How To: Bill a Third-Party Account for Duties, Taxes, and Label Charges

The options that EasyPost offers for third-party billing are outlined below. You'd want to use the payment and duty_payment options to specify billing for postage, duties, and taxes.

For the duty_payment object to bill an account for duties and taxes, here are the requirements:

• type - (string) Supported values:
  • "SENDER" (FedEx Default)
  • "THIRD_PARTY"
  • "RECEIVER"
• account - (string) Account number to be billed.
• country - (string) Country code of the billing account.
• postal_code - (string) Postal code of the account location.

NOTE: This is only supported for BYOCA FedEx and UPS accounts.

For the payment object to bill an account for the cost of the label, you will supply the following requirements:

• type - (string) Supported values:
• • "SENDER" (default)
  • "THIRD_PARTY"
  • "RECEIVER"
  • "COLLECT"

• account - (string) Account number to be billed. Required if type is "RECEIVER" or "THIRD_PARTY".
• country - (string) Country code of the billing account. Required if type is "THIRD_PARTY".
• postal_code - (string) Postal code of the billing account. Required if type is "RECEIVER" or "THIRD_PARTY".

NOTE: Only BYOCA accounts support this object. If you want to confirm if a specific carrier supports this object, please contact support!

Here is a JSON example of how you'd set these options up accordingly:

"options": {
  "payment": {
    "type": "THIRD_PARTY",
    "account": "123456789",
    "country": "US",
    "postal_code": "84123"    
  },
  "duty_payment": { 
    "type": "THIRD_PARTY", 
    "account": "123456789", 
    "country": "US", 
    "postal_code": "84123" 
  }  
}

- The UPS account number provided as the payment method cannot be billed, please try another account.
- UPS account number that was provided as the payment method is missing or invalid.
- FedEx returned error: ShippingChargesPayment Payor - The payor's account number is invalid.