Update a tax

PATCH/v1/sites/{siteId}/taxes/{code}

Changes a tax. Only the fields sent change. Nothing is deleted: retire it with active false.

Needs Catalogue: writeChanges live data

Path

• siteIdrequired

  The site, from GET /v1/sites.

  string

• coderequired

  The record's code.

  string

Headers

• Authorizationrequired

  An API key from Automation > Access in the Dnero portal, sent as Authorization: Bearer <key>.

  string

Body

• active

  False to retire it, true to bring it back.

  boolean

• name

  A new name.

  string · 1–200 characters

• ratePercent

  A new rate, as a percentage. Every product carrying the tax is charged the new rate from then on.

  number · double · ≥ 0 · ≤ 100

Responses

• 200OK
• 400Bad Requestbad_requestinvalid_cursoridempotency_key_required
• 401Unauthorizedmissing_keyinvalid_keykey_expired+1 more
• 403Forbiddenkey_revokedassistant_keykey_without_access+7 more
• 404Not Foundsite_not_foundnot_found
• 409Conflictidempotency_key_reusedrequest_in_progress
• 422Unprocessable Entityinvalid_requestnot_a_modifier_group
• 429Too Many Requestsrate_limited
• 500Internal Server Errorserver_error
• 502Bad Gatewayupstream_unavailable

200 OK

• activerequired

  False for a retired tax.

  boolean

• coderequired

  The tax's code. Products carry these.

  string

• namerequired

  The tax's name.

  string

• ratePercentrequired

  The rate, as a percentage.

  number · double

• updatedAt

  When the tax last changed.

  string · date-time

curlJavaScriptPython

curl -X PATCH "https://api.dev.dnerohq.com/v1/sites/9a3c74c2-741e-48c3-ad9e-b137ec1c7243/taxes/7b3e9c14-2a6f-4d08-8b5e-c1f4a7d2e936" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DNERO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

const response = await fetch('https://api.dev.dnerohq.com/v1/sites/9a3c74c2-741e-48c3-ad9e-b137ec1c7243/taxes/7b3e9c14-2a6f-4d08-8b5e-c1f4a7d2e936', {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.DNERO_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({}),
})
const data = await response.json()

import os
import requests

response = requests.patch(
    "https://api.dev.dnerohq.com/v1/sites/9a3c74c2-741e-48c3-ad9e-b137ec1c7243/taxes/7b3e9c14-2a6f-4d08-8b5e-c1f4a7d2e936",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['DNERO_API_KEY']}"},
    json={},
)
data = response.json()

200OKapplication/json

{
  "active": true,
  "code": "GST",
  "name": "GST",
  "ratePercent": 15,
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-20T03:15:00Z"
}

400Bad Requestapplication/problem+json

{
  "type": "https://developers.dnerohq.com/guides/errors/#bad_request",
  "title": "Bad Request",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "The request could not be read, for example malformed JSON.",
  "code": "bad_request"
}

401Unauthorizedapplication/problem+json

{
  "type": "https://developers.dnerohq.com/guides/errors/#missing_key",
  "title": "Unauthorized",
  "status": 401,
  "detail": "No API key was sent.",
  "code": "missing_key"
}

403Forbiddenapplication/problem+json

{
  "type": "https://developers.dnerohq.com/guides/errors/#key_revoked",
  "title": "Forbidden",
  "status": 403,
  "detail": "The key was revoked or switched off in the Dnero portal.",
  "code": "key_revoked"
}

404Not Foundapplication/problem+json

{
  "type": "https://developers.dnerohq.com/guides/errors/#site_not_found",
  "title": "Not Found",
  "status": 404,
  "detail": "The key does not reach that site, or there is no such site.",
  "code": "site_not_found"
}

409Conflictapplication/problem+json

{
  "type": "https://developers.dnerohq.com/guides/errors/#idempotency_key_reused",
  "title": "Conflict",
  "status": 409,
  "detail": "This `Idempotency-Key` was already used for a different request.",
  "code": "idempotency_key_reused"
}

422Unprocessable Entityapplication/problem+json

{
  "type": "https://developers.dnerohq.com/guides/errors/#invalid_request",
  "title": "Unprocessable Entity",
  "status": 422,
  "detail": "The request was read but is not valid.",
  "code": "invalid_request"
}

429Too Many Requestsapplication/problem+json

{
  "type": "https://developers.dnerohq.com/guides/errors/#rate_limited",
  "title": "Too Many Requests",
  "status": 429,
  "detail": "The key has used its requests for this minute.",
  "code": "rate_limited"
}

500Internal Server Errorapplication/problem+json

{
  "type": "https://developers.dnerohq.com/guides/errors/#server_error",
  "title": "Internal Server Error",
  "status": 500,
  "detail": "Something went wrong on Dnero's side. It has been logged.",
  "code": "server_error"
}

502Bad Gatewayapplication/problem+json

{
  "type": "https://developers.dnerohq.com/guides/errors/#upstream_unavailable",
  "title": "Bad Gateway",
  "status": 502,
  "detail": "Something Dnero depends on did not answer in time.",
  "code": "upstream_unavailable"
}

Examples use this site's API host. Keep the key in $DNERO_API_KEY; never paste it into code.