VAT Rates¶

Get current VAT rates for all EU member states from the official European Commission TEDB (Taxes in Europe Database).

Endpoint¶

GET https://api.vatcomply.com/vat_rates

Parameters¶

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`country_code`	string	No	Filter by EU member state code (e.g. `DE`, `FR`)

Example Request¶

GET https://api.vatcomply.com/vat_rates

Example Response¶

[
  {
    "country_code": "DE",
    "country_name": "Germany",
    "standard_rate": 19.0,
    "reduced_rates": [7.0],
    "super_reduced_rate": null,
    "parking_rate": null,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "member_state": true
  },
  {
    "country_code": "FR",
    "country_name": "France",
    "standard_rate": 20.0,
    "reduced_rates": [5.5, 10.0],
    "super_reduced_rate": 2.1,
    "parking_rate": null,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "member_state": true
  }
]

Response Fields¶

Field	Type	Description
`country_code`	string	2-letter EU member state code
`country_name`	string	Full country name
`standard_rate`	number	Standard VAT rate (%)
`reduced_rates`	array[number]	List of reduced VAT rates (%)
`super_reduced_rate`	number\|null	Super-reduced rate, if applicable
`parking_rate`	number\|null	Parking rate, if applicable
`currency`	string	Country currency code
`member_state`	boolean	Always `true` (EU member state)

Filter by Country¶

GET https://api.vatcomply.com/vat_rates?country_code=DE

The country_code parameter is case-insensitive.

GET https://api.vatcomply.com/vat_rates?country_code=de

Member State Codes¶

Code	Country	Code	Country
AT	Austria	IE	Ireland
BE	Belgium	IT	Italy
BG	Bulgaria	LT	Lithuania
CY	Cyprus	LU	Luxembourg
CZ	Czech Republic	LV	Latvia
DE	Germany	MT	Malta
DK	Denmark	NL	Netherlands
EE	Estonia	PL	Poland
EL	Greece	PT	Portugal
ES	Spain	RO	Romania
FI	Finland	SE	Sweden
FR	France	SI	Slovenia
HR	Croatia	SK	Slovakia
HU	Hungary

Greece uses EL

The TEDB service uses EL for Greece (not GR), following the EU convention. The /vat_rates endpoint preserves this code.

Data Source¶

VAT rates are sourced from the European Commission's TEDB (Taxes in Europe Database) SOAP service and refreshed daily.