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TaxJar Order Transaction

Schema for a TaxJar order transaction used for sales tax reporting and AutoFile.

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Properties

Name Type Description
transaction_id string Unique identifier for this order transaction
user_id integer TaxJar user ID
transaction_date string Date of the transaction (YYYY-MM-DD or ISO 8601)
provider string Source of the transaction
exemption_type string Tax exemption type for this order
from_country string Two-letter ISO country code of shipment origin
from_zip string Postal code of shipment origin
from_state string Two-letter state code of shipment origin
from_city string City of shipment origin
from_street string Street address of shipment origin
to_country string Two-letter ISO country code of shipment destination
to_zip string Postal code of shipment destination
to_state string Two-letter state code of shipment destination
to_city string City of shipment destination
to_street string Street address of shipment destination
amount number Total amount of order excluding shipping
shipping number Total shipping cost
sales_tax number Total sales tax collected
customer_id string Unique identifier of the customer for exemption lookup
line_items array Line items in the order
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JSON Schema

taxjar-order-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/taxjar/main/json-schema/taxjar-order-schema.json",
  "title": "TaxJar Order Transaction",
  "description": "Schema for a TaxJar order transaction used for sales tax reporting and AutoFile.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["transaction_id", "transaction_date", "to_country", "to_zip", "to_state", "amount", "shipping", "sales_tax"],
  "properties": {
    "transaction_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier for this order transaction",
      "example": "123"
    },
    "user_id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "TaxJar user ID"
    },
    "transaction_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Date of the transaction (YYYY-MM-DD or ISO 8601)",
      "example": "2015-05-14T00:00:00Z"
    },
    "provider": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Source of the transaction",
      "enum": ["api", "shopify", "woocommerce", "magento", "bigcommerce", "amazon"],
      "example": "api"
    },
    "exemption_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Tax exemption type for this order",
      "enum": ["wholesale", "government", "other", "non_exempt"]
    },
    "from_country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Two-letter ISO country code of shipment origin",
      "example": "US"
    },
    "from_zip": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Postal code of shipment origin",
      "example": "94025"
    },
    "from_state": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Two-letter state code of shipment origin",
      "example": "CA"
    },
    "from_city": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "City of shipment origin",
      "example": "Menlo Park"
    },
    "from_street": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Street address of shipment origin"
    },
    "to_country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Two-letter ISO country code of shipment destination",
      "example": "US"
    },
    "to_zip": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Postal code of shipment destination",
      "example": "90002"
    },
    "to_state": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Two-letter state code of shipment destination",
      "example": "CA"
    },
    "to_city": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "City of shipment destination",
      "example": "Los Angeles"
    },
    "to_street": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Street address of shipment destination"
    },
    "amount": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total amount of order excluding shipping",
      "example": 16.5
    },
    "shipping": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total shipping cost",
      "example": 1.5
    },
    "sales_tax": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total sales tax collected",
      "example": 0.95
    },
    "customer_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier of the customer for exemption lookup"
    },
    "line_items": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Line items in the order",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/LineItem"
      }
    }
  },
  "definitions": {
    "LineItem": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Unique identifier for the line item"
        },
        "quantity": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Quantity of the item",
          "example": 1
        },
        "product_identifier": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Product SKU or identifier"
        },
        "description": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Description of the product"
        },
        "product_tax_code": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "TaxJar product tax code for category-specific rates",
          "example": "20010"
        },
        "unit_price": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Unit price of the item",
          "example": 15.0
        },
        "discount": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Discount amount applied to this line item",
          "example": 0.0
        },
        "sales_tax": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Sales tax collected for this line item",
          "example": 0.95
        }
      }
    }
  }
}