# EU/European VAT Rate Lookup by Country

> EU/European VAT Rate Lookup by Country is a paid API for AI agents from data.japanagent.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns the standard VAT rate, reduced rates, and currency for an EU member state or major European country identified by ISO-2 country code.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://data.japanagent.dev/tax/vat/:country
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/eu-european-vat-rate-lookup-by-country-c5ab9df6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Lg8jQsYhWgqW0PP3rCukV

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-european-vat-rate-lookup-by-country-c5ab9df6
```

Example prompt: What's the standard VAT rate and any reduced rates for Germany (DE)? I need the official figures for pricing cross-border EU sales.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative VAT rate data for EU member states or major European countries to price cross-border sales, generate invoices, or validate tax calculations. Prefer this over manual lookups or general web searches when you need structured, machine-readable rate data keyed by ISO-2 code.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported ISO-2 country code returns an error or empty result
- Non-European country code (e.g. US, JP) not covered by this endpoint
- Stale data if official VAT rates have changed since last periodic update
- Malformed path parameter causes a 400-level error

## How this service works

Look up the VAT (value-added tax) rates for an EU member state or major European country by ISO-2 country code: standard rate, reduced rates, and currency. For commerce agents pricing cross-border sales. Static official data, updated periodically.

## Output

Returns the standard VAT rate percentage, any applicable reduced VAT rates, and the official currency for the requested European country, sourced from static official data updated periodically.

## 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"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "country": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "ISO-2 country code (DE, FR, IT, GB, ...)"
      }
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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