Update a tax preset (same as PUT)
AI agents: read /llms.txt; add .md to any page URL. This page as Markdown: /reference/tax-presets/v1-custom-tax-update-patch.md. Index of every page and the rules for every call: /llms.txt. Guides and concepts in one file: /llms-full.txt. OpenAPI: /openapi.json.
PATCH/
The same as PUT: changes a tax preset, with the same validation, and returns it.
Changes a tax preset and returns it. Send only the fields to change.
simple:name,total,shipping_taxable,apply_before_disc,enable,default.line_tax: the same, withline_taxesinstead oftotal.systempresets: onlynameanddefault; for Auto Tax, onlydefault. The Tax Exempt preset (secondary_typeother) saves a newnamebut keeps showing Tax Exempt.
default: true makes it the team default. The type can't be changed. Existing invoices keep the rate they used.
Business rules
- Fields that don't apply to the preset's type are ignored.
line_taxes, when sent, needs 1 to 8 parts and replaces them all; the rate becomes their sum.
Side effects
- With
default: true, new invoices YoPrint creates use this preset.
Path parameters
Your team slug, shown as Team ID next to your API key in Profile.
- Example
your-team
- Example
The tax preset's
id: a hash id from an earlier answer. Only hash ids work here; anything else answers 404page_not_found.- Example
kazdbC5ICA0kV0
- Example
Request body
application/json, required.
apply_before_discbooleanCalculate tax before the discount. Defaults to false.
- Default
false
- Default
defaultbooleantruemakes it the team's default tax preset.falsedoes nothing.enablebooleanDefaults to true.
- Default
true
- Default
line_taxesarray of objectsline_taxpresets only. Replaces all the parts.- 1 to 8 items
namestringAny preset except Auto Tax.
shipping_taxablebooleanTax shipping too. Defaults to true.
- Default
true
- Default
totalintegersimplepresets only. A percentage ×1000:8250is 8.25%. WithX-Yoprint-Decimal-Format: exact-v1, a value that isn't a whole number comes back as a string.- Minimum 0
More examples (1)
Change a Single Line Tax rate
curl -X PATCH 'https://secure.yoprint.com/v1/api/store/your-team/setting/tax_type/kazdbC5ICA0kV0' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \ -H 'Accept: application/json' \ -H 'X-Yoprint-Decimal-Format: exact-v1' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{ "total": 6250 }'Response
200Successful response.
Child fields (18)
Whether tax is calculated before the discount (Calculate Taxes Before Discount). Normally false: tax comes after the discount.
Whether it is the team's default tax preset. At most one preset is the default.
The parts of a
line_taxpreset, as they were sent. Empty for the others.For
systempresets, which one:autois Auto Tax, YoPrint's automatic US sales tax;otheris a 0% preset some teams have, whosenamealways reads Tax Exempt. Null for your own presets.Whether shipping is taxed (Tax Shipping).
The rate. For
line_tax, the sum of the parts. Auto Tax shows 0: its rate is looked up per invoice. A percentage ×1000:8250is 8.25%. WithX-Yoprint-Decimal-Format: exact-v1, a value that isn't a whole number comes back as a string.- Minimum 0
True for a deleted preset. Restore it with Restore a tax preset.
simple(Single Line Tax): one rate.line_tax(Multi Line Tax): parts that add up.system: made by YoPrint, such as Auto Tax.- One of:
"simple","line_tax","system"
- One of:
can_override_ratesbooleancan_override_rulesbooleanerrorstringoverride_ratesarray of objectsoverride_rulesarray of objectssupported_placearray of objects
Errors
401The API key is missing or wrong (
unauthenticated).- When
- The API key is missing or wrong.
- Fix
- Send your personal API key as
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY.
403You are not allowed to do this.
api_access_not_in_plan: your team's plan doesn't include API access (Pro and above, with an active subscription or trial), so every request answers this until the team upgrades. When your role lacks the permission the operation needs, the body is only{"message": "Insufficient Permission"}. Other refusals use the error envelope, withunauthorizedoruser_is_not_authorized.- When
- Your permission group lacks Manage Settings. This 403 has a short body,
{"message": "Insufficient Permission"}, withoutsuccessorerror. - Fix
- Ask the team owner to give your permission group Manage Settings.
404Not found.
page_not_found: the team slug is unknown, you are not a member of the team, or an id in the path is not one of this team's.code: null, with a message that starts "No query results for": there is no record with that id.- When
- No tax preset with that id on this team (
error.codeis null anderror.messagestarts "No query results"), the id is not one of this team's hash ids, or you are not a member of the team (bothpage_not_found). - Fix
- Use an
idfrom the list operation and check the team slug.
422The request was refused and changed nothing.
validation_failedlists what to fix inerror.fields; other codes name a business rule, explained inerror.message. A few checks answer with only{"message": "..."}. An operation that calls another service (a payment provider, a carrier, an accounting app) can answerconnect_timeout("Please retry again") when that service does not answer in time: the change may or may not have happened there, so read the record back before you retry.- When
- A field is the wrong type, a rate is not a whole number of 0 or more, or
line_taxeshas no parts or more than 8.error.codeisvalidation_failed, anderror.fieldsnames each field with its messages. - Fix
- Fix the fields listed in
error.fieldsand send the request again. - When
- The preset is a retired legacy row (
error.codevalidation_error, "We only support simple and line tax type update."), or the parts add up to more than YoPrint can store (amount_out_of_range). - Fix
- Edit only presets the list returns, with rates as a percentage ×1000 (
8250is 8.25%).
Related
- GETShow a tax preset
/v1/ api/ store/ {team_slug}/ setting/ tax_type/ {hash_id}
