VAT Rates

Get current VAT rates for 44 European countries (EU-27 + Norway, Switzerland, UK, and others). This endpoint is free and does not require an API key.

Endpoints

Get Rates for a Country

GET /v1/rates/{countryCode}

Get All Rates

GET /v1/rates

Request Examples

Single Country

Terminal

curl https://api.vatnode.dev/v1/rates/DE

All Countries

Terminal

curl https://api.vatnode.dev/v1/rates

Response

Single Country Response

Response

{
  "countryCode": "DE",
  "countryName": "Germany",
  "vatName": "Umsatzsteuer",
  "vatAbbr": "MwSt",
  "standardRate": 19,
  "reducedRates": [7],
  "superReducedRate": null,
  "parkingRate": null,
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-27"
}

All Countries Response

Response

{
  "rates": [
    {
      "countryCode": "AT",
      "countryName": "Austria",
      "vatName": "Umsatzsteuer",
      "vatAbbr": "USt",
      "standardRate": 20,
      "reducedRates": [19, 13, 10],
      "superReducedRate": null,
      "parkingRate": null,
      "updatedAt": "2026-03-27"
    },
    // ... 43 more countries
  ],
  "count": 44
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
countryCode	string	Two-letter ISO country code
countryName	string	Full country name in English
vatName	string	Official local name of the tax (e.g. "Umsatzsteuer")
vatAbbr	string \| null	Short abbreviation (e.g. "MwSt", "TVA", "ALV")
standardRate	number	Standard VAT rate (%)
reducedRates	number[]	Array of reduced VAT rates (%)
superReducedRate	number \| null	Super-reduced rate if applicable
parkingRate	number \| null	Parking rate if applicable
updatedAt	string	Last update timestamp

EU-27 VAT Rates (2026)

Country	Code	Standard	Reduced
Austria	AT	20%	10%, 13%, 19%*
Belgium	BE	21%	6%, 12%
Bulgaria	BG	20%	9%
Croatia	HR	25%	5%, 13%
Cyprus	CY	19%	5%, 9%
Czech Republic	CZ	21%	12%
Denmark	DK	25%	—
Estonia	EE	24%	9%, 13%
Finland	FI	25.5%	10%, 13.5%
France	FR	20%	0.9%†, 1.05%†, 5.5%, 8.5%, 10%, 13%
Germany	DE	19%	7%
Greece	GR	24%	4%*, 6%, 13%, 17%
Hungary	HU	27%	5%, 18%
Ireland	IE	23%	9%, 13.5%
Italy	IT	22%	5%, 10%
Latvia	LV	21%	5%, 12%
Lithuania	LT	21%	5%, 12%
Luxembourg	LU	17%	8%, 14%
Malta	MT	18%	5%, 7%
Netherlands	NL	21%	9%
Poland	PL	23%	5%, 8%
Portugal	PT	23%	6%, 13%, 16%†, 22%†
Romania	RO	21%	11%
Slovakia	SK	23%	5%, 19%
Slovenia	SI	22%	5%, 9.5%
Spain	ES	21%	4%*, 10%
Sweden	SE	25%	6%, 12%

* Super-reduced rate (Greece: basic goods; Spain: food, medicines, books).

* Austria 19%: regional standard rate applying only in Jungholz and Mittelberg municipalities.

† France 0.9% and 1.05%: apply in French Overseas Departments or Corsica.

† Portugal 16% and 22%: territorial rates for Madeira (16% intermediate, 22% standard) and Azores.

Code Examples

JavaScript - Calculate VAT

JavaScript

async function getVatRate(countryCode) {
  const response = await fetch(`https://api.vatnode.dev/v1/rates/${countryCode}`);

  if (!response.ok) throw new Error('Failed to fetch VAT rate');
  return response.json();
}

// Calculate VAT
const rate = await getVatRate('DE');
const netPrice = 100;
const vatAmount = netPrice * (rate.standardRate / 100);
const grossPrice = netPrice + vatAmount;

console.log(`Net: €${netPrice}, VAT: €${vatAmount}, Gross: €${grossPrice}`);
// Output: Net: €100, VAT: €19, Gross: €119

Caching

VAT rates change infrequently. We recommend caching rates on your end for at least 24 hours to minimize API calls.

Data Source

VAT rates are sourced from the European Commission Taxes in Europe Database (TEDB) via its official SOAP web service, checked daily and updated automatically when rates change.

Prefer a zero-dependency solution? If you only need VAT rates (not validation), check out eu-vat-rates-data — a free, open-source package available for JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, PHP, Go, and Ruby. Rates are bundled directly in the package and updated daily via GitHub Actions.