SetTaxTable

Use this call to set up a tax schedule for the specified seller for a given site.

When calling SetTaxTable, populate the TaxTable container with the tax jurisdiction information that reflects the user and the site to which they are applying the tax table. If you have already set up a tax table for the specified user, any call for that same user and site will overwrite existing tax table information for that site; you must re-specify existing tax table information if you want to add new jurisdictions.

If the call is successful, SetTaxTable returns a call status of Success. If unsuccessful, it returns an error construct (see Error Handling). If a warning occurs, the result will contain both a call status and an error.

You can submit more than one tax jurisdiction in a call to SetTaxTable, however, you are restricted to setting tax tables to one user and one site per call.

You can test SetTaxTable in the Sandbox. To test the call, set up a tax table with two tax jurisdictions, as follows:

  <TaxTable>
    <TaxJurisdiction>
        <JurisdictionID>CA</JurisdictionID>
        <SalesTaxPercent>8.25</SalesTaxPercent>
        <ShippingIncludedInTax>true</ShippingIncludedInTax>
      </TaxJurisdiction>
      <TaxJurisdiction>
        <JurisdictionID>MI</JurisdictionID>
        <SalesTaxPercent>6.0</SalesTaxPercent>
        <ShippingIncludedInTax>false</ShippingIncludedInTax>
      </TaxJurisdiction>
  </TaxTable>

Next, call GetTaxTable without specifying a Detail Level to review the tax jurisdictions you've set up. Call GetTaxTable with DetailLevel set to ReturnAll to see all jurisdictions for the specified site with the applied settings for the specified user.

See:
    Enabling Multi-jurisdiction Sales Tax
    Managing User Preferences
    Enabling Multi-jurisdiction Sales Tax

See also the reference documentation for this call:

GetTaxTable - Retrieves the tax table for a user on a given site or retrieves the valid jurisdictions (if any) for a given site.

SetTaxTable Input

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The XML prototype does not include requester credentials. This is a documentation limitation only (see Standard Requester Credentials for Making Calls).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SetTaxTableRequest xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
  <!-- Call-specific Input Fields -->
  <TaxTable> TaxTableType
    <TaxJurisdiction> TaxJurisdictionType
      <JurisdictionID> string </JurisdictionID>
      <SalesTaxPercent> float </SalesTaxPercent>
      <ShippingIncludedInTax> boolean </ShippingIncludedInTax>
    </TaxJurisdiction>
    <!-- ... more TaxJurisdiction nodes allowed here ... -->
  </TaxTable>
  <!-- Standard Input Fields -->
  <ErrorLanguage> string </ErrorLanguage>
  <MessageID> string </MessageID>
  <Version> string </Version>
  <WarningLevel> WarningLevelCodeType </WarningLevel>
</SetTaxTableRequest>

Argument	Type	Occurrence	Meaning

Call-specific Input Fields [Jump to standard fields]

TaxTable	TaxTableType	Required	A container of tax jurisdiction information unique to a user/site combination.
TaxTable.TaxJurisdiction	TaxJurisdictionType	Required, repeatable: [1..*]	Sales tax details for zero or more jurisdictions (states, provinces, etc). For GetTaxTable: If DetailLevel is not specified, information is returned only for the jurisdictions for which the user provided tax information. If DetailLevel is ReturnAll, tax information is returned for all possible jurisdictions, whether specified by the user or not. ShippingIncludedInTax and SalesTaxPercent are returned, but are empty.
TaxTable.TaxJurisdiction .JurisdictionID	string	Required	Representative identifier for the jurisdiction. Typically an abbreviation (for example, CA for California).
TaxTable.TaxJurisdiction .SalesTaxPercent	float	Required	The tax percent to apply for a listing shipped to this jurisdiction. The value passed in is stored with a precision of 3 digits after the decimal point (##.###). For GetTaxTable: this tag has no value if the user's tax table has not been set.
TaxTable.TaxJurisdiction .ShippingIncludedInTax	boolean	Required	Whether shipping costs are to be part of the base amount that is taxed. For GetTaxTable: This tag is empty if the user did not previously provide information.

