# EU/EEA VAT Rate Lookup

> EU/EEA VAT Rate Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from api.strale.io, paid per call via x402, $0.0324/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Returns standard, reduced, and zero-rated VAT rates for a given EU/EEA country, optionally filtered by product/service category.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.strale.io/x402/vat-rate-lookup?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.0324/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-strale-io-add0b212
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_KZG81B0lIgOD_7919-syS

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 api-strale-io-add0b212
```

Example prompt: What's the VAT rate for digital services in Germany — give me the standard rate and any reduced or zero-rated categories that apply.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need accurate, structured VAT rate data for EU/EEA countries, especially for e-commerce tax calculations, invoicing compliance, or financial reporting that requires category-specific rates like food, medicine, books, or digital services.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid country_code returns an error
- Non-EU/EEA country code returns no data or an error
- Invalid category value returns an error or ignores the filter
- Network timeout or service unavailability returns a 5xx error

## How this service works

Look up VAT rates for EU/EEA countries. Returns standard, reduced, zero-rated categories. Supports category-specific queries.

## Output

Returns a structured response containing the standard, reduced, and zero-rated VAT rates for the specified country, optionally scoped to a product/service category such as food, books, medicine, transport, or digital goods.

## Example request

```json
{
 "category": "digital",
 "country_code": "DE"
}
```

## 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",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "country_code"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "category": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "standard/food/books/medicine/transport/digital"
      },
      "country_code": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

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