# How to track tax collections

The investment API provides complete transparency over the tax collection process, via:

- [Tax collection webhooks](/products/tol/guides/taxes/tax_collection_webhook)
- [Sell-to-Cover order and order execution events](#sell-to-cover-orders-events)
- [Respective billing statements (both on the order level as well as separate billing report)](/products/tol/guides/files/retrieving_data)
- [Position update webhooks](/api/positions#positions-events)
- [Financial transaction reporting](#transactions-reporting)


This section gives you an overview of these options.

## Sell-to-Cover orders events

In the case of multiple accounts holding the same instrument within an account group, Upvest will select the account with the largest position to trigger the sell-to-cover order. Due to unexpectedly high taxes on the order proceeds, there may be more than one sell-to-cover per tax collection.

Example order event

{
  "id": "8962b496-8d42-4560-bfab-10490dd1a721",
  "created_at": "2021-07-21T14:10:00.00Z",
  "type": "ORDER.NEW",
  "object": {
    "id": "1f5758d3-1ef7-4b4c-96ec-6b3da2bf1a8a",
    "created_at": "2021-07-21T14:10:00.00Z",
    "updated_at": "2021-07-21T14:10:00.00Z",
    "user_id": "2dedfeb0-58cd-44f2-ae08-0e41fe0413d9",
    "account_id": "debf2026-f2da-4ff0-bb84-92e45babb1e3",
    "cash_amount": "10.00",
    "currency": "EUR",
    "side": "SELL",
    "instrument_id": "US0378331005",
    "instrument_id_type": "ISIN",
    "order_type": "MARKET",
    "quantity": "0.05",
    "user_instrument_fit_acknowledgement": true,
    "limit_price": "",
    "stop_price": "",
    "status": "NEW",
    "fee": "0.0",
    "executions": [],
    "client_reference": "",
    "initiation_flow": "SELL_TO_COVER_TAXES"
  },
  "webhook_id": "9df39835-be87-4243-9018-f2500b39cee6"
}
| Parameter | Description |
|  --- | --- |
| `initiation_flow` | The value `SELL_TO_COVER_TAXES` indicates tax collection by this method. |


## Transactions Reporting

Example transaction reporting event
{
  "id": "1d27576e-f4a3-11ed-a05b-0242ac120003",
  "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "type": "CASH_TRANSACTION.EXECUTED",
  "object": {
    "account_group_id": "6409e3f2-8835-11ed-96a4-2eabd0c03f8a",
    "booking_date": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "delta": {
      "amount": "-9.70",
      "currency": "EUR"
    },
    "id": "2349857c-f4a3-11ed-a05b-0242ac120003",
  "instrument": {
      "uuid": "ccb86937-8a39-4160-8d33-85bf9e902321",
      "isin": "US0378331005"},
    "references":  [ 
{
          "id": "7579a672-8835-11ed-9455-2eabd0c03f8a",
          "type": "TAX_TRANSACTION"
        }
],
    "taxes": [
       {
          "amount": "9.70",
          "currency": "EUR",
          "type": "TOTAL"
        }
],
    "type": "TAX_PREPAYMENT_DE",
    "updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "value_date": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  },
  "webhook_id": "1216067c-f4a3-11ed-a05b-0242ac120003"
}
| Parameter | Description |
|  --- | --- |
| `type` | `TAX_PREPAYMENT_DE`: German tax prepayment (Vorabpauschale). The reports are created in the clients' branding and contain a detailed breakdown of the various tax amounts. |


### Example Report