VAT Rates

Obtain official EU VAT rates, full and reduced, for different categories.

VatZen is Deprecated since January 2022 and API server will be shut down soon!
Keep the rates of your application up-to-date with a regular VAT rate lookup. This ensures that your invoice states the correct VAT across EU Member States. We have also started to add countries outside the EU and will keep them updated.
VAT rates can change irregularly as governments adapt to new circumstances. We track such announcements closely and store scheduled changes in our database. Any such change will take effect at exactly midnight local time of the respective country.
Rate Entity
Base of the rate endpoint is the Rate entity, which is returned from all rates endpoint. You can find the description of the Rate entity below:
Key
Type
Example
Description
standard_rate
Number
20
Standard rate used in the country.
currency
String
EUR
3-letter ISO 4217 local currency code.
country
Object
N/A
Contains information about the country
country.code
String
DE
2-letter ISO country code.
country.name
String
Germany
Corresponding English name of country_code.
country.local_name
String
Deutschland
Corresponding name of country_code on local language (in case of multiple national languages, English will be returned)
country.member_state
Boolean
false
Identifies if the country is a member state or not
categories
Object
N/A
Contains rates for different categories relevant for digital products.
categories.audiobook
Number
20
Rate for audiobooks. Defaults to standard_rate
categories.broadcasting
Number
10
Rate for broadcasting services. Defaults to standard_rate
categories.ebook
Number
10
Rate for electronic books. Defaults to standard_rate
categories.eperiodical
Number
4
Rate for electronic periodical. Defaults to standard_rate
categories.eservice
Number
20
Rate for electronic services. Defaults to standard_rate
categories.telecommunication
Number
30
Rate for telecommunication 
get
https://api.vatzen.com
/v1/rates
Get All VAT Rates
Response Params
Key
Type
Value
pagination
Object
Information about the pagination
pagination.has_more
Boolean
Identifies if we have more data after this request (e.g. if you need to fetch additional page)
pagination.total_count
Number
Total items count for your request
rates
Array<Rate>
Array of Rate Entities.​
get
https://api.vatzen.com/
v1/rate/:country_code
VAT Rate by Country Code
get
https://api.vatzen.com
/v1/rate
VAT Rate Lookup

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Key	Type	Example	Description
`standard_rate`	`Number`	20	Standard rate used in the country.
`currency`	`String`	`EUR`	3-letter ISO 4217 local currency code.
`country`	`Object`	N/A	Contains information about the country
`country.code`	`String`	`DE`	2-letter ISO country code.
`country.name`	`String`	`Germany`	Corresponding English name of country_code.
`country.local_name`	`String`	`Deutschland`	Corresponding name of country_code on local language (in case of multiple national languages, English will be returned)
`country.member_state`	`Boolean`	`false`	Identifies if the country is a member state or not
`categories`	`Object`	N/A	Contains rates for different categories relevant for digital products.
`categories.audiobook`	`Number`	`20`	Rate for audiobooks. Defaults to `standard_rate`
`categories.broadcasting`	`Number`	`10`	Rate for broadcasting services. Defaults to `standard_rate`
`categories.ebook`	`Number`	`10`	Rate for electronic books. Defaults to `standard_rate`
`categories.eperiodical`	`Number`	`4`	Rate for electronic periodical. Defaults to `standard_rate`
`categories.eservice`	`Number`	`20`	Rate for electronic services. Defaults to `standard_rate`
`categories.telecommunication`	`Number`	`30`	Rate for telecommunication

Key	Type	Value
`pagination`	`Object`	Information about the pagination
`pagination.has_more`	`Boolean`	Identifies if we have more data after this request (e.g. if you need to fetch additional page)
`pagination.total_count`	`Number`	Total items count for your request
`rates`	`Array<Rate>`	Array of Rate Entities.