VAT By Country

GEThttps://api-sales-tax.dataandapis.com/v1/vat/{country}

VAT By Country is an endpoint of the Sales Tax & VAT API. VAT and GST rates for 52 countries, US state sales tax for all 50 states, and a calculator.

Send your key in the X-Api-Key header. Each call costs 1 token; a free key includes 500 tokens a month.

Request

Path parameters

ParameterExample
countryDERequired

Example request

curl
curl "https://api-sales-tax.dataandapis.com/v1/vat/DE" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
Node.js
const res = await fetch("https://api-sales-tax.dataandapis.com/v1/vat/DE", {
  headers: { "X-Api-Key": process.env.DATAANDAPIS_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();
Python
import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api-sales-tax.dataandapis.com/v1/vat/DE",
    headers={"X-Api-Key": os.environ["DATAANDAPIS_KEY"]},
)
data = r.json()

Example response

Example response
{
  "ok": true,
  "as_of": "2026-09",
  "country": "Germany",
  "code": "DE",
  "tax_name": "VAT",
  "standard_rate": 19,
  "reduced_rates": [
    7
  ],
  "disclaimer": "Rates are state/country base rates as of 2026-09; local surcharges and category-specific rates may apply. Verify before relying on them for tax filings."
}