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Create Tax Rate - Plugixa Car Rental

POST /plugixa-car-rental/v1/tax-rates

Create a tax rate.

Needs Plugixa Car Rental Pro with the Tax app on. The user needs the plugixa_car_rental_create capability.

Request

POST https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-car-rental/v1/tax-rates

Request body

Content type: application/json

Field Type Required Description
name string Yes As it should appear on the bill. Up to 100 characters.
rate number Yes More than 0, and at most 100 for a percentage. Rounded to 4 decimals.
type string No percent (the default) or fixed.
compound boolean No Charge this percentage on the taxes before it too. Only for percent. Defaults to false.
location_ids integer[] No Pickup locations it applies to. Empty (the default): every location.
sort_order integer No 0 to 9999, lowest applied first. Defaults to 0.
status string No published (the default) or unpublished.

Tax is added after discounts. See Tax rates.

{
  "name": "VAT 20%",
  "rate": 20,
  "type": "percent"
}

Responses

201 Created. data is the new tax rate.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "VAT 20%",
    "rate": 20.0,
    "type": "percent",
    "compound": false,
    "location_ids": [],
    "sort_order": 0,
    "status": "published",
    "created_by": 1,
    "modified_by": 1,
    "created_at": "2026-11-12 09:30:00",
    "modified_at": "2026-11-12 09:30:00",
    "deleted_at": null
  }
}
Field Type Meaning
data.id integer The tax rate’s id
data.name string As it appears on the bill
data.rate number Percentage, or a fixed amount
data.type string percent or fixed
data.compound boolean Whether this percentage is charged on the taxes before it too
data.location_ids integer[] Pickup locations it applies to. Empty: every location
data.sort_order integer Order the taxes are applied in, lowest first
data.status string published or unpublished. Only a published rate is charged
data.created_at string UTC datetime the record was created
data.modified_at string UTC datetime of the last change. Send it back on an update to be warned of a conflicting edit
data.deleted_at string|null null unless the record is in the trash

Errors

Status Code When
422 plugixa_car_rental_invalid name is blank, rate is not above 0 or a percentage above 100, compound is set on a fixed amount, or location_ids names a location that does not exist. data.field names the field.
422 plugixa_car_rental_invalid_choice status or type is not one of its values. data.allowed lists them.
422 plugixa_car_rental_not_a_number A number field was sent as something else. data.field names it.
422 plugixa_car_rental_negative_number A number field that cannot be negative is. data.field names it.
422 plugixa_car_rental_too_long A text field is longer than its column. data.field names it and data.max gives the limit.

Plus the errors every endpoint can return.

Examples

curl -s -X POST "https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-car-rental/v1/tax-rates" \
  -u "admin:$WP_APP_PASSWORD" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"VAT 20%","rate":20,"type":"percent"}'

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-car-rental/v1/tax-rates');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST  => 'POST',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_USERPWD        => 'admin:' . getenv('WP_APP_PASSWORD'),
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => [
        'Content-Type: application/json',
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS     => json_encode([
        'name' => 'VAT 20%',
        'rate' => 20,
        'type' => 'percent',
    ]),
]);
$response = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);

const auth = Buffer.from(`admin:${process.env.WP_APP_PASSWORD}`).toString('base64');
const response = await fetch('https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-car-rental/v1/tax-rates', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Basic ${auth}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ name: 'VAT 20%', rate: 20, type: 'percent' }),
});
const { data } = await response.json();

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