Standard Input Fields

ErrorLanguage	string	Optional	Use ErrorLanguage to return error strings for the call in a different language from the language commonly associated with the site that the requesting user is registered with. Specify the standard RFC 3066 language identification tag (e.g., en_US). ID--- country ----- ----- de_AT Austria de_CH Switzerland de_DE Germany en_AU Australia en_CA Canada en_GB United Kingdom en_SG Singapore en_US United States es_ES Spain fr_BE Belgium (French) fr_CA Canada (French) fr_FR France it_IT Italy nl_BE Belgium (Dutch) nl_NL Netherlands zh_CN China en_IN India en_IE Ireland zh_HK Hong Kong See Tags for the Identification of Languages.
MessageID	string	Optional	Most Trading API calls support a MessageID element in the request and a CorrelationID element in the response. If you pass in a MessageID in a request, the same value will be returned in the CorrelationID field in the response. Pairing these values can help you track and confirm that a response is returned for every request and to match specific responses to specific requests. If you do not pass a MessageID value in the request, CorrelationID is not returned. Note: GetCategories is designed to retrieve very large sets of metadata that change once a day or less often. To improve performance, these calls return cached responses when you request all available data (with no filters). When this occurs, the MessageID and CorrelationID fields aren't applicable. However, if you specify an input filter to reduce the amount of data returned, the calls retrieve the latest data (not cached). When this occurs, MessageID and CorrelationID are applicable.
Version	string	Conditional	The version number of the API code that you are programming against (e.g., 549). The version you specify for a call has these basic effects: - It indicates the version of the code lists and other data that eBay should use to process your request. - It indicates the schema version you are using. You need to use a version that is greater than or equal to the lowest supported version. For the SOAP API: If you are using the SOAP API, this field is required. Specify the version of the WSDL your application is using. For the XML API: If you are using the XML API, this field has no effect. Instead, specify the version in the X-EBAY-API-COMPATIBILITY-LEVEL HTTP header. (If you specify Version in the body of an XML API request and it is different from the value in the HTTP header, eBay returns an informational warning that the value in the HTTP header was used instead.) See: Routing the Request (Gateway URLs) eBay Schema Versioning Strategy Lowest Supported Version
WarningLevel	WarningLevelCodeType	Optional	Controls whether or not to return warnings when the application passes unrecognized or deprecated elements in a request. An unrecognized element is one that is not defined in any supported version of the schema. Schema element names are case-sensitive, so using WarningLevel can also help you remove any potential hidden bugs within your application due to incorrect case or spelling in field names before you put your application into the Production environment. WarningLevel only validates elements; it doesn't validate XML attributes. It also doesn't control warnings related to user-entered strings or numbers, or warnings for logical errors. We recommend that you only use this during development and debugging. Do not use this in requests in your production code. Applicable values: • High (in) Return warnings when the application passes unrecognized or deprecated elements in a request. • Low (in) Do not return warnings when the application passes unrecognized or deprecated elements in a request. This is the default value if WarningLevel is not specified. See Warning Level.

SetTaxTable Output

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SetTaxTableResponse xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
  <!-- (No call-specific Output fields) -->

  <!-- Standard Output Fields -->
  <Ack> AckCodeType </Ack>
  <Build> string </Build>
  <CorrelationID> string </CorrelationID>
  <Errors> ErrorType
    <ErrorClassification> ErrorClassificationCodeType </ErrorClassification>
    <ErrorCode> token </ErrorCode>
    <ErrorParameters ParamID="string"> ErrorParameterType
      <Value> string </Value>
    </ErrorParameters>
    <!-- ... more ErrorParameters nodes allowed here ... -->
    <LongMessage> string </LongMessage>
    <SeverityCode> SeverityCodeType </SeverityCode>
    <ShortMessage> string </ShortMessage>
  </Errors>
  <!-- ... more Errors nodes allowed here ... -->
  <HardExpirationWarning> string </HardExpirationWarning>
  <Timestamp> dateTime </Timestamp>
  <Version> string </Version>
</SetTaxTableResponse>

Return Value	Type	Occurrence	Meaning

(No call-specific fields)

