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Record a physical presence

POST/physical-nexus

Record a physical presence in one jurisdiction. Recording a presence can establish nexus there, so the jurisdiction's exposure is recalculated. One record exists per organization, jurisdiction and category: a second create for the same three returns 200. A category the jurisdiction does not accept returns 400; get the accepted set from GET /physical-nexus/categories.

Authorization

Api-KeystringRequired

Your secret API key. Include it with every request.

Headers

Api-Versiondate

Release date, as YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to 2026-07-21.

Organization-Idstring

Target organization id (Organization-Id selector).

Connection-Idstring

Target connection id; resolves to its organization.

Entity-Idstring

Platform entity id; resolves to a connection's organization.

Entity-Sourcestring

Optional source to disambiguate an Entity-Id.

Body

countryCodestringRequired

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country of the jurisdiction.

stateCodestringRequired

State or province code within countryCode. FD for a federal jurisdiction.

categoryPublicPhysicalNexusCategoryEnumRequired

Kind of physical presence to record. A category the jurisdiction does not accept returns 400; get the accepted set from GET /physical-nexus/categories.

Available options:PHYSICAL_BUSINESS_LOCATIONTELECOMMUTING_OR_REMOTE_EMPLOYEEWARRANTY_AND_REPAIR_SERVICESCATALOGUE_DISTRIBUTION_OR_ADVERTISING_MATERIALDELIVERY_BY_COMMON_CARRIERDELIVERY_BY_OWN_VEHICLESIN_STATE_SALES_PERSONINDEPENDENT_CONTRACTOR_OR_THIRD_PARTY_SALES_PERSONWAREHOUSE_AND_INVENTORY_PRESENCEEMPLOYEES_AGENTS_CONTRACTORSOWN_LEASE_A_PROPERTYINVENTORYDELIVERY_USING_COMPANY_VEHICLESOWN_BUSINESS_INFRASTRUCTURE_AND_EQUIPMENTON_SITE_INSTALLATION_MAINTENANCE_SERVICESFREQUENT_PARTICIPATION_IN_TRADE_SHOWS_EVENTSMANUFACTURE_OR_PRODUCTION_IN_CANADAPERFORMING_SERVICES_IN_THE_JURISDICTIONMANUFACTURING_FACILITIESSERVERS_DATA_CENTERSTRADE_SHOW_PRESENCETRADE_SHOW_PRESENCE_WITHOUT_SALESDIGITAL_INFRASTRUCTURE_LOCALIZEDPERMANENT_ESTABLISHMENTENTER_CONTRACTS_WITH_LOCALSCONSIGNMENT_STOCK_ARRANGEMENTS
startDatestringRequired

Date the physical presence began, as YYYY-MM-DD.

endDatestring

Date the physical presence ended, as YYYY-MM-DD. Omit it or send null while the presence is open-ended. Must not precede startDate.

externalIdstring

Your identifier for this record in an external system.

street1string

Street address of the location.

street2string

Suite, unit, or other address detail.

citystring

City of the location.

postalCodestring

ZIP or postal code of the location.

Response

idstringRequired

Opaque unique identifier for this physical nexus.

organizationIdstringRequired

Organization this physical nexus belongs to. Always present so a portfolio list that spans organizations stays unambiguous.

organizationNamestring

Display name of the owning organization. null if the name could not be loaded.

organizationHasTransactionsbooleanRequired

Whether the owning organization has any transactions. Editing a closed presence would move a date that nexus was already calculated against, so clients disable editing when this is true and endDate is set.

countryCodestringRequired

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country of the jurisdiction.

stateCodestringRequired

State or province code within countryCode. FD for a federal jurisdiction.

categoryPublicPhysicalNexusCategoryEnumRequired

Kind of physical presence this record describes. Which categories a jurisdiction accepts varies; get the catalog from GET /physical-nexus/categories. Ignore unrecognized values.

