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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 <br /> <br /> *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 <br /> <br /> *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 <br /> `inclusive` <br /> `exclusive` <br /> `reverse`                                    |
| **updatedAt**                   | *string*  | Date and time the tax code was last updated <br /><br /> *Format*: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mi:ssZ                                   |