VAT Rate Lookup

Look up VAT rates in EU and EEA countries: standard, reduced and zero rates, and the rate for a given category.

Pay by wallet (x402) vat-rate-lookup

Example

Input

{
  "country_code": "SE"
}

Answer

{
  "currency": "SEK",
  "country_code": "SE",
  "country_name": "Sweden",
  "parking_rate": null,
  "reduced_rates": [
    {
      "rate": 6,
      "categories": [
        "books",
        "cultural_events",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rate": 12,
      "categories": [
        "food",
        "restaurant_food",
        "accommodation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "standard_rate": 25,
  "super_reduced_rate": null,
  "zero_rated_categories": []
}

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	What it is
`category`	string	No	standard/food/books/medicine/transport/digital
`country_code`	string	Yes	—

Output fields

How reliably each field appears in a successful answer.

Field	Type	Appears
`reduced_rates`	array	Always (present in every successful answer)
`standard_rate`	number	Always (present in every successful answer)
`zero_rated_categories`	array	Always (present in every successful answer)

How to call it

The same tool through each route. MCP clients reach it through Strale’s server at https://api.strale.io/mcp; the call below is what the agent sends.

# Needs an API key. max_price_cents caps what this call may cost.
curl -X POST https://api.strale.io/v1/do \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRALE_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "capability_slug": "vat-rate-lookup",
    "inputs": {
      "country_code": "SE"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 3
  }'

{
  "tool": "strale_execute",
  "arguments": {
    "slug": "vat-rate-lookup",
    "inputs": {
      "country_code": "SE"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 3
  }
}

import { Strale } from "straleio";

const strale = new Strale({ apiKey: process.env.STRALE_API_KEY! });
const result = await strale.do({
  capability_slug: "vat-rate-lookup",
  inputs: {
    "country_code": "SE"
  },
  max_price_cents: 3,
});

import os
from straleio import Strale, DoRequest

strale = Strale(api_key=os.environ["STRALE_API_KEY"])
result = strale.do(DoRequest(
    capability_slug="vat-rate-lookup",
    inputs={
        "country_code": "SE",
    },
    max_price_cents=3,
))

# No account. The first request answers 402 with the price in USDC;
# an x402 client pays it from your wallet and repeats the request.
curl -i 'https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/vat-rate-lookup?country_code=SE'

Limitations

Recent VAT rate changes may be missing
AI-generated VAT rates — rates change with fiscal policy and may not reflect the most recent adjustments
What to do instead: Verify rates against the EU VAT rate database at ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs before use in invoicing systems