EU VAT for Developers
Practical articles on EU VAT rates, VIES integration, compliance patterns, and regulatory updates — written for developers.
·10 min read
EU VAT Rate Types Explained: Standard, Reduced, Super-Reduced, Parking, and Territorial Rates
What is a parking VAT rate and why does it still exist? A full guide to all EU VAT rate types, when they apply, and the territorial exceptions — Canary Islands, Azores, Madeira, French DOM, Greek islands — where different rules (or no VAT at all) apply.
·8 min read
EU VAT Rates 2026 — Complete Country-by-Country Guide for Developers
A full table of EU VAT rates for 2026 with standard, reduced, super-reduced, and parking rates for all 27 member states. Includes recent changes and how to access rates programmatically.
·6 min read
How to Handle VIES Downtime in Your Application
VIES national nodes go offline regularly. This guide covers retry patterns, queue-based approaches, BZSt fallback for Germany, and how to use the VIES_UNAVAILABLE error code correctly.