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updatedAt: 2025-09-16T14:33:26.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://triplewhale.readme.io/llms.txt
---

# Sale Taxes

taxes

# Overview

Sale Taxes refers the total amount customers paid in taxes, before adjusting for refunded taxes.

> 📘 Sale Taxes = Total taxes paid by customers, before refunds

The calculation is based on data from the [Orders](https://triplewhale.readme.io/docs/orders) table.

# Insights and Actions

* **Optimize Cash Flow**: Use tax collection data to manage cash flow more effectively, ensuring funds are allocated for tax obligations without disrupting operational liquidity.
* **Strategic Pricing**: Analyze tax data to adjust product pricing strategies across different regions to remain competitive while covering tax costs.
* **Tax Liability Forecasting**: Leverage detailed tax data to forecast future liabilities, helping in financial planning and avoiding fiscal surprises at tax time.

# Example Use

### Prompt

> What is the total amount of taxes collected over the past month?

### Response

![](https://files.readme.io/111dd68c71b521fcc11a25fe88fe9fcc5a8aaaa7bf458f1b667596291e331ee4-image.png)

### Query

```sql
SELECT
  SUM(ot.taxes) AS sale_taxes
FROM
  orders_table AS ot
WHERE
  ot.event_date BETWEEN toStartOfMonth (CURRENT_DATE()) - INTERVAL 1 MONTH AND toStartOfMonth  (CURRENT_DATE()) - 1;
```