# zaref Medical Tax Credit Calculator

> zaref Medical Tax Credit Calculator is a paid API for AI agents from zaref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-22).

Calculates the South African medical tax credit and out-of-pocket medical expense deduction for a given taxpayer, based on members, dependants, taxable income, and medical spend.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://zaref.dev/calc/medical-tax-credit?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-22
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/zaref-medical-tax-credit-calculator-472de778
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_KYmFjFJg5d25b34s0GxrF

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-medical-tax-credit-calculator-472de778
```

Example prompt: Using zaref, calculate my South African medical tax credit: I have 2 medical aid members, 1 dependant, my taxable income is R450000, I paid R18000 out of pocket this year, and none of us are 65 or disabled.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a South African-specific medical tax credit computation that references current SARS tables and handles the under-65 vs 65+/disability distinction. Prefer it over generic tax calculators that don't model South Africa's section 6A/6B credit structure or that lack cited, up-to-date SARS data.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required query parameters (members, taxable_income) returns a 400 error
- Non-numeric or invalid string values for numeric fields cause a validation error
- Out-of-range income or member count may return unexpected results if inputs are unrealistic
- Payment not authorised (402) if x402 payment header is missing or funds insufficient

## How this service works

South African medical-tax-credit calculator. Medical scheme fees tax credit plus the additional medical expenses tax credit from qualifying out-of-pocket costs. Computed from officially-sourced tables. Example: /calc/medical-tax-credit?members=1&dependants=2&out_of_pocket_annual=15000&taxable_income=500000

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing the calculated medical tax credit (section 6A rebate), the out-of-pocket medical expense deduction or additional credit (section 6B), the total tax reduction, and cited references to the applicable SARS tax tables and thresholds for the current tax year.

## 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",
     "properties": {
      "members": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "dependants": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "taxable_income": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "out_of_pocket_annual": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "has_65_plus_or_disability": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

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