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Refund Tax Calculation Scenarios

You can report a refund tax calculation at different moments in a transaction.
Use these scenario examples to determine when you should report refund a tax calculation.
Possible scenarios:

Scenario 1: Full or Partial Refund

You can refund a tax calculation request before requesting an authorization if you have access to the original transaction data. For example:
  1. Refund the full or partial amount of the original transaction.
  2. If the refund is successful, request the tax calculation service for the refunded item(s) and include the refund indicator by using the
    taxService_refundIndicator
     field set to
    true
    .

Scenario 2: Stand-alone Credit

You can credit a transaction if you do not have access to the original transaction data. For example:
  1. Request the tax service with the
    taxService_refundIndicator
     field set to
    true
    .
  2. Credit the payment.
You can include the commit indicator by setting the field to to indicate the credit was successfully processed in the Tax Detail Report. The commit indicator can also be sent during the first tax service request, such as Scenario 1, or in subsequent tax service requests, such as Scenario 2. If the credit fails, void the previously committed tax service request. See Void Tax Calculation.