# Aurenic VAT Calculator

> Aurenic VAT Calculator is a paid API for AI agents from api.aurenic.org, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Returns VAT rate, net amount, and gross amount for a given price in EU and UK countries

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.aurenic.org/vat/:country/:amount?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/aurenic-vat-calculator-efe55335
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_dJcyTDIQspOLuo8ZIirta

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 aurenic-vat-calculator-efe55335
```

Example prompt: What's the VAT rate and gross price for a €250 order being sold to a customer in Germany?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need quick, per-transaction VAT rate lookups and gross/net calculations for EU or UK countries without integrating a full tax platform. Ideal for agents generating invoices, displaying tax-inclusive prices at checkout, or verifying compliance amounts for individual transactions at very low cost ($0.001 per call).

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported or invalid country code returns an error or empty result
- Non-numeric or malformed amount value causes a bad request error
- Countries outside EU/UK scope are not supported
- Network timeout or service unavailability returns a 5xx error
- Missing required path parameters (country or amount) returns a 4xx error

## How this service works

VAT calculation: rate, net, gross for EU/UK countries

## Output

Returns the applicable VAT rate percentage for the specified country, the net amount (pre-tax), and the gross amount (inclusive of VAT), enabling accurate tax calculations for invoices and pricing.

## 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"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "country",
      "amount"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "amount": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "country": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/aurenic-vat-calculator-efe55335/health.json
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