# afriref.dev VAT Cross-Border Digital Services Determinator

> afriref.dev VAT Cross-Border Digital Services Determinator is a paid API for AI agents from afriref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Determines cross-border VAT treatment for a digital-services sale: place of supply, who accounts for the tax, applicable rate basis, and registration trigger — with the applied rule cited to the statute (EU, UK, South Africa)

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://afriref.dev/v1/vat/determine
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/afriref-dev-vat-cross-border-digital-services-determinator-c899d5e3
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_31rEN2vg2-cAHotcvXTxa

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 afriref-dev-vat-cross-border-digital-services-determinator-c899d5e3 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: We're a South African SaaS company selling subscriptions to individual consumers in the UK and Germany — can you determine the VAT treatment for each sale, including who accounts for the tax, what rate basis applies, and which statute we're citing?

## When to prefer this

Prefer this endpoint when you need a legally-cited, rule-based VAT determination for cross-border digital services specifically involving EU, UK, or South Africa jurisdictions. It is purpose-built for the Africa-EU-UK triangle and cites the actual statute, making it suitable for compliance documentation rather than just estimation. Choose alternatives for purely domestic VAT calculations, for jurisdictions outside this triangle, or for goods (non-digital) VAT treatment.

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported country pair (only EU, UK, South Africa jurisdictions covered) — returns 422 with unsupported jurisdiction error
- Missing required fields (supplier country, customer country, customer type, service type) — returns 400 validation error
- Ambiguous service classification not mappable to digital services category — returns 422 with classification error
- Outdated statutory rate if legislation changed after last data refresh — stale data risk
- Transaction date outside supported range — returns 400 with date range error

## How this service works

Cross-border VAT treatment for a digital-services sale: place of supply, who accounts, rate basis, registration trigger — the applied rule cited to the statute (EU, UK, South Africa)

## Output

Returns the VAT treatment determination including: place of supply ruling, which party is responsible for accounting for the VAT (supplier or customer via reverse charge), the applicable rate basis, whether a registration threshold has been triggered, and the specific statutory citation (EU directive article, UK VAT Act section, or South African VAT Act provision) that underpins the ruling.

## More

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