Calculate Printful sales tax for an order destination (Tax Rate API, v1)
domain: printful.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Authenticate with your Printful API token against the v1 API.
POST to the tax/rates endpoint with a recipient object containing country_code, state_code, city, and zip.
Read the returned tax rate to apply to the order subtotal when presenting final pricing to a customer in a tax-applicable region.
Recalculate whenever the shipping destination changes, since rates are destination-specific (state/county/city level in the US).
Combine the tax endpoint with the v2 shipping rates estimate so your checkout shows product, shipping, and tax before order creation.
Known gotchas
Tax rate lookups are US-focused in practice; results for destinations Printful doesn't collect sales tax in may not be meaningful — confirm against Printful's tax help docs for your target countries.
This endpoint estimates a rate only — it does not itself apply or record tax on an order; you still need to pass appropriate pricing when creating the order.
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