adding taxes to a checkout api transaction - square-connect

Question

I'm having trouble adding taxes to a square checkout api transaction. Everything else is working, but I can't make the taxes part work. It would be appreciated if someone could post a few lines of the relevant php code that adds taxes at the item or order level. Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Here's an example of a PHP Checkout request that create a $5.00 charge, with a 10% tax (50 cent) at the order level:
$checkout_api = new \SquareConnect\Api\CheckoutApi();
$request_body = new \SquareConnect\Model\CreateCheckoutRequest(
[
"idempotency_key" => uniqid(),
"order" => [
"line_items" => [
[
"name" => "Test Payment",
"quantity" => "1",
"base_price_money" => [
"amount" => 500,
"currency" => "USD"
]
]],
"taxes" => [
[
"name" => "This is so taxing",
"type" => "ADDITIVE",
"percentage" => "10"
]
]
]
]
);
$response = $checkout_api->createCheckout($location_id, $request_body);
If you want to add it at the item level, you would just move the taxes array to inside the line_items object. Example of 2 items, one with tax and one without:
$checkout_api = new \SquareConnect\Api\CheckoutApi();
$request_body = new \SquareConnect\Model\CreateCheckoutRequest(
[
"idempotency_key" => uniqid(),
"order" => [
"line_items" => [
[
"name" => "Test Payment",
"quantity" => "1",
"base_price_money" => [
"amount" => 500,
"currency" => "USD"
],
"taxes" => [
[
"name" => "This is so taxing",
"type" => "ADDITIVE",
"percentage" => "10"
]
]
],
[
"name" => "Test Payment Without Tax",
"quantity" => "1",
"base_price_money" => [
"amount" => 500,
"currency" => "USD"
]
]],
]
]
);
$response = $checkout_api->createCheckout($location_id, $request_body);