Standard Output Fields

Ack	AckCodeType	Always	A token representing the application-level acknowledgement code that indicates the response status (e.g., success). The AckCodeType list specifies the possible values for Ack. Applicable values: • CustomCode (out) Reserved for internal or future use. • Failure (out) Request processing failed • Success (out) Request processing succeeded • Warning (out) Request processing completed with warning information being included in the response message (Not all values in AckCodeType apply to this field.)
Build	string	Always	This refers to the specific software build that eBay used when processing the request and generating the response. This includes the version number plus additional information. eBay Developer Support may request the build information when helping you resolve technical issues.
CorrelationID	string	Conditionally	Most Trading API calls support a MessageID element in the request and a CorrelationID element in the response. If you pass in a MessageID in a request, the same value will be returned in the CorrelationID field in the response. Pairing these values can help you track and confirm that a response is returned for every request and to match specific responses to specific requests. If you do not pass a MessageID value in the request, CorrelationID is not returned. Note: GetCategories is designed to retrieve very large sets of metadata that change once a day or less often. To improve performance, these calls return cached responses when you request all available data (with no filters). When this occurs, the MessageID and CorrelationID fields aren't applicable. However, if you specify an input filter to reduce the amount of data returned, the calls retrieve the latest data (not cached). When this occurs, MessageID and CorrelationID are applicable.
Errors	ErrorType	Conditionally, repeatable: [0..*]	A list of application-level errors (if any) that occurred when eBay processed the request. See Error Handling.
Errors.ErrorClassification	ErrorClassificationCodeType	Conditionally	API errors are divided between two classes: system errors and request errors. Applicable values: • CustomCode (out) Reserved for internal or future use. • RequestError (out) An error has occurred either as a result of a problem in the sending application or because the application's end-user has attempted to submit invalid data (or missing data). In these cases, do not retry the request. The problem must be corrected before the request can be made again. If the problem is due to something in the application (such as a missing required field), the application must be changed. If the problem is a result of end-user data, the application must alert the end-user to the problem and provide the means for the end-user to correct the data. Once the problem in the application or data is resolved, resend the request to eBay with the corrected data. • SystemError (out) Indicates that an error has occurred on the eBay system side, such as a database or server down. An application can retry the request as-is a reasonable number of times (eBay recommends twice). If the error persists, contact Developer Technical Support. Once the problem has been resolved, the request may be resent in its original form.
Errors.ErrorCode	token	Conditionally	A unique code that identifies the particular error condition that occurred. Your application can use error codes as identifiers in your customized error-handling algorithms. See the "Errors by Number" document.
Errors.ErrorParameters	ErrorParameterType	Conditionally, repeatable: [0..*]	This optional element carries a list of context-specific error variables that indicate details about the error condition. These are useful when multiple instances of ErrorType are returned.
Errors.ErrorParameters [ attribute ParamID ]	string	Conditionally	The index of the parameter in the list of parameter types returned within the error type.
Errors.ErrorParameters.Value	string	Conditionally	The value of the variable (e.g., the attribute set ID)
Errors.LongMessage	string	Conditionally	A more detailed description of the condition that raised the error.
Errors.SeverityCode	SeverityCodeType	Conditionally	Indicates whether the error is a severe error (causing the request to fail) or an informational error (a warning) that should be communicated to the user. Applicable values: • CustomCode (out) Reserved for internal or future use • Error (out) Application-level error • Warning (out) Warning or informational error
Errors.ShortMessage	string	Conditionally	A brief description of the condition that raised the error.
HardExpirationWarning	string	Conditionally	Expiration date of the user's authentication token. Only returned within the 7-day period prior to a token's expiration. To ensure that user authentication tokens are secure and to help avoid a user's token being compromised, tokens have a limited life span. A token is only valid for a period of time (set by eBay). After this amount of time has passed, the token expires and must be replaced with a new token.
Timestamp	dateTime	Always	This value represents the date and time when eBay processed the request. The time zone of this value is GMT and the format is the ISO 8601 date and time format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.SSSZ). See Time Values in the eBay Web Services guide for information about this time format and converting to and from the GMT time zone. Note: GetCategories and other Trading API calls are designed to retrieve very large sets of metadata that change once a day or less often. To improve performance, these calls return cached responses when you request all available data (with no filters). When this occurs, this time value reflects the time the cached response was created. Thus, this value is not necessarily when the request was processed. However, if you specify an input filter to reduce the amount of data returned, the calls retrieve the latest data (not cached). When this occurs, this time value does reflect when the request was processed.
Version	string	Always	The version of the response payload schema. Indicates the version of the schema that eBay used to process the request. See "Standard Data for All Calls" in the eBay Web Services Guide for information on using the response version when troubleshooting "CustomCode" values that appear in the response.

SetTaxTable Detail Controls

Detail Control: DetailLevel

This call does not support varying Detail Levels. You do not need to pass DetailLevel in the request.

SetTaxTable Samples

New to making API calls? Please see Routing the Request.

Note: Some item IDs, user IDs, or other data in these samples might no longer be active on eBay. If necessary, you can substitute current eBay data in your requests.

Sample: Basic Call

Establishes a tax table with two tax jurisdictions for the specified user.

Description

The call establishes a tax table for California (CA) and Michigan (MI) as the only jurisdictions for which the user needs tax details. The site is identified in the HTTP header as Site 0 (EBAY-US).

Input

XML format (HTTP POST). Also available is the .txt version of this XML.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SetTaxTableRequest xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
  <RequesterCredentials>
    <eBayAuthToken>ABC..123</eBayAuthToken>
  </RequesterCredentials>
  <TaxTable>
    <TaxJurisdiction>
      <JurisdictionID>CA</JurisdictionID>
      <SalesTaxPercent>8.25</SalesTaxPercent>
      <ShippingIncludedInTax>true</ShippingIncludedInTax>
    </TaxJurisdiction>
    <TaxJurisdiction>
      <JurisdictionID>MI</JurisdictionID>
      <SalesTaxPercent>6.0</SalesTaxPercent>
      <ShippingIncludedInTax>false</ShippingIncludedInTax>
    </TaxJurisdiction>
  </TaxTable>
</SetTaxTableRequest>

Output

XML format. Also available is the .txt version of this XML.

<SetTaxTableResponse xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
  <Timestamp>2010-01-06T18:45:01.210Z</Timestamp>
  <Ack>Success</Ack>
  <Version>643</Version>
  <Build>E643_CORE_BUNDLED_10284414_R1</Build>
</SetTaxTableResponse>

SetTaxTable Change History

This section notes changes made since Version 465.

User-Contributed Notes

eBay Trading API Call Reference Version 827