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customerAddTaxExemptions

mutation

Requires write_customers access scope.

Add tax exemptions for the customer.

Arguments

Anchor to customerIdcustomerId • ID!required: The ID of the customer to update.
Anchor to taxExemptionstaxExemptions • [TaxExemption!]!required: The list of tax exemptions to add for the customer, in the format of an array or a comma-separated list. Example values: ["CA_BC_RESELLER_EXEMPTION", "CA_STATUS_CARD_EXEMPTION"], "CA_BC_RESELLER_EXEMPTION, CA_STATUS_CARD_EXEMPTION".

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Anchor to CustomerAddTaxExemptionsPayload returnsCustomerAddTaxExemptionsPayload returns

Anchor to customercustomer • Customer: The updated customer.
Anchor to userErrorsuserErrors • [UserError!]!non-null: The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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Add tax exemptions for a customer
customerAddTaxExemptions reference

Examples

Open in GraphiQL

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = await admin.graphql(

`#graphql

mutation customerAddTaxExemptions($customerId: ID!, $taxExemptions: [TaxExemption!]!) {

customerAddTaxExemptions(customerId: $customerId, taxExemptions: $taxExemptions) {

userErrors {

field

message

}

customer {

}

}`,

{

variables: {

"customerId": "gid://shopify/Customer/839649557",

"taxExemptions": [

"CA_BC_RESELLER_EXEMPTION",

"CA_STATUS_CARD_EXEMPTION"

]

);

const data = await response.json();

mutation customerAddTaxExemptions($customerId: ID!, $taxExemptions: [TaxExemption!]!) {
  customerAddTaxExemptions(customerId: $customerId, taxExemptions: $taxExemptions) {
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
    customer {
      id
    }
  }
}

curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-04/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "mutation customerAddTaxExemptions($customerId: ID!, $taxExemptions: [TaxExemption!]!) { customerAddTaxExemptions(customerId: $customerId, taxExemptions: $taxExemptions) { userErrors { field message } customer { id } } }",
 "variables": {
    "customerId": "gid://shopify/Customer/839649557",
    "taxExemptions": [
      "CA_BC_RESELLER_EXEMPTION",
      "CA_STATUS_CARD_EXEMPTION"
    ]
  }
}'

const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);

const response = await admin.graphql(
  `#graphql
  mutation customerAddTaxExemptions($customerId: ID!, $taxExemptions: [TaxExemption!]!) {
    customerAddTaxExemptions(customerId: $customerId, taxExemptions: $taxExemptions) {
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
      customer {
        id
      }
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
      "customerId": "gid://shopify/Customer/839649557",
      "taxExemptions": [
        "CA_BC_RESELLER_EXEMPTION",
        "CA_STATUS_CARD_EXEMPTION"
      ]
    },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `mutation customerAddTaxExemptions($customerId: ID!, $taxExemptions: [TaxExemption!]!) {
      customerAddTaxExemptions(customerId: $customerId, taxExemptions: $taxExemptions) {
        userErrors {
          field
          message
        }
        customer {
          id
        }
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
      "customerId": "gid://shopify/Customer/839649557",
      "taxExemptions": [
        "CA_BC_RESELLER_EXEMPTION",
        "CA_STATUS_CARD_EXEMPTION"
      ]
    },
  },
});

session = ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session.new(
  shop: "your-development-store.myshopify.com",
  access_token: access_token
)
client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Graphql::Admin.new(
  session: session
)

query = <<~QUERY
  mutation customerAddTaxExemptions($customerId: ID!, $taxExemptions: [TaxExemption!]!) {
    customerAddTaxExemptions(customerId: $customerId, taxExemptions: $taxExemptions) {
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
      customer {
        id
      }
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "customerId": "gid://shopify/Customer/839649557",
  "taxExemptions": ["CA_BC_RESELLER_EXEMPTION", "CA_STATUS_CARD_EXEMPTION"]
}

response = client.query(query: query, variables: variables)

Input variables

JSON

{

"customerId": "gid://shopify/Customer/839649557",

"taxExemptions": [

"CA_BC_RESELLER_EXEMPTION",

"CA_STATUS_CARD_EXEMPTION"

]

}

Response

JSON

{

"customerAddTaxExemptions": {

"userErrors": [],

"customer": {

"id": "gid://shopify/Customer/839649557"

}