# 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 2026-09-15).

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

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/vat-rate-lookup
- Price: $0.0324/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/eu-eea-vat-rate-lookup-60f2303e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Zfty8BjWwEhpCUMLc5xy2

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 eu-eea-vat-rate-lookup-60f2303e
```

Example prompt: What's the VAT rate for digital services in Germany? I need the standard rate and any reduced categories that apply.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, structured VAT rate data for EU/EEA countries, especially when building invoicing, checkout, or compliance workflows. Prefer it over manual lookups or general web search when you need machine-readable rate data with category breakdowns (food, digital, medicine, etc.) rather than a prose answer.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid country_code returns a validation error
- Non-EU/EEA country codes may return no data or an error
- Invalid category string may return an error or be ignored
- Network timeouts on the paid x402 endpoint if payment header is missing or rejected

## 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 JSON object with the standard VAT rate as a percentage number, an array of reduced rate objects (with rate and applicable categories), and an array of zero-rated category names for the requested EU/EEA country. Optionally filtered to a specific product/service category such as food, books, medicine, transport, or digital services.

## 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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