# Tax withheld

> For the complete machine-readable documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://apidocs.chargebee.com/llms.txt).


Tax regulations in many countries allow taxes to be deducted by the buyer while making payments for products and services. The buyer then pays this tax to the taxation authority. The `tax_withheld` resource captures the details of such tax deductions.

**Note:**

-   This resource is available as the `linked_taxes_withheld` sub-resource under `invoice`s.
-   Whenever refunds are provided against this resource, they are available as `linked_tax_withheld_refunds` sub-resource under `credit_note`s.

## Sample Tax withheld

```json
{
  "amount": 100,
  "description": "Contractor payments TDS",
  "date": 1585050579,
  "id": "tax_wh_16BdDXSlbu4uV1Ee6",
  "reference_number": "GAPN11000100"
}
```

## Tax withheld attributes

## Input Parameters

- `id` (required, string, max chars=40)
  An auto-generated unique identifier for the tax withheld. The value starts with the prefix `tax_wh_`. For example, `tax_wh_16BdDXSlbu4uV1Ee6` .

- `reference_number` (optional, string, max chars=100)
  A unique external reference number for the tax withheld. Typically, this is the reference number used by the system you are integrating the API with. Depending on your integration, this could be the reference number issued by the taxation authority to identify the customer or the specific tax transaction.

- `description` (optional, string, max chars=65k)
  The description for this tax withheld.

- `date` (optional, timestamp(UTC) in seconds)
  Date or time associated with the tax withheld.

- `amount` (optional, in cents, min=1)
  The amount withheld by the customer as tax from the invoice. The unit depends on the [type of currency](/docs/api/getting-started) .

- `resource_version` (optional, long)

- `updated_at` (optional, timestamp(UTC) in seconds)