---
title: taxSummaryCreate - GraphQL Admin
description: |-
  Creates a tax summary for a given order.
  If both an order ID and a start and end time are provided, the order ID will be used.
api_version: unstable
api_name: admin
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/mutations/taxsummarycreate
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/mutations/taxsummarycreate.md
---

# tax​Summary​Create

mutation

Requires `write_taxes` access scope. Also: The caller must be a tax calculations app and the relevant feature must be on.

Creates a tax summary for a given order. If both an order ID and a start and end time are provided, the order ID will be used.

## Arguments

* end​Time

  [Date​Time](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/scalars/DateTime)

  The end time of the range of orders to create the tax summary for.

* order​Id

  [ID](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/scalars/ID)

  The ID of the order to create the tax summary for.

* start​Time

  [Date​Time](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/scalars/DateTime)

  The start time of the range of orders to create the tax summary for.

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## Tax​Summary​Create​Payload returns

* enqueued​Orders

  [\[Order!\]](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/objects/Order)

  A list of orders that were successfully enqueued to create a tax summary.

* user​Errors

  [\[Tax​Summary​Create​User​Error!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/unstable/objects/TaxSummaryCreateUserError)

  non-null

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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## Examples

* ### taxSummaryCreate reference

## Mutation Reference

```graphql
mutation taxSummaryCreate($orderId: ID, $startTime: DateTime, $endTime: DateTime) {
  taxSummaryCreate(orderId: $orderId, startTime: $startTime, endTime: $endTime) {
    enqueuedOrders {
      # Order fields
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}
```

## Input

##### Variables

```json
{
  "orderId": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
  "startTime": "2019-09-07T15:50:00Z",
  "endTime": "2019-09-07T15:50:00Z"
}
```