Basic Sales Tax API Endpoint

This is the basic Sales Tax API call. 

An API endpoint is a point at which an API -- the code that allows two software programs to communicate with each other -- connects with the software software.

For XML

GET	https://api.zip2tax.com/taxrate-usa.xml?username={username}&password={password}[&addressline1={addressLine1}][&city={city}&state={state}][&zip={zip}]

For JSON

GET	https://api.zip2tax.com/taxrate-usa.json?username={username}&password={password}[&addressline1={addressLine1}][&city={city}&state={state}][&zip={zip}]

 

 URL PARAMETERS

Input Field	Type	Description
username	String	Client-assigned name for allowing access to the API. Max length: 10 Occurrence: Required
password	String	Client-assigned password for allowing access to the API. Max length: 100 Occurrence: Required
addressline1	String	Client-defined street address for query. Recommended format: house number and street not separated by a comma. Max length: 255 Occurrence: Optional (for ZIP and SalesTax+4® levels) Occurrence: Required (for Spot-On® level)
city	String	Client-defined city for query. Max length: 255 Occurrence: Optional (for ZIP and SalesTax+4® levels) Occurrence: Required (for Spot-On® level)
state	String	Client-defined State for query. Recommended format: 2-letter USPS code Max length: 2 Occurrence: Optional (for ZIP and SalesTax+4® levels) Occurrence: Required (for Spot-On® level)
zip	String	Client-defined Zip code for query. Recommended format: Client-defined ZIP code for query, per USPS standard. Max length: 10 Occurrence: Required (for ZIP and SalesTax+4® levels) Occurrence: Optional (for Spot-On® level)

USPS = United States Postal Service www.usps.com