# zaref.dev South African VAT Rate History

> zaref.dev South African VAT Rate History is a paid API for AI agents from zaref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-17).

Returns the full dated history of South Africa's VAT rate, with every verified change point accumulated over time.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://zaref.dev/v1/vat/history?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-17
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/zaref-dev-south-african-vat-rate-history-283d27ed
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_YEbWfUI2iXFDUIK-ujLHR

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 zaref-dev-south-african-vat-rate-history-283d27ed
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the full history of South Africa's VAT rate — all the dated changes that have been recorded — so I can see exactly when each rate took effect?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need the full time-series history of South African VAT rates, not just the current rate — ideal for tax compliance, historical analysis, audit trails, or building applications that need to know what the VAT rate was on a specific past date.

## Known failure modes

- Network or service unavailability returning a non-200 HTTP status
- Payment not processed correctly via x402 protocol, resulting in 402 response
- Empty or incomplete dataset if no historical changes have been recorded yet
- Rate limiting or quota exceeded errors

## How this service works

History of South African VAT rate: dated points accumulating with every verified update.

## Output

A chronological list of dated data points representing each verified South African VAT rate change, including the effective date and the rate value at that time, accumulating all historical updates.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "points": [
   {
    "date": "2026-06-04",
    "value": "..."
   }
  ],
  "series": "vat"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/zaref-dev-south-african-vat-rate-history-283d27ed/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from zaref.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/zaref.dev/llms.txt)