Sales Tax Automation Code Samples

Welcome to the official sales-tax-code-samples repository! This repository contains examples of how to integrate and automate sales tax calculations using the zip.tax API v60 — the latest and most capable version of the API. These code samples are designed to help developers quickly implement and adapt the API in their applications.

✨ What's New in v60

Version 60 is a major upgrade over previous API versions, introducing a completely restructured response format and a set of powerful new capabilities:

Some features (product taxability codes, Canadian rates, historical data) are plan-level entitlements. See zip.tax pricing for details.

🚀 Quick Start

All lookups are a single GET request:

GET https://api.zip-tax.com/request/v60?key=YOUR_API_KEY&address=200 Spectrum Center Dr, Irvine, CA 92618

Example v60 response (abbreviated):

{
  "metadata": {
    "version": "v60",
    "response": { "code": 100, "name": "RESPONSE_CODE_SUCCESS", "message": "Successful API Request." }
  },
  "baseRates": [
    { "rate": 0.0725, "jurType": "US_STATE_SALES_TAX",  "jurName": "CA",     "jurDescription": "US State Sales Tax",  "jurTaxCode": "06" },
    { "rate": 0.005,  "jurType": "US_COUNTY_SALES_TAX", "jurName": "ORANGE", "jurDescription": "US County Sales Tax", "jurTaxCode": "30" },
    { "rate": 0,      "jurType": "US_CITY_SALES_TAX",   "jurName": "IRVINE", "jurDescription": "US City Sales Tax",   "jurTaxCode": null }
  ],
  "service":  { "adjustmentType": "SERVICE_TAXABLE", "taxable": "N", "description": "Services non-taxable" },
  "shipping": { "adjustmentType": "FREIGHT_TAXABLE", "taxable": "N", "description": "Freight non-taxable" },
  "sourcingRules": { "adjustmentType": "ORIGIN_DESTINATION", "description": "Destination Based Taxation", "value": "D" },
  "taxSummaries": [
    { "rate": 0.0775, "taxType": "SALES_TAX", "summaryName": "Total Base Sales Tax", "displayRates": [ { "name": "Total Rate", "rate": 0.0775 } ] },
    { "rate": 0.0775, "taxType": "USE_TAX",   "summaryName": "Total Base Use Tax",   "displayRates": [ { "name": "Total Rate", "rate": 0.0775 } ] }
  ],
  "addressDetail": {
    "normalizedAddress": "200 Spectrum Center Dr, Irvine, CA 92618-5003, United States",
    "incorporated": "true",
    "geoLat": 33.65253,
    "geoLng": -117.74794
  }
}

🔎 Request Parameters

📂 Repository Structure

├── Go/
│   ├── example.go
│   └── README.md
├── Node/
│   ├── example.js
│   └── README.md
├── Python/
│   ├── example.py
│   └── README.md
├── Scala/
│   ├── example.scala
│   └── README.md
└── README.md

Each language folder contains a runnable example demonstrating the core v60 features: address lookup, coordinate lookup, product taxability codes, Canadian rates, and extended address/shipping details.

🛠️ Prerequisites

Before using the code samples, ensure you have:

1. A zip.tax API Key.
2. Basic knowledge of the programming language you're working with.
3. Installed dependencies for the selected code sample (refer to the specific sample's README).

🔧 Getting Started

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/ZipTax/sales-tax-code-samples.git
   cd sales-tax-code-samples
   

2. Navigate to the directory of the programming language you want to use (e.g., Python/, Go/, Node/, or Scala/).

3. Set your API key as an environment variable:

   export ZIPTAX_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
   

4. Follow the language-specific instructions to install dependencies and run the sample.

Example: Python

cd Python
pip install requests
python example.py

📟 Response Codes

📚 Documentation

• API Reference

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! If you have improvements, additional language examples, or bug fixes, please:

1. Fork this repository.
2. Create a new branch (feature/my-feature or fix/issue-name).
3. Submit a pull request.

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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🌟 Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions, feel free to open an issue or contact our support team.

Happy Coding! 🚀