# EU VAT Rates by Country and Date (TEDB)

> EU VAT Rates by Country and Date (TEDB) is a paid API for AI agents from opendata402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-15).

Returns official EU VAT rates for a given member state on a specified date, including standard, reduced, super-reduced, zero, and exempt rates with category labels and legal references, sourced from the European Commission's TEDB.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://opendata402.com/v1/vat/rates?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/eu-vat-rates-by-country-and-date-tedb-33c29d51
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_YHg553J84zp8Y2ln50vx3

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-vat-rates-by-country-and-date-tedb-33c29d51
```

Example prompt: What are all the official VAT rates in France as of 2024-01-01, including the standard rate and any reduced rates for categories like food and books?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, structured EU VAT rate data for a specific member state on a specific date, especially for invoicing, e-commerce tax logic, or compliance automation. It is preferable over generic tax databases when you need category-level detail (foodstuffs, books, accommodation) and national legal references, and when the official European Commission source (TEDB) is required for credibility. Not suitable as a legal reference or for non-EU countries.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid country code (not a 2-letter ISO code or non-EU country) returns an error
- Invalid date format (must match YYYY-MM-DD) returns a validation error
- Date before TEDB historical coverage may return no data or an error
- Non-EU country codes (e.g. US, GB post-Brexit) will not be found
- Network or upstream TEDB data unavailability may cause 5xx errors

## How this service works

Official VAT rates of an EU member state from the European Commission's Taxes in Europe Database (TEDB): standard rate and every reduced, super-reduced, zero or exempt rate with its category (foodstuffs, books, accommodation, …) and national legal reference, on a given date. Use it for invoicing and e-commerce tax logic. Not a legal reference. European Commission, CC BY 4.0.

## Output

A structured response listing all applicable VAT rates for the requested EU member state on the given date: the standard rate percentage, and each reduced, super-reduced, zero, or exempt rate along with its applicable category (e.g. foodstuffs, books, accommodation, medicines) and the national legal reference underpinning it. Sourced from the European Commission's TEDB, licensed CC BY 4.0.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "country"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "date": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^20[0-9]{2}-[01][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]$",
       "description": "Situation on this date (default today)."
      },
      "country": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^[A-Z]{2}$",
       "description": "EU member state, ISO code (GR or EL for Greece)."
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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