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# Overview

> The Taxes API allow external parties to Create, Read, Update, and Delete a companies tax codes within Pleo.

Tax codes are used to calculate the tax for each expense for proper reporting.

A tax code can be linked to a category (type of spend defined by the user), so all spend classified within this category would have a tax code attached to it. However, a category can have multiple tax codes associated with it, but a default code can be selected for the specific category. This means — when a spender selects a category for the expense, the default code is also selected.

As part of expense review process, before exporting from Pleo, a bookkeeper might change the tax code manually — if the default tax code is incorrect or if the expense needs multiple tax rates according to the line items of the purchase.

### Tax Code Object

| Object | Type | Description |
| :- | :- | :- |
| **accountingIntegrationSystem** | *string* | The accounting system used by the customer |
| **archived** | *boolean* | The flag used to archive or unarchive an account. When set to `true`, account is not visible or usable on the platform. |
| **code** | *string* | The accounting system's internal identifier of the tax code |
| **companyId** | *string* | The Pleo unique identifier of the company the tax code belongs to |
| **createdAt** | *string* | Date and time the tax code was created   *Format*: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mi:ssZ |
| **Id** | *string* | The unique identifier generated by Pleo for the tax code |
| **ingoingTaxAccount** | *string* | Ingoing tax account is usually used to account for reverse VAT |
| **name** | *string* | Name of the tax code   *Example:* Standard (20%) |
| **outgoingTaxAccount** | *string* | Outgoing tax account usually used to account for reverse VAT |
| **rate** | *number* | Percentage rate applied for this tax code represented in decimals and not the percentage. e.g. 20% tax rate would be 0.20 |
| **type** | *enum* | Classification of this tax code  `inclusive`  `exclusive`  `reverse` |
| **updatedAt** | *string* | Date and time the tax code was last updated   *Format*: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mi:ssZ |


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