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# Create a tax property



## OpenAPI

````yaml /spec/openapi.json post /tax_properties
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Nmbr API
  description: API to interact with Nmbr Payroll
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll
security:
  - CompanyToken: []
tags:
  - name: Accounting Codes
  - name: Accounting Code Rules
  - name: Adjustments
  - name: Allowances
  - name: Allowance Line Items
  - name: Allowance Types
  - name: Async Tasks
  - name: Bank Accounts
  - name: Business Entities
  - name: Business Entity Verifications
  - name: Business Entity ROE Authorizations
  - name: Business Presets
  - name: Calculations
  - name: Companies
  - name: Contractors
  - name: Deductions
  - name: Deduction Line Items
  - name: Deduction Types
  - name: Earnings
  - name: Earning Line Items
  - name: Earning Types
  - name: Effective Tax Properties
  - name: Employees
  - name: Employee Benefits
  - name: Employee Benefit Line Items
  - name: Employee Benefit Types
  - name: Employer Benefits
  - name: Employer Benefit Line Items
  - name: Employer Benefit Types
  - name: Employer Statutory Withholding Line Items
  - name: Employer Statutory Withholding Types
  - name: Forms
  - name: Form Batches
  - name: Form Types
  - name: Holidays
  - name: Integrations
  - name: Journal Entries
  - name: Overtime Rates
  - name: Partners
  - name: Pay Rates
  - name: Pay Schedules
  - name: Pay Splits
  - name: Pay Stubs
  - name: Payments
  - name: Payrolls
  - name: Reimbursements
  - name: Reimbursement Line Items
  - name: Reimbursement Types
  - name: Remittance Accounts
  - name: Remittance Account Enrollments
  - name: Reports
  - name: Statutory Withholding Line Items
  - name: Statutory Withholding Types
  - name: Tags
  - name: Tag Groups
  - name: Tax Properties
  - name: Tax Property Templates
  - name: Tokens
  - name: Usage Records
  - name: Usage Summaries
  - name: Vacation Pay
  - name: Vacation Pay Settings
  - name: Webhooks
  - name: Work Assignments
paths:
  /tax_properties:
    post:
      tags:
        - Tax Properties
      summary: Create a tax property
      operationId: tax-properties-store
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              allOf:
                - type: object
                  properties:
                    type:
                      type: string
                      description: >-
                        The type of this tax property, determining its format,
                        label, and validation rules.
                      enum:
                        - ca::ab::claim_amount
                        - ca::ab::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
                        - ca::ab::workers_compensation_class
                        - ca::bc::claim_amount
                        - ca::bc::eht
                        - ca::bc::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
                        - ca::bc::workers_compensation_class
                        - ca::cpp_exempt
                        - ca::ei_exempt
                        - ca::ei_premium_reduction
                        - ca::federal::additional_tax
                        - ca::federal::annual_deduction_at_source
                        - ca::federal::claim_amount
                        - ca::federal::commission_expenses
                        - ca::federal::commission_total_income
                        - ca::federal::income_tax_rate
                        - ca::federal::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
                        - ca::federal_oc_surtax_exempt
                        - ca::first_nation_exemptions
                        - ca::mb::claim_amount
                        - ca::mb::eht
                        - ca::mb::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
                        - ca::mb::workers_compensation_class
                        - ca::nb::claim_amount
                        - ca::nb::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
                        - ca::nb::workers_compensation_class
                        - ca::nl::claim_amount
                        - ca::nl::eht
                        - ca::nl::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
                        - ca::nl::workers_compensation_class
                        - ca::ns::claim_amount
                        - ca::ns::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
                        - ca::ns::workers_compensation_class
                        - ca::nt::claim_amount
                        - ca::nt::territorial_payroll_tax
                        - ca::nt::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
                        - ca::nt::workers_compensation_class
                        - ca::nu::claim_amount
                        - ca::nu::territorial_payroll_tax
                        - ca::nu::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
                        - ca::nu::workers_compensation_class
                        - ca::on::claim_amount
                        - ca::on::dependent_children_credit
                        - ca::on::eht
                        - ca::on::impaired_dependants_credit
                        - ca::on::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
                        - ca::on::workers_compensation_class
                        - ca::pe::claim_amount
                        - ca::pe::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
                        - ca::pe::workers_compensation_class
                        - ca::province_of_employment
                        - ca::province_of_work
                        - ca::provincial::income_tax_rate
                        - ca::qc::additional_tax
                        - ca::qc::claim_amount
                        - ca::qc::commission_percentage_taxed
                        - ca::qc::eht
                        - ca::qc::income_tax_rate
                        - ca::qc::qpip_exempt
                        - ca::qc::qpp_exempt
                        - ca::qc::tax_id
                        - ca::qc::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
                        - ca::qc::workers_compensation_class
                        - ca::sk::claim_amount
                        - ca::sk::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
                        - ca::sk::workers_compensation_class
                        - ca::statutory_holiday_pay
                        - ca::tax_id
                        - ca::yt::claim_amount
                        - ca::yt::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
                        - ca::yt::workers_compensation_class
                    owner_id:
                      type: string
                      description: >-
                        The ID of the owner of the tax property. Valid owner
                        types depend on the `type`. Each template specifies
                        which owner types it supports.
