# 402utils VAT Rates Lookup

> 402utils VAT Rates Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from 402utils.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns current EU VAT rates (standard, reduced, super-reduced, parking) for a given EU member state, sourced from the European Commission.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://402utils.com/v1/vat-rates
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/402utils-vat-rates-lookup-4b785fb8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_FlxD4WpYWpFKJNYnXHdjW

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability 402utils-vat-rates-lookup-4b785fb8
```

Example prompt: What are the current VAT rates for Germany — standard, reduced, and any super-reduced or parking rates — with a signed attestation so I have an audit trail?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, structured EU VAT rate data for pricing engines, invoicing systems, or tax-calculation logic that must apply the correct rate per EU member state. Prefer it over scraping the European Commission website or maintaining a manual rate table, especially when you need a signed attestation for compliance or audit purposes. Best for real-time lookups of a single country at a time.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid country code returns an error — country must be a valid EU-27 ISO alpha-2 code
- Non-EU country codes (e.g. US, GB) are not supported and will return an error
- Invalid category enum value returns a validation error
- Network or upstream data source unavailability may cause timeouts
- Payment failure (x402) results in 402 response before any data is returned

## How this service works

Look up current VAT rates for any EU member state — standard, reduced, super-reduced and parking rates plus the currency — from the European Commission's official figures. Filter to one rate category if you only need one. Ideal for pricing, invoicing and tax-calculation logic that must apply the right rate per country. Returns the source and date verified. ?attest=1 → Ed25519-signed.

## Output

A JSON object containing the country code, all applicable VAT rate categories (standard, reduced array, super-reduced, parking), the ISO 4217 currency code, the situation date of the figures, the European Commission source URL, and a lastVerified timestamp. If ?attest=1 is passed, also includes an Ed25519 attestation object with algorithm, signature, payload hash, key ID, and timestamp.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "country"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "attest": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Set to 1 for an Ed25519-signed attestation of the result (audit trail)."
      },
      "country": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "EU member state ISO code, e.g. FR, DE, HU."
      },
      "category": {
       "enum": [
        "standard",
        "reduced",
        "super_reduced",
        "parking"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional: return only this rate category."
      }
     },
     "description": "Query params: `country` (ISO-3166 alpha-2, EU-27) and optional `category`."
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "country",
      "rates",
      "currency",
      "asOf",
      "source",
      "lastVerified"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "asOf": {
       "type": "string",
       "format": "date",
       "description": "Situation date of the source figures."
      },
      "rates": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
        "parking": {
         "type": "number"
        },
        "reduced": {
         "type": "array",
         "items": {
          "type": "number"
         }
        },
        "standard": {
         "type": "number"
        },
        "superReduced": {
         "type": "number"
        }
       }
      },
      "source": {
       "type": "string",
       "format": "uri"
      },
      "country": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "currency": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "ISO 4217 currency code."
      },
      "attestation": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
        "alg": {
         "type": "string",
         "const": "Ed25519"
        },
        "sig": {
         "type": "string",
         "description": "base64url Ed25519 signature over the canonical JSON of payload."
        },
     
… (truncated)
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "asOf": "2026-05-19",
  "rates": {
   "reduced": [
    5.5,
    10
   ],
   "standard": 20,
   "superReduced": 2.1
  },
  "source": "https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/taxation/vat/vat-rules-rates/index_en.htm",
  "country": "FR",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "lastVerified": "2026-07-04"
 }
}
```

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