# asiaref Income Tax Rate Lookup

> asiaref Income Tax Rate Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from asiaref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns the current income tax reference data for supported Asian countries, with official source citation, effective date, and staleness flag.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://asiaref.dev/v1/answers/income-tax
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/asiaref-income-tax-rate-lookup-24313bf4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_HOQK2F2grYMGb6pp_S_Wr

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 asiaref-income-tax-rate-lookup-24313bf4
```

Example prompt: What is the current income tax rate in India, and can you give me the official government source and effective date for that figure?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a machine-readable, citation-backed income tax rate for India, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, or Singapore — especially when compliance, auditability, or linking to an official primary source matters. Prefer this over generic web search when you need structured JSON with an effective date and staleness indicator rather than a prose answer.

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported country code returns an error or empty response
- Rate data may be stale if government has updated since last confirmation (staleness flag will be true)
- Network or payment failure (402 payment required if USDC not provided)
- Input schema mismatch may return a 400 error
- Rate is a reference value only — may not reflect individual tax brackets or marginal rates

## How this service works

Authoritative Asian government reference values as clean JSON: central-bank policy rates, VAT rates, national minimum wages and public holidays for India (in), Japan (jp), South Korea (kr), Philippines (ph), Singapore (sg). Every value carries a citation to its official primary source (government gazette or central-bank statement), an effective date, a last-confirmed date and a staleness flag.

## Output

A JSON object containing the income tax rate value, unit, series identifier, country code, notes explaining the rate context, effective date, last confirmed date, a boolean staleness flag, and a source object with the official government URL and document name. Also includes a disclaimer about verifying against the cited source.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "unit": "percent",
  "notes": "MPC voted unanimously on 2025-12-05 to cut the repo rate 25bp to 5.25% with immediate effect, retaining a neutral stance. Rate corridor: Standing Deposit Facility 5.00%, Marginal Standing Facility and Bank Rate 5.50%. Held at 5.25% through the February 4-6, April 6-8 and June 3-5, 2026 MPC meetings (June 5, 2026 statement: unchanged, neutral stance; FY27 CPI projection raised to 5.1%). rbi.org.in homepage rate ticker confirmed 5.25% 'as at 1.00pm of July 20, 2026'. Next scheduled review: August 2026.",
  "stale": false,
  "value": 5.25,
  "series": "policy-rate",
  "source": {
   "url": "https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=61749",
   "name": "Reserve Bank of India, Monetary Policy Statement 2025-26 — Resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (58th meeting, December 3-5, 2025), press release of 5 December 2025"
  },
  "country": "IN",
  "disclaimer": "Independent service, not affiliated with any government. Verify against the cited official source before legal or financial use.",
  "effective_from": "2025-12-05",
  "last_confirmed": "2026-07-20"
 }
}
```

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