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description: How to create a tax category via API
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# Create a tax category

To [create](https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/creating-resources) a new tax category, send a `POST` request to the `/api/tax_categories` endpoint, passing the resource arguments in the request body.

## Request

**POST** https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax\_categories

### Arguments

| Body Parameter                    | Type     | Required |
| --------------------------------- | -------- | -------- |
| **type**                          | `string` | Required |
| attributes.**code**               | `string` | Required |
| attributes.**sku\_code**          | `string` | Optional |
| attributes.**reference**          | `string` | Optional |
| attributes.**reference\_origin**  | `string` | Optional |
| attributes.**metadata**           | `object` | Optional |
| relationships.**sku**             | `object` | Required |
| relationships.**tax\_calculator** | `object` | Required |

### Example

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{% tab title="Request" %}
The following request creates a new tax category:

```shell
curl -g -X POST \
  'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "tax_categories",
    "attributes": {
      "code": "31000"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "sku": {
        "data": {
          "type": "skus",
          "id": "ABCRtyUpBa"
        }
      },
      "tax_calculator": {
        "data": {
          "type": "tax_calculators",
          "id": "BCDRtyUpBa"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}'
```
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}
On success, the API responds with a `201 Created` status code, returning the created resource object:

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "type": "tax_categories",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/xYZkjABcde"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "code": "31000",
      "sku_code": "TSHIRTMM000000FFFFFFXLXX",
      "created_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE",
      "reference_origin": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE-ORIGIN",
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "bar"
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "sku": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/xYZkjABcde/relationships/sku",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/xYZkjABcde/sku"
        }
      },
      "tax_calculator": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/xYZkjABcde/relationships/tax_calculator",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/xYZkjABcde/tax_calculator"
        }
      },
      "attachments": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/xYZkjABcde/relationships/attachments",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/xYZkjABcde/attachments"
        }
      },
      "versions": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/xYZkjABcde/relationships/versions",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/xYZkjABcde/versions"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "mode": "test",
      "organization_id": "xRRkjDFafe",
      "trace_id": "69abaa3545913c78132e5578bd26208d44aa9043647d78698fd0021f3958cd74"
    }
  }
}
```
{% endtab %}
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