                    value:
                      type: string
                      description: >-
                        The value of this tax property. Format depends on
                        `format`: numeric types store a decimal string, boolean
                        types store a boolean, select types store a string key,
                        and object types store a structured value object.


                        The value to store. Validated according to the
                        template's `format` and any template-specific rules.
                    effective_from:
                      type: string
                      description: The date from which this tax property takes effect.
                      format: date
                    effective_to:
                      type: string
                      description: >-
                        The date on which this tax property expires. `null`
                        means no end date and the property remains in effect
                        indefinitely.
                      format: date
                    note:
                      type: string
                      description: An optional note for this tax property.
                      nullable: true
                - type: object
                  required:
                    - type
                    - owner_id
                    - value
                    - effective_from
            example:
              type: ca::province_of_employment
              owner_id: <id>
              value: ca_nb
              effective_from: '2026-01-01'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                    description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr.
                    readOnly: true
                  object:
                    type: string
                    description: The type of the object in Nmbr (`"tax_property"`).
                    readOnly: true
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxProperty'
              example:
                id: <id>
                object: tax_property
                data:
                  type: ca::province_of_employment
                  value: ca_nb
                  effective_from: '2026-01-01'
                  effective_to: null
                  earliest_valid_effective_to: '2026-01-01'
                  is_editable: true
                  is_deletable: true
                  label: Province of Employment
                  format: string
                  options:
                    ca_ab: Alberta
                    ca_bc: British Columbia
                    ca_mb: Manitoba
                    ca_nb: New Brunswick
                    ca_nl: Newfoundland and Labrador
                    ca_ns: Nova Scotia
                    ca_nt: Northwest Territories
                    ca_nu: Nunavut
                    ca_on: Ontario
                    ca_pe: Prince Edward Island
                    ca_qc: Quebec
                    ca_sk: Saskatchewan
                    ca_yt: Yukon
                    ca_oc: Outside Canada
                  allow_concurrent: false
                  feature: onboarding
                  owner:
                    id: <id>
                    object: business_entity
                    links:
                      self: /business_entities/<id>
                  note: null
                  created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z'
                  updated_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z'
                links:
                  self: /tax_properties/<id>
components:
  schemas:
    TaxProperty:
      type: object
      title: Tax Property
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The type of this tax property, determining its format, label, and
            validation rules.
