> ## Documentation Index
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# Overview

> Tax Rates are used to define the tax rates that can be applied to invoices and other transactions.

**The Tax Rates Data Model** simplifies the handling and retrieval of Tax Rates data for your application. The model provides a unified representation of tax rates data across different platforms, enabling you to easily access and manage tax rates data from different platforms.

* Unified Tax Rates properties: The model provides a unified representation of tax rates properties across different platforms, enabling you to easily access and manage tax rates data from different platforms.
* Comprehensive tax rates information: The model provides a comprehensive representation of tax rates data, including all the properties and relationships that you can retrieve for a tax rate.

## Attributes

### Tax Rate Attributes

| Property             | Type    | Description                                                           |
| -------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| rootfi\_id           | integer | The RootFi ID of the tax rate                                         |
| rootfi\_created\_at  | string  | The ISO 8601 timestamp at which the record was created in RootFi      |
| rootfi\_updated\_at  | string  | The ISO 8601 timestamp at which the record was last updated in RootFi |
| rootfi\_company\_id  | integer | The RootFi company ID associated with the tax rate                    |
| platform\_id         | string  | The Platform's ID for the Tax Rate                                    |
| platform\_unique\_id | string  | The platform's unique identifier for the tax rate                     |
| updated\_at          | string  | The date and time the tax rate was last updated                       |
| created\_at          | string  | The date and time the tax rate was created                            |
| name                 | string  | The name of the tax rate                                              |
| description          | string  | The description of the tax rate                                       |
| rate                 | number  | The rate of the tax rate (as a decimal, e.g., 0.1 for 10%)            |

## Properties Supported

| Property     | Type   | Description                                     |
| ------------ | ------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
| platform\_id | string | The Platform's ID for the Tax Rate              |
| updated\_at  | string | The date and time the tax rate was last updated |
| created\_at  | string | The date and time the tax rate was created      |
| name         | string | The name of the tax rate                        |
| description  | string | The description of the tax rate                 |
| rate         | number | The rate of the tax rate (as a decimal)         |

<ResponseExample name="The Tax Rates Object">
  ```json The Tax Rates Response Object theme={null}
  {
    "rootfi_id": 157,
    "rootfi_created_at": "2024-01-22T05:07:31.465Z",
    "rootfi_updated_at": "2024-01-22T05:07:31.000Z",
    "rootfi_company_id": 1089,
    "platform_id": "tax_123456",
    "updated_at": "2024-01-22T05:07:31.000Z",
    "created_at": "2024-01-22T05:07:31.000Z",
    "name": "Standard VAT",
    "description": "Standard Value Added Tax rate",
    "rate": 0.20
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>