Shopify Country and Shipping Zone API not returning correct tax percentages

[KamranTxtFi]

Hi,

I am having issues getting the tax percentages for states. E.g. The New Jersey state tax is getting calculated at 6.625%, but Shopify API is returning 7%, so calculating the tax amount is not working outside of shopify.

I tried using Shopify API endpoints Country and Shipping Zone, both of these are returning same 7%.

Can anyone please help me out on this?

Regards,

Kamran

[_JCC_ · Accepted solution]

Hey @KamranTxtFi ,

Happy to help you out with this.

The country and shipping zone endpoints while returning tax rate fields are not intended to be a source of truth on taxes. We don't currently have a specific API endpoint for taxes that would allow you to not only get the correct rates, but also account for any overrides a merchant might create. We are thinking about a better API approach for taxes, but I don't have a timeline on when this might be available. 

I'll be sure to notify our tax teams about your issue for their tracking.

Regards,

John

[KamranTxtFi]

Hi John,

Thank you for the updates. Looks like for now we cannot manage this, we will have to work on some other workaround.

Regards,

Kamran