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April 1, 2020

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# Order duties released in developer preview

Today we are releasing a new developer preview to allow merchants the ability to charge duties *calculated by Shopify* during checkout and avoid surprise charges for their customers upon delivery.

As of the [2020-04 release](https://shopify.dev/concepts/about-apis/versioning/release-notes/2020-04), duties and taxes charged on international orders through checkout can be viewed through the REST and GraphQL API, and refunded through the GraphQL API.

You can try these changes using a [development store](https://help.shopify.com/partners/dashboard/development-stores#create-a-development-store) with the 'Duties and Taxes' developer preview enabled.

For more information on how to apply duties on checkout and refund them through the GraphQL API, refer to our [tutorial](https://shopify.dev/tutorials/refund-shipping-duties).

For any questions and discussion regarding the Duties and Taxes developer preview, visit our [forum post](https://community.shopify.com/c/Shopify-APIs-SDKs/Duties-and-taxes-developer-preview/m-p/689390?\&utm_source=devchangelog\&utm_medium=web\&utm_campaign=dutiespreview).