          maxLength: 255
          enum:
            - ca::ab::claim_amount
            - ca::ab::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
            - ca::ab::workers_compensation_class
            - ca::bc::claim_amount
            - ca::bc::eht
            - ca::bc::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
            - ca::bc::workers_compensation_class
            - ca::cpp_exempt
            - ca::ei_exempt
            - ca::ei_premium_reduction
            - ca::federal::additional_tax
            - ca::federal::annual_deduction_at_source
            - ca::federal::claim_amount
            - ca::federal::commission_expenses
            - ca::federal::commission_total_income
            - ca::federal::income_tax_rate
            - ca::federal::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
            - ca::federal_oc_surtax_exempt
            - ca::first_nation_exemptions
            - ca::mb::claim_amount
            - ca::mb::eht
            - ca::mb::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
            - ca::mb::workers_compensation_class
            - ca::nb::claim_amount
            - ca::nb::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
            - ca::nb::workers_compensation_class
            - ca::nl::claim_amount
            - ca::nl::eht
            - ca::nl::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
            - ca::nl::workers_compensation_class
            - ca::ns::claim_amount
            - ca::ns::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
            - ca::ns::workers_compensation_class
            - ca::nt::claim_amount
            - ca::nt::territorial_payroll_tax
            - ca::nt::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
            - ca::nt::workers_compensation_class
            - ca::nu::claim_amount
            - ca::nu::territorial_payroll_tax
            - ca::nu::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
            - ca::nu::workers_compensation_class
            - ca::on::claim_amount
            - ca::on::dependent_children_credit
            - ca::on::eht
            - ca::on::impaired_dependants_credit
            - ca::on::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
            - ca::on::workers_compensation_class
            - ca::pe::claim_amount
            - ca::pe::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
            - ca::pe::workers_compensation_class
            - ca::province_of_employment
            - ca::province_of_work
            - ca::provincial::income_tax_rate
            - ca::qc::additional_tax
            - ca::qc::claim_amount
            - ca::qc::commission_percentage_taxed
            - ca::qc::eht
            - ca::qc::income_tax_rate
            - ca::qc::qpip_exempt
            - ca::qc::qpp_exempt
            - ca::qc::tax_id
            - ca::qc::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
            - ca::qc::workers_compensation_class
            - ca::sk::claim_amount
            - ca::sk::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
            - ca::sk::workers_compensation_class
            - ca::statutory_holiday_pay
            - ca::tax_id
            - ca::yt::claim_amount
            - ca::yt::total_income_less_than_total_claim_amount
            - ca::yt::workers_compensation_class
        value:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The value of this tax property. Format depends on `format`: numeric
            types store a decimal string, boolean types store a boolean, select
            types store a string key, and object types store a structured value
            object.
          nullable: true
        effective_from:
          type: string
          description: The date from which this tax property takes effect.
          format: date
        effective_to:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The date on which this tax property expires. `null` means no end
            date and the property remains in effect indefinitely.
          nullable: true
          format: date
        earliest_valid_effective_to:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The earliest date that `effective_to` can be set to without
            triggering a validation error. Corresponds to the pay date of the
            most recent non-draft payroll that used this property.
          nullable: true
          format: date
        is_editable:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Whether this tax property can be fully edited. When `false`, only
            `effective_to` and `note` may be updated.


            When false, only the `effective_to` and `note` attributes may be
            updated.
        is_deletable:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this tax property can be deleted.
        label:
          type: string
          description: The human-readable display name for this tax property's type.
          nullable: true
        format:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The value format for this tax property's type. Determines how
            `value` is interpreted.
          nullable: true
        options:
          type: object
          description: >-
            The available options for this tax property's type if it is a select
            type. `null` if not applicable.
          nullable: true
          properties:
            ca_ab:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            ca_bc:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            ca_mb:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            ca_nb:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            ca_nl:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            ca_ns:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            ca_nt:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            ca_nu:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            ca_on:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            ca_pe:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            ca_qc:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            ca_sk:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            ca_yt:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            ca_oc:
              type: string
              nullable: true
        allow_concurrent:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Whether multiple tax properties of this tax property's type are
            allowed on the same owner with overlapping effective date ranges.
        feature:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The feature this tax property's type is associated with. `null` if
            not feature-gated.
          nullable: true
        owner:
          type: object
          description: >-
            The owner of this tax property. Can be a Business Entity, Work
            Assignment, or Remittance Account.
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr.
              readOnly: true
            object:
              type: string
              description: The type of the object in Nmbr (`"business_entity"`).
              readOnly: true
        note:
          type: string
          description: An optional note for this tax property.
          nullable: true
        created_at:
          type: string
          description: The date and time the object was created in Nmbr.
          readOnly: true
          format: dateTime
        updated_at:
          type: string
          description: The date and time the object was last updated in Nmbr.
          readOnly: true
          format: dateTime
  securitySchemes:
    CompanyToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````