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VAT API

The VAT API provides current and historical Value Added Tax (VAT) rates for all countries in the European Union.

For sales/consumption tax rates of non-EU countries, please use the Sales Tax API.

/v1/vat GET

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/vat

Returns VAT rates for a specified EU country. Results include standard rate, reduced rates, super-reduced rates, and any special categories.

By default up to 5 results are returned. Use the limit and offset parameters to paginate through results.

Parameters

  • country  required

    Two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2).

  • type  optional

    VAT rate type. Possible values: standard, reduced, super_reduced, exempted, parking.

  • min_date  optional

    Filter results after this date (YYYY-MM-DD format).

  • max_date  optional

    Filter results before this date (YYYY-MM-DD format).

  • limit  optional premium only

    Number of results to return (1-30). Default is 5.

  • offset  optional premium only

    Number of results to offset for pagination. Default is 0.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Sample Request Live Demo!

country
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/vat?country=FR

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 [ { "country": "FR", "type": "standard", "rate": 20, "date": "2025-01-01" }, { "country": "FR", "type": "reduced_rate", "rate": 5.5, "date": "2025-01-01", "category": "Domestic care services such as home help and care of the young, elderly, sick or disabled" }, { "country": "FR", "type": "exempted", "rate": 0, "date": "2025-01-01", "category": "Pharmaceutical products of a kind normally used for health care, prevention of illness and as treatment for medical and veterinary purposes, including products used for contraception and sanitary protection" }, "..." ]

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/vat?vat_number=GB123456789" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.