GET
/
v1
/
calculate
curl --request GET \
  --url https://vat.abstractapi.com/v1/calculate
{
    "amount_excluding_vat": "175.00",
    "amount_including_vat": "208.25",
    "vat_amount": "33.25",
    "vat_category": "standard",
    "vat_rate": "0.190",
    "country": {
        "code": "DE",
        "name": "Germany"
    }
}

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Getting started

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Base URL

https://vat.abstractapi.com/v1/calculate

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Validation endpoint

The calculate endpoint simply requires your unique API key, the country and the price you’d like to check:

https://vat.abstractapi.com/v1/calculate
? api_key = YOUR_UNIQUE_API_KEY
& amount = 175  
& country_code = DE

This was a successful request, and the details below are included in the response:

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Request parameters

api_key
String
required

Your unique API key. Note that each user has unique API keys for each of Abstract’s APIs, so your VAT Validation API key will not work for as your IP Geolocation API, for example.

amount
String
required

The amount that you would like to get the VAT amount for or from.

country_code
String
required

The two letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country in which the transaction takes place.

is_vat_incl
Boolean

If the amount already has VAT added and you’d like to do the reverse calculation and split out the amount and VAT, set this parameter to true. If this parameter is not explicitly included it will default to false.

vat_category
String

Some countries offer a reduced VAT rate for certain categories of goods. To determine if a reduced VAT is available and to apply it to the final amount, include the vat_category in the request.

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Response parameters

The API response is returned in a universal and lightweight JSON format.

amount_excl_vat
Float

The amount excluding the VAT.

vat_amount
Float

The calculated amount of VAT.

amount_incl_vat
Float

The sum of the base amount and the VAT, i.e., amount_excl_vat + vat_amount.

vat_rate
Float

The VAT rate, from 0.01 to 0.99.

vat_category
String

The optional category of the purchase, used to determine whether it qualifies for a reduced rate. See below for a list of supported categories.

country_code
String

The two letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country in which the transaction takes place.

country_name
String

The name of the country the VAT is being calculated from.

Validate VAT endpointVAT Categories endpoint