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Create a tax rate

An MCP tool from the Stripe API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Create a tax rate Creates a new tax rate. [POST /v1/tax_rates]

Name on the gateway: stripe_api__post_tax_rates · may change things.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`active`	`boolean`	Flag determining whether the tax rate is active or inactive (archived).…
`country`	`string`	Two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2).
`description`	`string`	An arbitrary string attached to the tax rate for your internal use only. It…
`display_name` required	`string`	The display name of the tax rate, which will be shown to users.
`expand`	`array`	Specifies which fields in the response should be expanded.
`inclusive` required	`boolean`	This specifies if the tax rate is inclusive or exclusive.
`jurisdiction`	`string`	The jurisdiction for the tax rate. You can use this label field for tax…
`metadata`	`object`	Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful…
`percentage` required	`number`	This represents the tax rate percent out of 100.
`state`	`string`	ISO 3166-2 subdivision code, without country prefix. For example, "NY" for New…
`tax_type`	`amusement_tax \| communications_tax \| digital_excise_tax \| gst \| hst \| igst \| jct \| lease_tax \| mass_transit_parking_tax \| parking_tax \| pst \| qst \| retail_delivery_fee \| rst \| sales_tax \| service_tax \| utility_users_tax \| vat`	The high-level tax type, such as vat or sales_tax.

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments

{
  "name": "stripe_api__post_tax_rates",
  "arguments": {
    "display_name": "…",
    "inclusive": true,
    "percentage": 0
  }
}

Or connect the Stripe API server directly, which lists 606 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http hj-stripe-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/stripe-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Use the create a tax rate tool with active set to ….