The Sales Tax API provides accurate and detailed sales tax breakdowns for every ZIP code, city, and state in the United States.
For VAT rates of European Union countries, please use the VAT API.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/salestax
Returns one or more sales tax breakdowns by ZIP code according to the specified parameters. Each breakdown includes the state sales tax (if any), county sales tax (if any), city sales tax (if any), and any additional special sales taxes. All tax values are presented in decimals (e.g. 0.1 means 10% tax).
Exactly one of the following must be set: zip_code or (city + state)
zip_code optionalValid US ZIP code.
city optionalCity name.
state optionalState name.
X-Api-Key requiredAPI Key associated with your account.
zip_codeThe ZIP code for which tax information is returned.
state_rateState sales tax rate as a decimal.
city_rate premium onlyCity sales tax rate as a decimal.
county_rate premium onlyCounty sales tax rate as a decimal.
additional_rate premium onlyAdditional special district sales tax rate as a decimal.
total_rate premium onlyTotal combined sales tax rate of state, county, city, and additional rates as a decimal.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/salestax?zip_code=90210Headers
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[
{
"zip_code": "90210",
"total_rate": "0.102500",
"state_rate": "0.060000",
"city_rate": "0.007500",
"county_rate": "0.002500",
"additional_rate": "0.032500"
}
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import requests
zip_code = '90210'
api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/salestax?zip_code={}'.format(zip_code)
response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'})
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
print(response.text)
else:
print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.