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# Create tax packet

> Creates a new tax packet request for generating comprehensive tax reporting documents including P&L reports, general ledger details, and account transactions.



## OpenAPI

````yaml post /v1/businesses/{businessId}/reports/tax-packets
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: API
  version: latest
servers: []
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
tags: []
externalDocs:
  url: /
paths:
  /v1/businesses/{businessId}/reports/tax-packets:
    post:
      tags: []
      summary: Create tax packet
      description: >-
        Creates a new tax packet request for generating comprehensive tax
        reporting documents including P&L reports, general ledger details, and
        account transactions.
      operationId: business.reports.tax-packets.post
      parameters:
        - name: businessId
          in: path
          description: The UUID of the business to create the tax packet for
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: Content-Type
          in: header
          description: Content-Type must be set to application/json
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxPacketCreateRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Tax packet request created successfully
          headers: {}
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxPacketCreateResponse'
        '400':
          description: >-
            Invalid request parameters. Either year or both start_date and
            end_date must be provided.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
        '404':
          description: >-
            Business id is not found. This indicates the business id is invalid
            or the business has been archived.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
      deprecated: false
components:
  schemas:
    TaxPacketCreateRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        year:
          type: integer
          description: Tax year for the packet (alternative to start_date/end_date)
        start_date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Start date for custom date range (alternative to year)
        end_date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: End date for custom date range (alternative to year)
        include_general_ledger:
          type: boolean
          default: true
          description: Whether to include general ledger details
        include_account_transactions:
          type: boolean
          default: true
          description: Whether to include account transaction details
    TaxPacketCreateResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the tax packet request
        business_id:
          type: string
          description: Business ID the tax packet belongs to
        year:
          type: integer
          description: Tax year for the packet
        start_date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Start date of the tax packet period
        end_date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: End date of the tax packet period
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - PENDING
            - PROCESSING
            - COMPLETED
            - FAILED
          description: Status of the tax packet generation
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When the tax packet request was created
        completed_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When the tax packet generation was completed
        download_urls:
          type: object
          properties:
            profit_and_loss:
              type: string
              description: Pre-signed URL for P&L report
            general_ledger:
              type: string
              description: Pre-signed URL for general ledger
            account_transactions:
              type: string
              description: Pre-signed URL for account transactions
          description: Download URLs for tax packet components
    ApiError:
      type: object
      properties: {}
      example: ''
      description: ''
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT

````