Available options:PHYSICAL_BUSINESS_LOCATIONTELECOMMUTING_OR_REMOTE_EMPLOYEEWARRANTY_AND_REPAIR_SERVICESCATALOGUE_DISTRIBUTION_OR_ADVERTISING_MATERIALDELIVERY_BY_COMMON_CARRIERDELIVERY_BY_OWN_VEHICLESIN_STATE_SALES_PERSONINDEPENDENT_CONTRACTOR_OR_THIRD_PARTY_SALES_PERSONWAREHOUSE_AND_INVENTORY_PRESENCEEMPLOYEES_AGENTS_CONTRACTORSOWN_LEASE_A_PROPERTYINVENTORYDELIVERY_USING_COMPANY_VEHICLESOWN_BUSINESS_INFRASTRUCTURE_AND_EQUIPMENTON_SITE_INSTALLATION_MAINTENANCE_SERVICESFREQUENT_PARTICIPATION_IN_TRADE_SHOWS_EVENTSMANUFACTURE_OR_PRODUCTION_IN_CANADAPERFORMING_SERVICES_IN_THE_JURISDICTIONMANUFACTURING_FACILITIESSERVERS_DATA_CENTERSTRADE_SHOW_PRESENCETRADE_SHOW_PRESENCE_WITHOUT_SALESDIGITAL_INFRASTRUCTURE_LOCALIZEDPERMANENT_ESTABLISHMENTENTER_CONTRACTS_WITH_LOCALSCONSIGNMENT_STOCK_ARRANGEMENTS
sourcePublicPhysicalNexusSourceEnumRequired

What created this record. USER for one you recorded through the API or the app; DEEL for one synced from the organization's Deel integration. Ignore unrecognized values.

Available options:USERDEEL
startDatestringRequired

Date the physical presence began, as YYYY-MM-DD.

endDatestring

Date the physical presence ended, as YYYY-MM-DD. null while it is open-ended.

externalIdstring

Your identifier for this record in an external system. null if it has none.

street1stringRequired

Street address of the location. Empty if the record does not carry it.

street2stringRequired

Suite, unit, or other address detail. Empty if the record does not carry it.

citystringRequired

City of the location. Empty if the record does not carry it.

postalCodestringRequired

ZIP or postal code of the location. Empty if the record does not carry it.

createdAtstringRequired

When this record was created, as an RFC-3339 UTC timestamp.

updatedAtstring

When this record was last updated. null if it was never updated.

200

An existing physical presence matched. No new record was created.

201

Successful Response

400

The request was invalid.

401

Authentication failed or was missing.

403

The credential is not permitted for this request.

404

The requested resource was not found.

409

The request conflicts with existing state.

422

The request failed validation.

cURL
POST /physical-nexus
-H "Api-Key: ***"
-H "Api-Version: 2026-07-21"
{
"countryCode": "US",
"stateCode": "CA",
"category": "PHYSICAL_BUSINESS_LOCATION",
"startDate": "2026-01-01",
"endDate": "2026-12-31",
"externalId": "hris-4471",
"street1": "123 Main St",
"street2": "Suite 400",
"city": "San Francisco",
"postalCode": "94107"
}
Response
{
"id": "phys_2mNpQr7Ls8f3k",
"organizationId": "orgn_2mNpQr7Ls8f3k",
"organizationName": "Acme Inc",
"organizationHasTransactions": false,
"countryCode": "US",
"stateCode": "CA",
"category": "PHYSICAL_BUSINESS_LOCATION",
"source": "USER",
"startDate": "2026-01-01",
"endDate": "2026-12-31",
"externalId": "hris-4471",
"street1": "123 Main St",
"street2": "Suite 400",
"city": "San Francisco",
"postalCode": "94107",
"createdAt": "2026-07-28T12:00:00Z",
"updatedAt": "2026-07-28T12:00:00Z"
}
Record a physical presence (2026-07-21) | Kintsugi API Reference