Type Description
name string The human-readable name of this tax. Used for reporting. Depending on store configuration, may also be visible in the itemization of taxes at checkout, on invoices, and in control panel views. May not
rate number Decimal tax rate applied by this component tax rate. Tax rates support up to four decimal places. For example "0.1" for 10% and "0.0125" for 1.25%.
amount number The absolute amount of tax applied to the item this SalesTax component is attached to, for this component rate. For example, if an item was $10 and this was a 5% component tax rate, the amount would b
tax_class object
id string Optional unique identifier for this sales tax, describing the relevant tax classification rule on the Tax Provider platform. Supplying an identifier allows BigCommerce to group related taxes together
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JSON Schema

bigcommerce-salestax-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "#/components/schemas/SalesTax",
  "title": "SalesTax",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The human-readable name of this tax. Used for reporting. Depending on store configuration, may also be visible in the itemization of taxes at checkout, on invoices, and in control panel views. May not be empty."
    },
    "rate": {
      "type": "number",
      "format": "double",
      "description": "Decimal tax rate applied by this component tax rate. Tax rates support up to four decimal places. For example \"0.1\" for 10% and \"0.0125\" for 1.25%.",
      "example": 0.1
    },
    "amount": {
      "type": "number",
      "format": "double",
      "description": "The absolute amount of tax applied to the item this SalesTax component is attached to, for this component rate. For example, if an item was $10 and this was a 5% component tax rate, the amount would be 0.50 (50 cents)"
    },
    "tax_class": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TaxClass"
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional unique identifier for this sales tax, describing the relevant tax classification rule on the Tax Provider platform.\n\nSupplying an identifier allows BigCommerce to group related taxes together from all items in the order.\n\nThis identifier is persisted by BigCommerce and may be desirable for auditing purposes between BigCommerce and the Tax Provider. Currently supports persisting integer values only (the string type indicates we may support UUID values in the future).",
      "example": "1701"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "name",
    "rate",
    "amount"
  ],
  "x-internal": false
}

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