Tax Document Coordinates
The concept of tax document coordinates simplifies tax data import
and is yet another example of the innovations
we are pioneering here at Tax Data Exchange
"Tax Document Coordinates" point to the location
of a digital tax document
in the tax data exchange network
- A tax document provider gives the document coordinates to the document recipient
- The recipient conveys the coordinates to their tax software or tax professional for import into their income tax return
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The coordinates consist of three pieces of information:
- The unique ID of the Tax Data Exchange Network participant hosting the digital tax document
- The unique ID of document
- A difficult-to-guess document passcode
Example tax document
To import tax document data,
copy the coordinates shown in the upper right corner of the document
Example tax software prompt
Import Your Tax Document Information
Copy and paste your tax document coordinates into the space below.
Tax Document Coordinates
Example QR Code
The same concept can be applied in a tax smartphone app.
The tax document provider may supply the coordinates in a QR Code as seen here.
Snap the code with a participating tax software application.
Your Tax Document Coordinates
TaxDocHub:6199514461372416:36059831
Scan this QR code with
your participating tax software smartphone app
Tax Software Application HTTP Requests
Tax software applications have an API relationship with the document host.
Given the ID of the host,
the tax software issues an HTTP request to retrieve the data as noted below.
curl --request GET \ --location "https://host-domain-here/fdx/v6/tax-forms/6199514461372416" \ --header "Accept: application/json" \ --header "X-ApiKey: api-key-here" \ --basic --user 6199514461372416:36059831