Non-standard items

Element type: Required

Endpoints/models used: LineItemModel

Non-standard items include shipping, freight, and handling charges. These charges also need to be included on some transactions. In AvaTax, you can identify these charges as a separate line on a transaction using a freight or shipping taxCode. These are notated using either FR or OH in the taxCode field. For example, consider the following scenarios:

If you're shipping using a common carrier, there's a tax code that covers this: FR020100.
In the case where you combine handling charge with freight/shipping, you don't need a separate line — there's a tax code that covers this scenario: FR030000.
When you separately state your handling charge from the freight/shipping charge, you just need to treat the handling charge as another line. AvaTax has a tax code that covers this as well: OH010000.

ERP systems typically have a separate module aside from the item catalog to capture shipping, freight, and/or handling charges. If your application includes this functionality, then be sure that your integration can correctly apply the correct tax code to these items.

Refer to the Avalara tax codes search for more information.

View examples:

{
  "lines": [
    {
      "number":"1",
      "quantity":1,
      "amount":100,
      "taxCode":"P0000000",
      "itemCode":"Test SKU",
      "description":"Test Item Description",
      "discounted": false
     },
    {
      "number":"2",
      "quantity":1,
      "amount":50,
      "taxCode":"FR020100",
      "itemCode":"Freight SKU",
      "description":"shipping for Test Item",
      "discounted": false
    }
  ],
  ...
}