---
title: "Create a tax category"
method: POST
path: "/settings/tax-categories"
tags: ["Admin Settings: Tax Categories"]
---

# Create a tax category

`POST /settings/tax-categories`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://localhost:8000/api/admin`
- URL: `http://localhost:8000/api/admin/settings/tax-categories`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/bagisto/apis/bagisto-admin-api/docs/settings/tax-categories/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Create a tax category

## Request body

- object
  - `code` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `description` string, required
  - `taxrates` integer[], required

## Response `201`

Tax category created.

- AdminSettingsTaxCategoryAdminSettingsTaxCategoryRestDto: Admin Settings → Tax Categories endpoints (Block B Wave 3). Mirrors Webkul\Admin\Http\Controllers\Settings\Tax\TaxCategoryController 1:1. REST: GET /api/admin/settings/tax-categories GET /api/admin/settings/tax-categories/{id} POST /api/admin/settings/tax-categories PUT /api/admin/settings/tax-categories/{id} DELETE /api/admin/settings/tax-categories/{id} GraphQL: adminSettingsTaxCategories — cursor listing adminSettingsTaxCategory(id:) — detail createAdminSettingsTaxCategory updateAdminSettingsTaxCategory deleteAdminSettingsTaxCategory
  - `id` integer, nullable
  - `code` string, nullable
  - `name` string, nullable
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `taxRates` object[], nullable
  - `createdAt` string, nullable
  - `updatedAt` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid input
- `422`: Validation failure.

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