VAT Rates

Retrieve current VAT rates for all 31 supported countries: all EU 27 member states, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. Rates include standard, reduced, super-reduced, and zero rates.

VAT rates endpoints are free and unlimited and do not count against your monthly validation quota. Burst rate limiting still applies.

List all rates

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer avat_live_your_api_key" \
  "https://api.avatcado.com/v1/rates"

import Avatcado from "@avatcado/node";

const avatcado = new Avatcado("avat_live_your_api_key");
const { data, error } = await avatcado.rates.list();

from avatcado import Avatcado

avatcado = Avatcado("avat_live_your_api_key")
result = avatcado.rates.list()

{
  "data": [
    {
      "country_code": "AT",
      "country_name": "Austria",
      "currency": "EUR",
      "standard_rate": 20,
      "other_rates": [
        { "rate": 13, "type": "reduced" },
        { "rate": 10, "type": "reduced" }
      ],
      "updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "count": 31
  }
}

Get rates for a specific country

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer avat_live_your_api_key" \
  "https://api.avatcado.com/v1/rates/NL"

const { data, error } = await avatcado.rates.get("NL");

result = avatcado.rates.get("NL")

{
  "data": {
    "country_code": "NL",
    "country_name": "Netherlands",
    "currency": "EUR",
    "standard_rate": 21,
    "other_rates": [
      { "rate": 9, "type": "reduced" }
    ],
    "updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
  }
}

The country code is case-insensitive: nl, Nl, and NL all work.

Supported countries

Code	Country	Currency	Standard Rate
`AT`	Austria	EUR	20%
`BE`	Belgium	EUR	21%
`BG`	Bulgaria	BGN	20%
`CH`	Switzerland	CHF	8.1%
`CY`	Cyprus	EUR	19%
`CZ`	Czech Republic	CZK	21%
`DE`	Germany	EUR	19%
`DK`	Denmark	DKK	25%
`EE`	Estonia	EUR	22%
`EL`	Greece	EUR	24%
`ES`	Spain	EUR	21%
`FI`	Finland	EUR	25.5%
`FR`	France	EUR	20%
`GB`	United Kingdom	GBP	20%
`HR`	Croatia	EUR	25%
`HU`	Hungary	HUF	27%
`IE`	Ireland	EUR	23%
`IT`	Italy	EUR	22%
`LI`	Liechtenstein	CHF	8.1%
`LT`	Lithuania	EUR	21%
`LU`	Luxembourg	EUR	17%
`LV`	Latvia	EUR	21%
`MT`	Malta	EUR	18%
`NL`	Netherlands	EUR	21%
`NO`	Norway	NOK	25%
`PL`	Poland	PLN	23%
`PT`	Portugal	EUR	23%
`RO`	Romania	RON	19%
`SE`	Sweden	SEK	25%
`SI`	Slovenia	EUR	22%
`SK`	Slovakia	EUR	23%

Rate types

Each country has a standard_rate and an other_rates array. Rate types include:

reduced: Lower rate for essentials (food, books, medicine)
super_reduced: Even lower rate available in some countries (e.g. France 2.1%)
zero: 0% rate for specific categories (e.g. UK zero-rated goods)

Non-EU rate details

Switzerland: 8.1% standard, 3.8% reduced (accommodation), 2.6% reduced (food, books, medicines)
Liechtenstein: Same rates as Switzerland (shared VAT territory)
Norway: 25% standard, 15% reduced (food), 12% reduced (transport, accommodation)

Error handling

Unknown country codes return a 404 with a structured error:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer avat_live_your_api_key" \
  "https://api.avatcado.com/v1/rates/XX"

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "No VAT rates found for country code: XX",
    "docs_url": "https://docs.avatcado.com/errors/not_found"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
  }
}

Data freshness

Rates are updated manually when governments announce changes (typically 1-2 times per year). The updated_at field shows when each country’s rate data was last refreshed.

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VAT Rates

VAT Rates

List all rates

Get rates for a specific country

Supported countries

Rate types

Non-EU rate details

Error handling

Data freshness

​VAT Rates

​List all rates

​Get rates for a specific country

​Supported countries

​Rate types

​Non-EU rate details

​Error handling

​Data freshness

VAT Rates

List all rates

Get rates for a specific country

Supported countries

Rate types

Non-EU rate details

Error handling

Data freshness